new to peas... questions

[casportpony]

Very cute! My best novice guess would be male.

-Kathy

 

[annabell254]

ay advice on how to keep it from jumping me as an adult if it is a boy..... it is the only one so it is bonded to me... just found out that is not a good thing!

 

[MinxFox]

Not all peacocks will attack you when they get older. Mine sometimes tries to mate with my foot, but I just push him away so it isn't very bad or hard to deal with. I don't know how to keep one from turning aggressive...I think it is all about personality and stuff but if it ever does get aggressive you should wear eye gear and carry a stick or trashcan lid in the pen with you. Not that he will get aggressive. I don't have any aggressive ones but some people have had ones that were aggressive. I think you should be fine since your eggs will be hatching soon so your little chick will have other peachicks to hang out with soon.

 

[Birdrain92]

Usually aggression in peafowls comes from kids pulling feathers, a family member with aggression, or being to protective of something.

 

[Birdrain92]

I just thought that for those that want to see what a nest looks like for a chicken cooped peahen looks like here it is. That is my peahen Jadea, and her 5th egg that I collected from her to incubate.

 

[chickbythebay]

Are all India blues born solid yellow in color? Thanks for the help.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Solid yellow = not IB!
Here are 4 day old IBs:

 

[zazouse]

Are all India blues born solid yellow in color? Thanks for the help.

If they are going to grow up to be a white IB then yes, Black shouldered IB's are also born yellow but soon start getting darker colored down also.

 

[zazouse]

 

[chickbythebay]

I have a pair of india blues and three little yellow chicks. Is that possible for them to have white or black shoulder offspring? Or did the peahen mate with a different peacock before I bought her? I havent had them long and I have never seen the pair mate. Thanks for those pics too. That is exactly what my chicks look like.