Those who need help in sexing peafowl

[Birdrain92]

Muscovies I'm not familiar with I know about them but I've never really researched them. I've seen Runners breed on dry land. Remeber I got two of them. What variety do you have. When you're showing Sex Link means the male has a different plumage then the female like pheasants and mallards. Also have you ever heard of Golden and Black Sex Links the males' plumage are different from the females' plumage. Runner ducks I'm very familiar with as for the others I know just the basics not in depth as for Runners. I never mentioned anything of Rouens or however you spell it. Also another thing you can get the chicks to hatch on the same day even when layed different days. Kida's eggs 1,2, 5, and 6 were the ones that hatched. Obviously there is a gap and they all hatched within hours of each other. The chick develops in the egg when the temp is right and will develop faster without cooking the chick alive.

 

[zazouse]

. Also another thing you can get the chicks to hatch on the same day even when layed different days. Kida's eggs 1,2, 5, and 6 were the ones that hatched. Obviously there is a gap and they all hatched within hours of each other. The chick develops in the egg when the temp is right and will develop faster without cooking the chick alive.

Really? Now who went and told ya the truth?

When you make a statement like "domestic ducks can't bred out of water or can't fly i as a newbee would think you ment all ducks as you were not specific, just change the wording to where it fits specific ducks so folks won't miss interpret your writing

 

[DylansMom]

Muscovies I'm not familiar with I know about them but I've never really researched them. I've seen Runners breed on dry land. Remeber I got two of them. What variety do you have. When you're showing Sex Link means the male has a different plumage then the female like pheasants and mallards. Also have you ever heard of Golden and Black Sex Links the males' plumage are different from the females' plumage. Runner ducks I'm very familiar with as for the others I know just the basics not in depth as for Runners. I never mentioned anything of Rouens or however you spell it. Also another thing you can get the chicks to hatch on the same day even when layed different days. Kida's eggs 1,2, 5, and 6 were the ones that hatched. Obviously there is a gap and they all hatched within hours of each other. The chick develops in the egg when the temp is right and will develop faster without cooking the chick alive.

For Pete's sake will you please do a little reading and familiarize yourself with the meaning of Sex Linked in regards to Peafowl. As far as I know every color and pattern of peafowl will exhibit different plumage on the male versus on the female. Sex linked in Peafowl refers to the sex linked colors, cameo, peach, purple, etc......... there are NO sex linked patterns that I am aware of. You need to go back to the stickies and do some learning young man.

 

[MinxFox]

We mentioned the site earlier in this topic, but I see some of the info on there has not been changed since then.

The last section under peafowl we mentioned far back in this topic about how it says you can use a tether on peafowl when you handle them. This can be dangerous especially for peafowl that are not very tame since they could hurt their leg if it was tethered.

The main thing is, I think you need to be less vague with a lot of information. An example of this is in the vocab section, under the word Ocelli you say:
Quote: As a reader, I look at this and say, "Oh okay so a bird eye is called an Ocelli." I am not going to know that you are referring to a peacock feather. I am going to think this is an overall bird term.

You should also inform readers more about what you have personal experience with and what you don't have but you have researched. On my website when I talk about say green peafowl, I make sure I state that I do not currently own green peafowl but I do enjoy regularly reading things about them and looking at photos of green peafowl in the wild and in captivity. The part in bold is my credibility statement, which lets readers know that while I don't have these birds, I have done my research and not just read one thing, but regularly read things about them and know what they look like.

This is just to help because your audience is probably going to be people who don't know much about birds and want to get into raising them and you want to give them precise, correct information. Not to say I have it all figured out either of course...Or have all of my duck peafowl in a row...

 

[3BirdGirlz]

For Pete's sake will you please do a little reading and familiarize yourself with the meaning of Sex Linked in regards to Peafowl. As far as I know every color and pattern of peafowl will exhibit different plumage on the male versus on the female. Sex linked in Peafowl refers to the sex linked colors, cameo, peach, purple, etc......... there are NO sex linked patterns that I am aware of. You need to go back to the stickies and do some learning young man.

And to add to this about chickens: sex link means the same as it does in peafowl. When chicks are hatched, a female will be a different color than a male chick. It all has to do with the SEX chromosomes. So like at my local farm store in spring they get in Red Sex Links which means red for girl for those that just want hens.

 

[casportpony]

I've been thinking about putting together some semi-funny Top Ten threads and the tether suggestion would definitely have a place on the Top Ten Stupidest Things. Didn't someone post here in peafowl that they killed their peachick by tethering it?

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

And to add to this about chickens: sex link means the same as it does in peafowl. When chicks are hatched, a female will be a different color than a male chick. It all has to do with the SEX chromosomes. So like at my local farm store in spring they get in Red Sex Links which means red for girl for those that just want hens.

Exactly! In Peafowl if you breed a purple male to an india blue hen who has no purple genes you can still get purple offspring. If you do, you know they are hens because this pairing will only produce hens in the sex linked color(purple). It has nothing to do with the genders having different plumage.

 

[DylansMom]

I've been thinking about putting together some semi-funny Top Ten threads and the tether suggestion would definitely have a place on the Top Ten Stupidest Things. Didn't someone post here in peafowl that they killed their peachick by tethering it?

-Kathy

Oh that is terrible, I hope not. I do wonder how this would work out with an adult peacock? Perhaps FBC would be willing to give it a test run with his beloved "Wild Thang", perhaps this would give them the opportunity to bond as never before.

I for one have a hard enough time wrestling some of mine into submission for meds and first aid and nail/beak trimming, I can't imagine having one tied to me.

 

[casportpony]

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Fell off my chair thinking about WT1 on a tether, but in all seriousness, I think was a peachick that was killed and I'm not positive, but it might have been one of Birdbrain's, but don't quote me on that.

-Kathy

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Hey Kathy what about this one for your Top 10:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/844486/peacock-as-a-indoor-pet
You remember, the person that wanted to have a peacock for an indoor pet and take it for walks on a leash, and imprint it as an experiment and then give it away if it didn't work out?