Just trying to learn differences between Spalding and IB peafowl. Thank You.
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So those are photos of Colbolt? I *think* India Blue peahens can have a tint of blue to their face and not be spalding, although that is my theory. Right now it seems it is a special time of the year when I see more color on the birds faces than normal. It could be diet, but also from what I have seen their face gets very bright at a certain time of the year.
I didn't want spaldings either, but when I was given free white peachicks, by the time they were old enough for me to tell that they were spaldings, it was too late! I sold one of them but I don't think I would be able to part with the other two. I love them too much! I am always looking at some of my birds and wondering about the bloodlines of them. I am sure I have more low % spaldings than I think. Recently I noticed my pied peahen that I suspect as being a spalding has darker legs. They are med grey when the other peafowl have more of a tanish brown color on their legs. If you look at green peafowl, they have dark grey legs, so this leads me to believe that she is a spalding and so just looking at the legs can give you clues, although with the whites that doesn't work!
I don't necessarily think that the person you got Calypso from even knew she was a spalding. A big issue with peafowl is not everyone knows what spaldings look like or that they don't all look the same. Then they sell them as India Blues or greens and it gets very confusing.
Here is something I wrote when I got frustrated about trying to find pure green peafowl that talks about the issue of confusing spaldings for greens: http://www.bamboopeacock.com/The_Search_for_Green_Peafowl.html