Show off your Peas!

[DylansMom]

Fixed it so you could see it better.

Thanks, that does make it much clearer. Hard to believe their daddy was a pure white though. Seems we would see more white if he was?

 

[Alex150o]

Zaz, how did you edit the photo? It looks sharper

 

[Alex150o]

Thanks, that does make it much clearer. Hard to believe their daddy was a pure white though. Seems we would see more white if he was?

Their father is the one i have as profile picture. Is it possible that the mom was the white one? Either way, im glad they are split to white. It will make breeding season a little more interesting, i can get blues, whites and ib split white from them, right?

 

[DylansMom]

Their father is the one i have as profile picture. Is it possible that the mom was the white one? Either way, im glad they are split to white. It will make breeding season a little more interesting, i can get blues, whites and ib split white from them, right?

If the father was a white male, (your avatar?), the mom almost had to be an IB, a white hen and a white male will produce white chicks, if both parents are whites out of pieds you have a very small chance of getting a bird with some color, but not nearly as much as your 3 youngsters. One parent at least had to be IB. And yes with them being split white, you can get blues, whites, and IB split white.

 

[Alex150o]

If the father was a white male, (your avatar?), the mom almost had to be an IB, a white hen and a white male will produce white chicks, if both parents are whites out of pieds you have a very small chance of getting a bird with some color, but not nearly as much as your 3 youngsters. One parent at least had to be IB. And yes with them being split white, you can get blues, whites, and IB split white.

I have a white couple and two ib laying hens. I dont know who laid the egg, but its aobviously a ib and white mix lol. I plan on getting a pied, should I get a male or female? Is it possible that the peahen in the pictures is also split white? How could i tell?

 

[DylansMom]

I have a white couple and two ib laying hens. I dont know who laid the egg, but its aobviously a ib and white mix lol. I plan on getting a pied, should I get a male or female? Is it possible that the peahen in the pictures is also split white? How could i tell?

It is possible the hen is also split. A bird can carry some white genes and not show any white feathers. The only way to know would be to breed her, If she were bred to a pure IB, and produced offspring showing a white feather here or there you would know she was carrying the genes, if she were bred to a white male and produced an all white chick you would also know she was carrying those genes. If you currently have 1 white male and 1 white hen and 2 IB hens, I would go for a pied hen. Your male should be fine with 4 hens and no need to worry about fighting between 2 males. I have way too many males so I am forever having to worry about that.

 

[zazouse]

Zaz, how did you edit the photo? It looks sharper

I have auto fix on my adobe9 i just click on that and it does it atomically but has a slider bar if you want to tweak it, same with sharpness and colors etc, not all photos need it but when you get a foggy one it is really helpful, sometime i get a great shot but there might be a fog and auto fix usually clears it up unless it is the lens fogged from temperature changes from cool to warm from going inside and out with the camera so i try to leave a camera outside during the day so i can just grab and go no temp fogs.

Sounds like a bunch of crying kids here right now, one of the peas ends his call with a pathetic cry like someone is squeezing the air out of him. so funny.

 

[Birdrain92]

Who wants to take guesses on the sexes of the peafowl I own? I only own the 4 still. Colbolt, Jadea, Thor, and Calypso.

 

[casportpony]

Who wants to take guesses on the sexes of the peafowl I own? I only own the 4 still. Colbolt, Jadea, Thor, and Calypso.

Last pictures I saw says you have one peacock and three hens. Did something change?

-Kathy

 

[Birdrain92]

Last pictures I saw says you have one peacock and three hens. Did something change?

-Kathy

I want to say something did. Attitude and shape. I'm pretty sure I have 2 pairs, but the Spalding pair I believe I had backwards so I'm switching their names around so now Thor is Calypso and Calypso is Thor. I do have some photos that I believe can prove my point but I'm no expert in Spaldings though.