Young peafowl rescue with splayed leg

[Poultryrescuelady]

Hi everyone I’m new here. I normally rescue dogs, cats, rabbits, parrots etc. and this is my first time taking in poultry.

I took in a young Turkey and a peachick last month both with a splayed leg.

I was hoping to find out more about them on here but I really want to know their gender. As I have also taken in a rooster last week. I’m not sure if it’s going to cause any aggression issues between them just in case one of them is a male.

I apologize if my photos are a bit blurry.

I really hope someone can give me some insight as to what their genders might be and what type of breed they are.

Thank you so much in advance!!!

 

[KsKingBee]

There are no 'breeds' in peafowl, just India Blue and their color mutations and the Greens that have no color mutations. Then there are Hybrids which is a cross between the two. Your bird appears to be a Cameo cock if it continues to color out the way it has started. Young peas are continually molting and can fool even the best of us until the end of the hatch year.

May we see a picture of the leg issue? Splay is a term to describe legs that the chick can not hold together and is correctable when caught soon enough. Blown hock is when a leg is 90* or more out of socket, usually from torn tendons that connect the leg to the body and is not repairable without costly surgery.

Birds with blown hocks are not aggressive but are put down because of the lack of quality of life.

 

[Midnightman14]

At this point the only way to correct a splayed leg would be surgery. If you catch it right away at hatching it's super simple to fix but at this age it's going to be a major undertaking.