peafowl

[DylansMom]

I though for sure it was a boy. He would always run up to me. He escaped once and I lured him back in with a poor attempt at the honk noise they make and a handful if corn. The neighbors thought I was nuts

If she is in front on your avatar picture,

then I'm quite sure she's a she. Not much striping on the shoulders, a lot of white edging around the green on the lower neck and chest feathers, and no reddish orange on the primaries all 3 point to a pretty little girl. You never did mention where you are located?

 

[fowlobsessed1]

Oh... I'm in southern Lancaster county sorry about that. I got so excited about it that I forgot!

 

[DylansMom]

Oh... I'm in southern Lancaster county sorry about that. I got so excited about it that I forgot!

Well then you are probably about 45 mins. to an hour east of us. We are just north of Hanover. Almost neighbors.

If you don't find a suitable male close by, let me know, I have an overabundance of boys. Just thinking here.....I have a 2013 hatch spalding male who is split Cameo and split Back Shoulder, covering those 3 hens he could give you a nice variety of chicks.

 

[Yoda]

I agree with Dylansmom they all look hens to me too. The Cameo and your cheecky hen look to be split pied and might be white eyed as well. Do they have a "frosty" look to them? I do see some white feathers on the back of the Cameo and what looks like white lacing in the IB hen. When calling those people do not tell them what you have, let them tell you what they are missing. If someone has a cameo male and needs a cameo hen they might claim the birds as theirs.

 

[fowlobsessed1]

Dylansmom I might definitely hit you up! If you want to pm me what your prices are? Or maybe we could do a swap?

The feed store gave me a list of 4 numbers. Thanks for the advice Yoda. I wouldn't have thought of that. 3 said no, the 4th I left a message.

 

[zazouse]

Your cheeky little peafowl doesn't appear to have any of the orangish reddish primary wing feathers that would indicate a male. If all those wing feathers are brown as they appear in the pic, she is def. a hen.

I agree looks like a hen to me also.
Their feathers look very tattered and they are missing their tail feathers, looks like they have been penned with a bunch of other birds, perhaps someone just turned them loose and they ran off. glad they have a better place to live.

Congratulations on your find, now feed them babies up good and they will grow a pretty new st of feathers for you.

 

[zazouse]

 

[fowlobsessed1]

Thank you! Hopefully the last number on the list says they aren't his. If in the off chance I can keep them all.... Will one male to three hens work? They would have a 18x18x8 ft tall outside pen along with a shed for them to come in out of the cold?

 

[MinxFox]

Yes an adult peacock can handle three peahens. You are actually lucky to be looking for a male. A lot of times people seem to be looking for peahens instead of peacocks so generally people have extra males but it can be harder finding extra females. That sounds like a large enough pen. Also, the higher the roost the better. If possible you want the peacock to be high up enough off of the ground so that his train doesn't touch the ground when he is roosting. I always like it when people find nearby peafowl breeders on here. It is fun! Now if someone near me will just come buy Smarty... Haha...

 

[fowlobsessed1]

Thanks Minxfox! Usually I always have more male to females in anything I end up with. My mandarins were a headache to find just a hen, and my pigeons....they are still a headache. Lol

Has anyone experimented with different food or protein levels to raise the female to male ratio in hatches? I know the warmer you make alligator eggs the higher the females, so I wonder if there is something that we can do with any of our birds? Is that possible?