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 Post subject: how old a hen is?
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:34 am 
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Help please how do I tell how old a hen is? I got 3 on saturday and the seller did not know I just want to make sure they are not all old boilers that are past breeding


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 Post subject: Re: how old a hen is?
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Wait to see if they lay eggs and how many, remember peafowl live long so even if the peahens are say 10 years thats not old

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Ok thank you


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They are very hard to tell the age especially the whites and the pieds I find them the hardest

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PSHFarm wrote:
Wait to see if they lay eggs and how many, remember peafowl live long so even if the peahens are say 10 years thats not old

How many eggs is a good indicator I go by also some white and reverse pieds peahens get a few more scales on their legs



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Would a DNA test determine the age?


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 Post subject: Re: how old a hen is?
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What about telling the age of a peacock?


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 Post subject: Re: how old a hen is?
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M Robby wrote:
Would a DNA test determine the age?


No it wouldn't

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What about telling the age of a peacock?


Once mature it is difficult. Old birds have scaly feet, rougher beak and poorer feathering.


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The peacocks train gets bigger as they age so if its really long then he's older


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Is it true they get 2 meters long? Mine is about 1.5 long and he is 7 years old, I though that was as long as they get?


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