Those who need help in sexing peafowl

[margaret8]

Time has already told silly 

Well.... if he or she lays an egg it's a hen if not a peacock. End of discussion?

 

[casportpony]

Time has already told silly 

Well.... if he or she lays an egg it's a hen if not a peacock. End of discussion?

She will lay an egg eventually.

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

Well.... if he or she lays an egg it's a hen if not a peacock. End of discussion?

But we all agree it is a hen , he is the only one that can find a male feather in every photo he takes

End of discussion

 

[casportpony]

Well.... if he or she lays an egg it's a hen if not a peacock. End of discussion?

But we all agree it is a hen , he is the only one that can find a male feather in every photo he takes   End of discussion 

He's logged on at least twice today but hasn't posted. Maybe now he'll believe us?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

He really should re-name this thread to "Please help me sex my peafowl".

-Kathy

 

[new 2 pfowl]

More like:
"Don't bother using your combined decades of expertise and observation to help me sex my peafowl, because I've already made up my mind and I'm both wrong and delusional."

PS: This is not intended to be insulting to any party, all of whom are entitled to their own opinions; it is merely a concise summary of the conversation in this thread to date.

 

[Paintedheather]

He's that parent that forces sports on their daughter because they wanted a son.

 

[Birdrain92]

We'll see what Thor and Calypso will be. If Calypso is a Spalding then she should have offspring that show the green blood. To have a trait become hidden and come back up again after several generations would require one of the parents to have easily visible Spalding feathers. You can't take a heifer like mine and breed it to a bull with the same genetics (not brother and sister but same breeds and varieties in the exact same pattern) and get a red calf. If you're wondering why I would say red calf is because my heifer has red angus blood in her very low blood but of course colors in cattle aren't like hybrids in peafowl but the genetics still act similar, only difference is both phenotypes of the two species show up without blending.

 

[MinxFox]

Actually Spaldings are tricky things... The Genotype and phenotype can be different. Just because a birds phenotype does not exactly say "Spalding" doesn't mean it doesn't have some green blood in it. From Calypso you could get some chicks that look like an India blue, some that look like her, and maybe some that look more like a green? I am still a bit confused about how Spalding breeding works out. AugeredIn would be able to explain it much better!

Here is something I made for a peafowl magazine I created a few years ago. The bottom illustration shows Spaldings - The ones that express more of their green peafowl heritage are on the right. Some of the writing I said might be a little incorrect like when I said that Spaldings in the middle are more desirable. Now it seems that the ones that look the most like a green peafowl are the desired ones. I really should make one of these for peahens...

 

[Birdrain92]

What about a blue Loral Axe? I will be able to see the parents again because my parents are saying that if I want I can buy some purple peachicks.