My 5 babies..update..lots of pics

[melissa508]

First off..the 2 out of the 8 eggs i hatched..theyre doing very good. I still dont know their color becuase I bought the eggs & the seller didnt know which pen they were from..any clues on what they are..they are the smaller 2.

the other 3 are doing great..the white ones have really starting changing colors.

out of the 3 silver pied eggs i bought on ebay..well i put them in the 'bator for 2 days, then under my broody guinea..well a few days later she was off the nest & the muscovies were..then 2 days ago no-one was on the nest & 1 egg was missing- I cant wait til my hens mature..these auction ducks/guinea are TERRIBLE . So out of the 2, 1 is scrambled..the other was doing fine, but i havent candled it again to see if its still developing..it could have been cold all day..i have no idea.

 

[gumpsgirl]

I can't help with color, but wanted to say they are lovely!

 

[BigByrd24]

I am no expert but I would say Two India Blues and a Purple split white.
That's my guess..

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I want a peacock. Got to add that to my list.

 

[Hoosiermomma]

They are adorable! I'm sure deerman or Steve will know what you have.

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

 

[melissa508]

The 2 smaller ones, the breeder didnt have many IB's , so i figured i might not get any of those..they are a little different in color..im just not use to hatching Ib's ..so its hard for me to tell.

 

[peachick]

Your white ones are Black shoulder peafowl. they hatch out white and it takes about 2 years for the males to turn to his adult color. the hens stay sort of marbled.
There are thousands of photos online about identifying color of peafowl.
Here are a few of mine that show the metamorphosis the Black shoulder male goes through.

1-2 months old

6-8 months old

3 years old

 

[melissa508]

Im glad they are BS ..to me its a better version of IB ..much nicer than with the caramel color.

I had IB's , but only males ..Ive never had an IB pair..They are pretty , but so common.. I prefer other colors. I am hoping to get at least 1 IB female..I want to breed her to a java male

The guy who has them for sale gets the eggs FREE..from a 85 yr old man who has loads of peafowl..he just goes and collects all the eggs he wants..talk about luck..lol. Anyways they have all sorts of colors running together , so its "pot luck". The seller knows nothing about peafowl..so he just said they were "white".
He has 19 more eggs due to hatch in a couple of weeks ..I cant wait to see what else he has.

 

[The Wolf Queen]

peachick that peacock is BEAUTIFUL!!! Can you post a pic of him with his tail spread out?