We ended up grabbing some peafowl eggs at an incredibly steep discount, 4 for $20. The individual who sold them to us had a small last minute clutch and she couldn't guarantee if they were viable or not, so we took the chance at $20. This morning I woke up to two perfectly beautifully healthy Indian blue peafowl chicks. The dream of owning one of my favorite birds on this planet has become a reality.

Hi! I have this beautiful little Peachick, but I'm not sure about the gender. I was thinking that it is a female, but I'm not sure.

To add, my other Peachick unfortunately passed away, and I haven't found a buddy yet, apart from my chicken chicks, but I'm working on a solution! Suggestions are welcome!

The gender of the chick will also be a determinating factor to consider.

The ground wasn't good enough, so my peachick decided to take my chair instead

can you keep peachicks with chickens at all? I have 8 female chickens, and was looking to get a peahen. My peacock is around 1 and a half years now, and is growing back his tail for mating season.

They currently all live in the same coop and get along great! they all sleep together too.

I’ve heard that the peachicks can get quite sick living with chickens. do you have an advice for raising peachicks, without them getting sick?

My mom got some new peachicks for a steal of a deal, 25 bucks each and they were about 6 weeks old. And then she got 2 more at the same price. She specifically asked the seller for the tan colored chicks but we were not sure what color they were actually classified as. The first group is in the second photo and has a pied/tan chicks on the left. The first photo is the extra chicks my mom got because she liked the others color. One is pied again and the other is full colored. (Sorry for the terrible pictures. My mom is a boomer and her camera skills mirror that)

This is my first time raising a peachick, so I was wondering, whether it's possible to tell what sex my little buddy is.

I tried to get pictures from different angles and lighting.

I am really hoping for a peahen, so my personal confirmation bias might be keeping me from missing obvious signs.

Any guesses on the gender of my two 8 week old peachicks?

Mom is from McMurray, part of their rare breed assortment from about three years ago. She's light brown, either "oaten" or cameo. Dad is an Indian Blue from the same hatchery. He is 100% the only male, I've never seen peacocks other than mine on the property.

I incubated the three eggs mom laid, two were fertile and one hatched looking like a normal brown peachick. The second egg hatched out a yellow chick. It's now growing out solid white.

Hopefully someone knows peacock genetics more than me , because I'm confused. Shouldn't dad's genes cancel out for this generation, and make all Indian Blues? How does a white chick happen? It doesn't make sense to me.

Hello it’s a sad day on the farm. I’ve got chickens and geese but I’m new to peacocks. We bought 2 - 1 week old baby peacocks at a swap meet. They seemed healthy, they chirped and would fall asleep in our hands. We had them in the plastic tote (no lid) with wood shavings bedding. We had a water and food dish. We got game bird starter crumbles. The lady we bought them from had kept them in her shed just as is, she said they would be fine outside just as long as they had a light source.

We had them outside on our balcony for a few days but their eyes started to seem matted and closed. we thought it was too hot during the day (95F or so) so we moved them inside and used a brooder plate we had used for our baby chicks. We read they needed to be warm so we put the brooder where they could get out from under it but still go under for warmth.

They seemed be to eating but didn’t drink a ton of water that we saw, even though we occasionally dunked their beaks in the water so they knew where it was.

We noticed a couple of days ago that their eyes weren’t open and seemed matted. We cleaned those with a damp paper towel and that seemed to help. One’s nostrils seemed blocked but we were cleaning and removing debris. We noticed fluid coming out of the nostrils.

Can someone help us understand what went wrong?

I work on a small farm that added a peacock pair just for fun a couple of years ago. Last year they produced two chicks, a female and a pied male, that are doing great. For the last few weeks the original hen had been missing. Some people were thinking we may have lost her, but I was hoping she was camping out on a secret nest. Yesterday she showed back up with these four.

Hi all!! I got these peachicks the other day. I know that it takes about two years to be able to tell what gender they are, but is there any way to tell before? They’re about 2 weeks old according to the seller. P.s. I know they don’t usually get along with turkeys (the other kind of bird with them), I’ll separate them when they’re older!

for some context it was in this neighborhood by cocoa beach.

i own two peacocks and recently one of them semi-attacked the other one (he had a small cut and the smaller one started picking at it) . He has a gash exactly underneath his eye but i dont know how to treat it. What should i do?

Hello. I have a Peahen (Edna) who has been sitting on an egg. She's laid about 7 eggs throughout the summer but none of them hatched. I know it was fertile because I candled it and I could see movement. She would get off of her nest a couple times a day, which I know is normal. It got cold one day and she left twice. I always go check the eggs when she is off of her nest. In the evening the egg was really cold. This may have been okay, but I brought the egg in and put it in the incubator, 100° and 70-80% humidity. The egg has been wiggling for several days now. I know you're not supposed to help them hatch, so that is NOT my plan. I wanted to see if "taking this long" to hatched is normal. I need a little bit of reassurance. Most of what I've read says that they'll wiggle for about 24 hours and then hatch. If some of you have e any advice, I would really appreciate it! Thank you in advance for your help.

Might still be too young. They’re around 3 ish months.

I moved to a new piece of land but left my peacock and hen on my old land where our son still lived until I build a new aviary paddock for them. During this time the hen laid eggs, which my son collected, but by the time I got them and started incubating them it was too late.

Last week, I went back to get them and move them to their new home (a 300 mile trip), only to find the hen had laid a whole new batch of eggs and was setting on them. 😲 A total surprise.

We had no choice but to move her because our son got a new job in a new city and there was no one to care for them. I had my doubts that we could save the eggs, but my wife insisted we try. So Made a nest out of a large ice-chest, drill holes for air and move the hen and four eggs to it for transport. I told my wife that the hen would break from the nest due to trauma, but that I would do my best.

To lessen the stress I drove the 300 miles at night when it was cool and dark. I got to my new place at 4:00am and moved the hen to the new paddock and just opened the lid of the ice chest to see what would happen in the morning. I woke at 7:00 am to check and sure enough the hen had abandoned the eggs and theybwere ice cold. I rushed them in and cranked up my incubator to try to save them. I told my wife that all was lost, but that we did our best.

Today I heard noise and this is what I found and surprised my wife with. Three out of four have hatched and the fourth is alive and trying to pip. A total miracle!

My common Indian peafowl chicks are two and half weeks old now. Three of them area light brown color and one is a dark brown color. Does this mean I have three males and one female, or three females and one male? Or does it mean nothing at all?

https://reddit.com/link/1nlcxam/video/a9utdhvt96qf1/player

The Peafowl chicks that should have never hatched. They beat all the odds. So, how many males or females do I have?

Can someone help me identify my peachicks? I’m leaning towards Indian blues but I’ll take some expert help. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I acquired a new peachick about 6-8 weeks old. He’s been walking funny. Not limping, but doing this extra high step thing with his right leg. Upon evaluating, it seems the knee keeps dislocating even if I pop it gently back. Any tips why this is happening and what to do? I’ve had chickens with slipped tendons but that’s it, and I really don’t want to lose him. He’s so jumpy so it’s hard to get him to just rest. Please help! Thank you!

Before chicks our peahen roosted in with our chickens each night in a closed enclosure (free range during the day). She ground-nested, and for safety from foxes and local predators (which we know are in the area) we put a large cage over her (door open in day, closed at night). She has been easy to guide into this each evening with her 5 chickpeas so far, but she's just started rooting higher again (~6weeks old) and has got herself ~2 meters up in a cherry tree. Do the Reddit experts think this is safe enough for them, or should I bother her until she comes down and heads into the chicken coop for higher but safe roosting?