Show off your Peas!

[Peafowlssssssss]

I have no idea! Maybe she's too old, lol?

-Kathy

@DylansMom hen is 19 years old as i remember and she is still laying! I had spalding hen the start laying late last year, also this year she started late maybe 2 weeks ago, maybe yours will lay soon.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I keep hoping she will. The person that gave her to me did so based on getting two of her chicks this year.

-Kathy

 

[MinxFox]

Here is the Imperator peachick!

 

[new 2 pfowl]

@MinxFox - your new baby is sooooooo cute!

Does the little guy have a name yet? ...or do you need suggestions????

 

[MinxFox]

Well I have a name idea that I have been saving for a few years for a male green peafowl, but now I am not sure if I will use it or not. A person on another site once told me that if I ever get a green peafowl I should name it Feng Huang which is pronounced "F-uh-ng W-ah-ng" with an "uh" and an "ah" sound in between. The name comes from an East Asian mythology of a bird that fights snakes and in some illustrations it looks a lot like a green peafowl. It is very similar to the mythological phoenix. Although the name is actually for two birds - Feng is male and Huang is female. It would be cool to name a male Feng and a female Huang but for me Huang isn't a good female name. In the mythology the male is supposed to represent the solar cycle and summer. Peacocks do seem to represent summer very well by growing their elaborate train just for spring and summer.

So I think the Imperator's name is going to be Feng.

Here are some links to more info on the mythical Feng Huang:
http://www.avians.net/paragon/fenghuang.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenghuang

There are a lot more interesting bits about the Feng Huang that I didn't mention

 

[new 2 pfowl]

That sounds like a good idea for a name!

It's kind of interesting that Feng/Fenghuang is related to Peng, a mythical Chinese bird transformed from a fish - it's easy to see how they could come up with a fish connection looking at the scales on a green pea!

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

I can't edit my ovation, this=these*.

He looks great!

 

[Birdrain92]

Well I have a name idea that I have been saving for a few years for a male green peafowl, but now I am not sure if I will use it or not. A person on another site once told me that if I ever get a green peafowl I should name it Feng Huang which is pronounced "F-uh-ng W-ah-ng" with an "uh" and an "ah" sound in between. The name comes from an East Asian mythology of a bird that fights snakes and in some illustrations it looks a lot like a green peafowl. It is very similar to the mythological phoenix. Although the name is actually for two birds - Feng is male and Huang is female. It would be cool to name a male Feng and a female Huang but for me Huang isn't a good female name. In the mythology the male is supposed to represent the solar cycle and summer. Peacocks do seem to represent summer very well by growing their elaborate train just for spring and summer.

So I think the Imperator's name is going to be Feng.

Here are some links to more info on the mythical Feng Huang:
http://www.avians.net/paragon/fenghuang.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenghuang

There are a lot more interesting bits about the Feng Huang that I didn't mention

If I remember correctly in some mythologies some would refer to peafowl as being a symbol of immortality, incorruptible, wise, all seeing or knowing, etc. This made me think of the conversation since it involves peafowl and snakes.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15894132

 

[zazouse]

Here is the Imperator peachick!

Pretty baby Minx

 

[MinxFox]

Thanks I decided to re-name him already.

I like the mythology of Feng Huang but I didn't think the name fit him so I decided to re-name him Raptor. I watched the Jurassic World movie and the raptors reminded me of him. I have always been a dinosaur fan.