White peafowl

[pittmanbirds]

Hi i was wondering if there is any way besides dna to sex white peafowl i have one that was hatched around july thank you very much for any help

 

[KsKingBee]

The easiest way I have found is looking for the ridge of overlapping feathers on the neck. All peahens have it and you bird is nearly old enough to start seeing it.

 

[pittmanbirds]

So if it has scale looking feathers it would be a hen and if it's more like a hair or would be a peacock? Is that what you are saying?

 

[new 2 pfowl]

You might take a look at this thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1135221/sexing-white-peachicks#post_17575142

Here are some pictures relating to feather texture from @Birdrain92 :


Here are some photos from @zazouse that show the "ridge" on the neck that @KsKingBee is talking about:


Hope this helps!

 

[Dany12]

" hatched around july " so they are 4/5 months!
Here 4/5 months BLUE peacocks .... in WHITE colour they are exactly the same ..... both sex have scale looking feathers
New 2 pfowl your demonstration is good when they go on 2 years old !

 

[Birdrain92]

" hatched around july " so they are 4/5 months!
Here 4/5 months BLUE peacocks .... in WHITE colour they are exactly the same ..... both sex have scale looking feathers
New 2 pfowl your demonstration is good when they go on 2 years old !

The neck feathers you can use on yearlings. That's how I identified Ice when I was buying him when he was a yearling. Yes younger peafowl will look like the ones in your photo. So it will be a while before we can sex them based on neck feathers.