Peafowl in Costa Rica / Breeding Season????

[CostaRicaMark]

I have a question for this wonderful forum.
I live in Costa Rica, and am fairly new to having peafowl. I am having a very hard time getting info specific to my part of the world, and peafowl. Here is my question:
We have had a pair now since last August, and they are "supposed" to be of breeding age. He is supposed to be 4 yrs and she 3 yrs. He has been strutting big time since December, and is just today ( May 5th) dropping all of his "tail" feathers. Of course she does her best to ignore him when he has been courting her. I have never seen them mate, but of course it is very possible that I missed it. So, my question is: Is there any chance she will still lay eggs this year, or has that chance come and gone now that he seems done? Is there any chance that now is the time she will lay? I ask because of course it would be great to see them reproduce, but also because we let them out every day, but put them in at night which is a lot of work. I am planning to allow them to be out all of the time, but I wanted to see first if she was going to nest, and would prefer she did that in their enclosure if possible. If it looks like it's not going to happen this season, then I'll consider letting them free range day and night.
What do you think? Is there still a chance she's going to lay, now that he's dropping his plumes?
Thanks!

 

[frenchblackcopper]

I'm suprised since your still in the northern hemisphere that your males train is falling already but then again your basically tropical temps all year long there,correct? Once the males train drops his fertility is done and he won't be interested in breeding anymore. If he did breed the hen there is a chance if she does lay any eggs in the next few days they may be fertile from a previous breeding. But if she don't lay an egg until a few weeks from now I'm betting they should be made into an omlet.
I've kept good records each year here and when I start noticing male train feathers inside the breeding pens,from that day forward the longest time after this first noticable feather dropping on fertile eggs was 5 days. I guess this too depends on how many days before his train started dropping that he actually bred the hen.

 

[Arbor]

If he's dropped his tail, no chance of fertile eggs any more. Are there any zoos in Costa Rica that keep peafowl? I would talk to them about when normal breeding season is for your country.

 

[DylansMom]

If you have had them both since last August and they are the age you were told they should have done some breeding and laying. If he had a long train then you know he is at least 3 years old. With a hen it is harder to tell, a 1 year old will look the same as a 5 year old. Maybe she is just younger than you were told, if she was only a 1 year old when you got her, she would be almost 2 now and maybe has just been too young to lay any eggs. Just a thought.

 

[zazouse]

My 18 month olds are dropping their trains and by January of next year they will have a nice one judging from the way there first train is.
Perhaps he is younger like mentioned above.
these boys are coming 2 years old in August except the one in the upper right he will be 3 in august

 

[MinxFox]

If he's dropped his tail, no chance of fertile eggs any more. Are there any zoos in Costa Rica that keep peafowl? I would talk to them about when normal breeding season is for your country.

That is good advise about talking to Zoos. It does sound like your breeding season is just now ending though.

To be sure do you have photos of your pair? That way people might be able to tell if they are a mature pair or not? Like others said you should have seen some eggs so your peahen could be younger than 3. Not sure though.