Peachick Show 2023

[Oob Child]

They are all so cute! I wish I had the space to keep peafowl!

 

[casportpony]

Progress report

They are 10 days old now. Blue is way behind, so I've been tubing fluids. Today I might tube some baby bird food.

 

[StevenW.]

Just a few chicks from this year.. lots of fun colors and patterns.

Spalding opal chicks

Spalding blackshoulder silver pied chick. Could be a sex linked color. It’s daddy has thrown some “I don’t know” color chicks.

 

[StevenW.]

Way back when, Ernie West and his partner lived in CA. They bred peafowl and named a few variations of peafowl they created. One was called Red Buff as it pertained to Spalding Black Shoulder that exhibited a red hue to both the hens and cocks but especially the hens. Some will argue that it is only an expression of Spalding but I believe that it is an actual gene that is passed. I got mine from Leggs Peafowl who bought out many of Ernie's birds when he died. As you can see in this pic the cock has a red sheen to him in the early spring that bleaches out in the summer. The hens keep the red color and can be quite spectacular.View attachment 3525977

I love this hen! Her red buff body and green head are so unique.

 

[Oob Child]

Just a few chicks from this year.. lots of fun colors and patterns.

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Spalding opal chicks

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Spalding blackshoulder silver pied chick. Could be a sex linked color. It’s daddy has thrown some “I don’t know” color chicks.

So cute

 

[KsKingBee]

I love this hen! Her red buff body and green head are so unique.

Yeah, that is the idea. We have a few hatch this season so the fun part begins watching them develop.

 

[casportpony]

Just a few chicks from this year.. lots of fun colors and patterns.

Spalding opal chicks

Spalding blackshoulder silver pied chick. Could be a sex linked color. It’s daddy has thrown some “I don’t know” color chicks.

Nice looking chicks!

 

[casportpony]

Yeah, that is the idea. We have a few hatch this season so the fun part begins watching them develop.

Cute!

 

[casportpony]

It's hatch day!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

It's hatch day!
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So fun! Like a box of chocolates. You never know what you'll get.