What gender is my peacock/peahen?

[Kennas_Kritters]

I have one peacock/peahen that lives with my emu's and I call it a she but I really don't know for sure.... "she" sometimes displays her fan so does that mean Male or can they both display? "She" is a black shoulder. She is about a year old (I think) and has blueish green feathers on the back of "her" neck. "She" also has little spurs starting to come in. So anyways.... any ideas on gender? I need to know so I can try to find "her" a mate. thanks! Also please excuse the feed strung everywhere in the pics and the emu head my emu stole my bag of feed.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

You'll probably get more responses posting this on the peafowl forum! That being said, I researched them up a bit and I am quite sure it's a female! I have never raised peafowl so I want to make clear I am not an expert but it seems the black shouldered variety is extremely sexually dimorphic and that males turn very dark. The variety also appears to be correct

 

[JedJackson]

You might get better and quicker answers if you post in the peafowl forum, here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/peafowl.51/

 

[JedJackson]

You'll probably get more responses posting this on the peafowl forum! That being said, I researched them up a bit and I am quite sure it's a female! I have never raised peafowl so I want to make clear I am not an expert but it seems the black shouldered variety is extremely sexually dimorphic and that males turn very dark. The variety also appears to be correct

That variety does have very different colors for males and females, but at what age? I don't know, myself. I do know that peafowl aren't sexually mature until 3 years of age, so it's possible the males don't show mature coloring until later.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

That variety does have very different colors for males and females, but at what age? I don't know, myself. I do know that peafowl aren't sexually mature until 3 years of age, so it's possible the males don't show mature coloring until later.

I was reading and it sounds like some breeders can do it within 10-11 weeks. I take it that males rapidly darken in this variety. Other sources say a few months. Either way, by a year old it seems that that variety is sex-able Then again, I've never raised peafowl so there could be nuances in it that I don't understand!

 

[JedJackson]

I was reading and it sounds like some breeders can do it within 10-11 weeks. I take it that males rapidly darken in this variety. Other sources say a few months. Either way, by a year old it seems that that variety is sex-able Then again, I've never raised peafowl so there could be nuances in it that I don't understand!

If that's the case then I think you are right. Must be a female.