Wintering peafowl

[josie34]

Hi I have 3 peafowl chicks that hatch about 6 weeks ago. How are they during the winter? I have chickens and just want to know if I need to add heat to coop for the pea babies. I live in Ontario (southern) any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Trefoil]

I'm in Michigan (thumb) and for me it depends on how cold & how fast it gets cold. Really helpful,huh? Do what you are comfortable with. I have pea chicks that will be 6 weeks old Friday and I plan to have probably a 100W bulb for them in a corner of their coop if it gets below mid teens.

 

[josie34]

Okay thanks for the tip. Would you know how to sex a peachick? And is it noticeable at this age?

 

[josie34]

Here are 2 of my lovely's the one on the right you can see green coming out in the feathers


I was surprised when this white one hatched! This one is my suckie baby lol

 

[KsKingBee]

They would be able to sex your birds if you post a picture of the back and wings, and your 'white' isn't.

 

[josie34]

Okay do they need the wings spread to see the flight feathers and what would the "not" white be??

 

[new 2 pfowl]

@josie34 Cute babies!

Your looks-white-but-isn't seems to be a Black Shoulder.
For some pictures for comparison, please take a look out our work-in-progress image database, especially the Peachick Chart:
http://peafowlimagedatabase.weebly.com/

 

[josie34]

Thx for the info, your chart and web site is amazing

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

The right chick in the first picture looks male and the one on the left looks hen, and for the blackshoulder chick I think it's still early to sex him/her.