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Subject: Peahen

Author:
K Dittrich

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Date Posted: 11:21:44 11/12/13 Tue

We have a blue cock, a white cock and a hen. This season the hen is growing the beautiful feathers of the male, and her neck and breast are the bright blue of the male, with some brown/tan mottling. We think she is about 8-10 years old. What is going on with her? She did not lay eggs last season, at least none that we could find. They are free-ranging birds, roosting in our trees at night and always around for corn at feeding time. Can anyone explain this phenomenon?

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Re: Peahen

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D C T---friendly poultry orthopedist
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Date Posted: 07:01:36 11/20/13 Wed

I began learning about peafowl care in 1988 and am still
learning.
I have had three peahens that grew male plumage. All of
these began as normal peahens that could lay eggs but
before any color change began they stopped laying eggs.
Two of these peahens died and I did post mortem examination
finding the oviduct impacted with the rotten remains of
eggs that the poor peahens could not pass. They probably
got an infection from this. One of those peahens was 20
years old and the other was nineteen. My remaining
peahen in full male plumage was hatched in mid 1990's.
I can tell that a peahen gets no pleasure from having
that lovely plumage.

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