Show off your Peas!

[dheltzel]

Some new pics of our yearling peas . . .

 

[MinxFox]

Those are yearlings? Wow they look like 2 year olds. I wish my yearlings would have eye feathers!

 

[margaret8]

Those are yearlings? Wow they look like 2 year olds. I wish my yearlings would have eye feathers!

Mine do, sort of.....

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

They are beautiful.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

This is my yearling bronze black shoulder peacock, its weird how some gets long tail early while other males in the same age didn't get any eye on their tail yet!

 

[MinxFox]

So do you all think it is just good genes then? What are you all feeding your yearlings?

Growth hormones?

Although based on what q8peafowl said, it sounds like it could just be some males have better genes then others and therefore get a nice train faster.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

So do you all think it is just good genes then? What are you all feeding your yearlings?

Growth hormones?

Although based on what q8peafowl said, it sounds like it could just be some males have better genes then others and therefore get a nice train faster.

I have no idea, i feed all mine Versele Laga laying hens feed.

 

[Birdrain92]

Here's Colbolt at a year old.

 

[dheltzel]

Those are yearlings? Wow they look like 2 year olds. I wish my yearlings would have eye feathers!

These are the first peas we've ever had, so I assumed they were "average". We are enthralled by them. My niece gathers every feather they drop (including the tiny little ones). Their parents were free-ranging on my uncle's farm and I think they have a pretty diverse genetic background, so maybe some "hybrid vigor" is happening. We feed an 18% protein "game bird breeder" pellet, and greens whenever we walk by - they are very effective at begging for handouts.

I'm glad they seem healthy and vigorous to experienced pea keepers. I want to ensure the best care possible.

 

[MinxFox]

It probably is because they are coming from free-range peafowl. Free-range peafowl probably do have good genetics since the strongest survive and in a penned setting usually even the runts survive and get to breed.

Yes yearling peafowl usually look like the above photo that Birdrain92 posted.

Also, the peahen looks to be an India Blue but 2 of the peacocks are blackshoulders and one looks like it might be split to blackshoulder.