Peafowl Varieties Chart

[DylansMom]

Dany12 IMO that would depend on the amount of green blood in them, i have some spaldings here they are from 2 spaldings that were from a green and blue cross and these birds do fine in the freezing cold and ice here .
Dylansmom has a gorgeous spalding lots of green looking characteristic and he seems to do fine in her fridged temps

Fred has a heated shed for winter, it keeps temp above 45 degrees for him.

 

[Dany12]

I'm talking about figure as - 4.000 or -13.000° F

 

[Birdrain92]

Thora is a Spalding and she does fine in the winter. She roosts a lot but so does Marshmallow, Colbolt, and Sage. 3 days ago our high was 15*F and the low was 5*F. Even though I don't know how much Green blood is in her. I think maybe half and half perhaps.

 

[BYC-user-174785]

I have a peacock just like DylansMom Fred and this past winter he did not have any heating and had access to the outdoors and snow. Their shelter was not even completely closed. He is a very high percentage spalding and he did not even freeze off any toes. And trust me we had some awful temperatures last winter. School was closed on occasion due to the wind chill that was double digits below zero.

 

[KsKingBee]

Fred has a heated shed for winter, it keeps temp above 45 degrees for him.

Is Fred cooped up all winter or can he come outside?

 

[DylansMom]

Is Fred cooped up all winter or can he come outside?

Up to now he has been cooped up unless it was forecast to get over 45 degrees, this was the advice of the breeder we got him from. But Blue Creek's is pretty much identical and from the same breeder I believe, so I'm tempted to let him out more often in colder temps this year. It's just a tough decision, as once toes are lost they are lost forever.

 

[Dany12]

Birdrain92 ... for, Thora is a 25% spalding ( 25 % green blood and 75% blue blood )

Peafowl are stupid ... they don't know what is good for them !

 

[DylansMom]

Birdrain92 ... for, Thora is a 25% spalding ( 25 % green blood and 75% blue blood )

Peafowl are stupid ... they don't know what is good for them !

X2, that is why I fear letting Fred out when it is really cold. I have heard of many Spaldings that lost toes and worse because they had shelter, but chose to stay outside.

 

[BYC-user-174785]

My male was smart enough to always go inside for the night. He clearly understood that it was better inside!

 

[Birdrain92]

My peafowl stay inside not in the snow.