Arbor,,you post 170 is what I'm wanting to do.It will prove once and for all that PEAFOWL feathers DO CHANGE color,as they grow.A lot of links posted regarding this subject saying otherwise is NOT PEAFOWL relevant,,by doing this during embryo development all feathers should come in one color,,and as the chick grows,the feathers will change to what the normal color of whatever variety peachick I have chosen to use for this.I was wanting to use a B/S egg,since we know those chicks will be,or should be yellow once hatched out.Only problem is if it's a male b/s the color may just change slow enough not to really tell much of a diffrence.If I chose and IB as the subject it would definately mask all the barring on the wings for a long time.
My issue doing this is available eggs to try,and timing.Eggs production has went down to a crawl here,except my Charcoals who now thinks it's April,,and wanting everything possible out of my dark pied charcoal male that I can get is the goal of the 2012 laying season,,hatching peachicks in September with only 1-1 1/2 months to gain growth before cold weather hits is an obstacle I don't want to face.I need to do a fertility check,then check dates on other eggs I put in the bator the past week,,then I will know if this can be done.I will have no need to stain or bleach the feathers,nor use Photoshop to change the pictures.
