sexing peachicks

[country_girl011]

new 2 peafowl. i like that. kinda fits her pretty well she does kinda have the luster of a natural pearl (or will once her feathers are back in shape)

i wish she would calm down.
shes not flighty but paces alot.
and the kids still want nuthin to do with her.
she ignores any and all treats but i have seen her near the fooddish so hopefully she is eating.

she acts like she is use to freeranging. she stands at the door and paces like she just want out.

 

[country_girl011]

Foud out today piper hates angry momma guineas i think he seen her display as a challenge. And the pieds think little baby guineas are play toys/ food

 

[autumnmfisher]

Hey guys, i wrote french copper, and copied it here so you could see everythings fine

Hey, sorry i take so long to write back, we had a busy weekend I"m sorry i took your post wrong. I certainly don't want to upset you. ya i see there's some disagreement. i'm just guessing, while you seem to do this professionally. you have great experience and knowledge and you're a great help. So i take it you're a breeder? thanks for the picts of the bs, they're so cute pictures help so much. seeing the difference makes it so much clearer. thank you for your help. i just don't know what i'm looking for in figuring them out, triing to learn tho i hope you dont leave the thread, and i hope we can all get along. it is really hard to read something sometimes and not hear it, it leaves the tone to interpretation, thats why i always have then ppl know i'm triing to be nice/happy.

so can i ask you a question about my peas? i feel they are mixed... not only pied and silver pied but mixed with blackshoulder also.. is that possible? and would that explain why they never had barring? (except on their necks) the bs female never had barring so thats what made me come up with this little theory... but like i said i know nothing and am guessing. and for me it's just fun, if they're all girls thats fine with me

and im going to copy and paste this into the thread so everyone sees that everything is fine, hope you have a great day, ttys.

Autumn

we had a really bz weekend so i'm sorry if anyone was offended/upset with my post. I hope all is good now. "you kids just drop it and get along!" is what id say to my daughters


in other news i got some really good picts last night of the peas, 9 weeks old now. i gotta up load them and post. triing to update everyweek, so far i'm keeping up.

Countrygirl - awesome picts - they're all sooo cute!!!!
and Zaz too - wow!!!!

 

[autumnmfisher]

ok here's some new picts all at 9 weeks old. I have trouble catching their true color too, in person there is so much more


All 3 actually looking at me haha got ya!


All three - triing to catch houdini and george's color


midnight standing tall


midnight


Houdini


Houdini - best i could catch his/her color.


Houdini - again


ok i'm having problems... more picts to come.

 

[frenchblackcopper]

Here is a 12 day old Midnight BS male,,you can see across the back the chick is starting to get the mottled-blotchy coloring associated with a male b/s.Some say it's IMPOSSIBLE to sex b/s peachicks at this young of age,,yet I know breeders who can sex peachicks once they are hatched.B/S chicks DO look identical for the first few days but daily observation witin a same color-pattern group makes these changes more apparent and recognizable

 

[Mmmatt13]

What do you think, Randy? This one's 4 weeks old.. India Blue Blackshoulder



Here's at a younger age.. Not sure how old.



Also, it's voice is different from the others'... it's like he/she is going through puberty! Does that mean anything?

 

[bandbaustin]

I know when I was visiting Brad Legg, he was sexing charcoal chicks when they just hatched and were still in the incubator. After dealing with chicks on a daily basis for several years you tend to pick up suttle differences that help you in sexing them. It isn't a foolproof method but the odds can still be to your favor in your assumptions. With the blackshoulder chicks the males tend to get a lot more of the dark colors in their back as opposed to hens. Randy has made an observation that I havent noticed but I would not discredit. He deals with a lot of chicks and has a lot of experience with birds over the last few years. I am going to definately be using his method at sexing the blackshoulders next year when they hatch.

 

[Lil Zoo]

I know when I was visiting Brad Legg, he was sexing charcoal chicks when they just hatched and were still in the incubator. After dealing with chicks on a daily basis for several years you tend to pick up suttle differences that help you in sexing them. It isn't a foolproof method but the odds can still be to your favor in your assumptions. With the blackshoulder chicks the males tend to get a lot more of the dark colors in their back as opposed to hens. Randy has made an observation that I havent noticed but I would not discredit. He deals with a lot of chicks and has a lot of experience with birds over the last few years. I am going to definately be using his method at sexing the blackshoulders next year when they hatch.

I hope to be as good someday.

 

[frenchblackcopper]

Mmmaddie13,,,with that much dark pigment showing at 4 weeks of age,,you are holding a male,,,b/s hens do not get near that much coloring across their backs,they stay more yellow much longer then tend to develope a lite pinkish-tan coloring,,not the mottled look your peachick has showing now.Also notice in your second picture the cuticle of the feather is already showing black which will start to expand outward as the feathers grows,,again proving these feathers do not come in,grow in,or are molted out and grow in a solid color,,,the color progressivly changes as time goes on from pigment coming from the liver of the bird.Also this black cuticle coloring is proof it's going to be a male because hens of the B/S pattern have rusty-dark brown colored flight feathers as adults.
Lil Zoo,,as your Midnight B/S chick gets older,feel free to take a pic at about 3 weeks of age if you want me to sex it correctly for you as well.
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Now to further prove my point here if I have the personal freetime,and scheduling is right for doing this,,I am going to produce a SOLID black peachick before this seasons hatching is over.I will take plenty of pictures when it is hatched,,and progressively as it grows to prove once and for all,,feathers DO change color as they GROW,,, again this will be done if I have time,,to produce this peachick of all solid black color does take correct timing on several accounts,and if my work schedule gets in the way,it may not happen yet this year,or if my peahens finally gives up on laying for good. Two nites ago I didn't get 1 egg,last nite I got 4 eggs,,and the problem with last minute-late season hatchlings is they will tend NOT to lay eggs within the normal timeframe during their second seson.Ei,,if they were hatched in August,,and they don't start laying untl they are indeed 24 months old,,August would be their expected 2 yr birthday when they would start laying eggs.So if I do this with a few peachicks I'm not planning on them producing in 2014,,

 

[zazouse]

A black peachcik? what color will it grow up to be? i onl;y ever saw one almost black looking grown peacock on here and i do not remember who posted it.