Show off your Peas!

[BYC-user-174785]

Yes, peafowl of the India Blue variety are fine in NY. Just offer them a shelter out of the elements; a heat lamp is unnecessary. You can PM if you want to buy some or have more specific questions, but it seems like the others have got you filled in on wintering peafowl!

 

[Birdrain92]

Here's my new White peahen Snow and Ice.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Congrats, they look nice, i hope you will get some chicks from them next spring.

 

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[/IMG] mommy daddy and a few of the 5 chicks (one white)

 

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joel w no train feathers

 

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Penelope and babies

 

[Hollis dollis]

Thank you all so much your birds are gorgeous!

 

[Hollis dollis]

where do the whites fall, as far as hardiness?

 

[Birdrain92]

Penelope and babies

Do you have a more up close picture with the white peachick. I think I see some grey on the back but I would like to see a close up photo to assure me of that.

 

[Birdrain92]

where do the whites fall, as far as hardiness?

Whites are the same as Indian Blues. It's not the color that matter it's the species. Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) only need shelter to get out of the elements. There are 111 varieties of Indian. Greens (Pavo muticus) don't do well with the cold. Greens there are 3 subspecies of Greens: the Java, Burmese, and Indo-Chinese. These photos of the Javas are of another lady's farm that I visited that was really cool.

This is a Java Green hen.

Java Green hen in front Java Green cock in back.

Java Green peacock

My pair of Whites. The hen is in the back and the cock is up front.