Those who need help in sexing peafowl

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Everytime I look at my different aviaries I see the boys doing it, usually at least two per cage.

-Kathy
 
Peahen's will lay eggs in February. Males usually breed about 2 weeks before the hen lays her eggs. Don't believe me, the breeder I got Thor and Calypso from he's had eggs in February, all peafowl books I've read say February, most websites about when a peahen lays her eggs say February. I've had a rooster try and breed my IB peahen and she smashed their backs on the ceiling and then Colbolt and Jadea would attack the rooster until the rooster is crying mercy. Colbolt never has made a call for mating purpose. I've never heard of a mating call only a call when I touch his foot. I've had Colbolt and Jadea for 2 years to the day now. I know that a peahen will get tail coverts just like the males train but a lot shorter. I know that just about everybody believes Thor is a female but Thor isn't. Your right both males and females do it. But you guys are still missing another key part. You guys have only scratched the surface. Males when they fan have two purposes while the female only has one purpose. One purpose is common for both. They don't have a desire for a hen at that age it's actually something else. They just get practice while using this purpose. One question though you guys haven't answered is why can't a male get the frosting pattern messing up the barring causing a speckled pattern?
 
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Females don't breed with a male because of the color or pattern but because of the length and dominance
 
Peahens can be sweet and fun. Look at Calypso she is so calm and gentle I wish I could have her forever along with Thor.
 
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Thorazine, anyone?
 
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Well, all I can say is it depends on what region you are in then. Here in Florida our peahens lay around April. I always forget that it is different regionally for them. Actually, females do prefer a more colorful peacock. There have been tons of studies of what the peahen looks for most in a peacock, yes age is partly to do with it, but in a free-range setting with a few varieties, the white peacocks are always unfortunate. They do get to mate, but they don't get as many mates as the India blues, black shoulders, etc. I don't know what you mean by the frosting messing up the barring pattern. The only thing I can think of is a new peafowl variety that so far Brad Legg might only have called a brown wing: http://www.leggspeafowl.com/photo/images/peacocks 163.jpg

Thor's color might change a bit, but after looking at photos of Thor again, those barring patterns are vanishing when they should be getting more apparent. The train feathers are rounded on the ends, with no sign of feathering which is what you see in young peacocks. The back feathers are the wrong shape as I said a while back. The neck feathers have a huge amount of cream lining on them. That photo Zazouse posted looks a lot like Thor and you said it was a peahen, so why can Thor just never be a peahen?

These people on BYC are extremely experienced, and they have helped me with many things. Many of them raise up a lot of birds, and I just don't see why you won't believe them.
 
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