[> [> Subject: Re: THE DEATH OF PEAHEN IN MALE PLUMAGE
Author:
D C T --friendly poultry orthopedist
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Date Posted:18:28:42 03/09/08 Sun
>Awww poor Rainbow/Rambo! It's very, very sad to hear
>them calling for a bird that's not there. :o(
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It is sad to see him alone on that big perch. The other
India blue peahen seems to have a low opinion of peacocks.
The strange thing is that back when Peahen Number 13 had
normal plumage and laid eggs she did not get along with
Rainbow/Rambo. She would peck him on the head until he got
aggravated and pecked back. It was after the change that
they seemed to become like buddies. Somehow the lack of
hormones took away her spirit. I suspected that she did
not feel well and certainly got no pleasure from her good
looks. But I will miss showing her to visitors
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I did see old Rainbow doing a friendship ritual with the
old green spalding peahen.--not mating but just putting
his head down to prove that he is friendly. Though she
lays internally she has so far kept her normal color.
I hope that the eggs are being absorbed in abdomal cavety
instead of staying in oviduct. If an egg strays out of
oviduct backwards into the abdomen a fleshy cyst forms
around it rich in blood vessels which absorb the egg and
eventually get rid of it....or by now that poor green
peahen would have died.
[> [> [> Subject: ANOTHER PEAHEN IS BECOMING STRANGE
Author:
D C T --friendly poultry orthopedist
[Edit]
Date Posted:06:11:24 03/12/08 Wed
a peahen in a different pen did not lay any eggs last year.
Her train is a bit longer than normal female train and her
color is different than it used to be. But she has a long
way to go before she looks like Peahen Number 13.
Re: THE DEATH OF PEAHEN IN MALE PLUMAGE