What kind of peahen is this?

[Dany12]

Spalding .... because : russet feathers and darker bird !

 

[MinxFox]

She looks spalding to me...

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Spalding .... because : russet feathers and darker bird !

x3 She does look like she is Spalding (a mix between green peafowl and any India Blue variety so basically a hybrid bird that can reproduce).
So maybe a Spalding pied. I am sure about the spalding, not so sure if she is pied or just dark pied. I have seen pieds with not a whole lot of white so she might just be a regular pied instead of a loud pied.

 

[SDpeafowl]

Thanks for all your answers!
I emailed Craig Hopkins and he said it's an India Blue Dark Pied White-Eyed. I was close with thinking an IB Pied White-Eyed.
She can't be spalding because I have no green peafowl and none of my birds have come from green peafowl.
Thanks

 

[Dany12]

For me she is a spalding ... because IB peahen has NO red feathers !

Here a spalding peahen with brown/red feathers :

 

[Birdrain92]

I want someone to tell me how you can determine something is a spalding without looking at their blood line?

 

[AugeredIn]

Feather shape, feather color,crest type and size amongst others. If you think that it shows absolutely the same on every bird you are wrong.

 

[Birdrain92]

Will Spalding peafowl be bigger than the varieties of the Indian or are they smaller? Isn't the crest feather shape like a feather from the wing but way smaller and on the head and all feathers go in one direction.

 

[casportpony]

Will Spalding peafowl be bigger than the varieties of the Indian or are they smaller? Isn't the crest feather shape like a feather from the wing but way smaller and on the head and all feathers go in one direction.

I think that Java'a are much smaller, so I would have to guess smaller than IB, but of course there are bound to be exceptions.

-Kathy

 

[AugeredIn]

Green peafowl are taller than IB peafowl not necessarily bigger.

 

[AugeredIn]

Will Spalding peafowl be bigger than the varieties of the Indian or are they smaller? Isn't the crest feather shape like a feather from the wing but way smaller and on the head and all feathers go in one direction.

Spalding are taller. The crest is different but i don't know if i would describe it as a smaller regular feather. The crest is tightly bunched.