This web site was put together with the goal of showing detailed pictures of the birds we raise or have raised.
Global warming? In January 2010 it was colder in West Texas than Anchorage, Alaska.
We actually had a great year in 2009 and look forward to another challenging year but, we really were not ready for 10 degree temp, -4 wind-chill. Picking up a tube type propane heater with blower was helpful. Later we added another larger tube type propane heater. These were in addition to 10 -- 250 watt heat lamps. Our intentions were to keep the Vulturine, Kenya Crested Guinea fowl from freezing. Several breeding pairs of Ocellated turkeys were given extra room, heat as well.Everything will work out, but, this is another example of being prepared before the event.
We had great success breeding our Imported Pavo Muticus muticus males with RM hens. They are available now or later in the spring of 2010. What was interesting is that these seem to have done quite well with the low teens, and 72 hour freeze. Not a big deal up north but close to being devastating for any warm temperature species, not being protected. We did sell off all domestic green peafowl other than the Imported males and RM hens... it just made more since for us to stay with and breed the best birds available... unfortunately it has take a long time and many birds to realize this.
One example, go to the open page of this web site. Look at the number 4 bird. This bird was banded and sold by one of the top green peafowl breeders as muticus muticus... an email quote from Wolfgang Mening, "there is no bird like this in the world except for man made."
I don't see or hear this often... but Wolfgang Mening only raised Pavo Muticus muticus, not Java Muticus muticus...his birds were from captive bred peafowl originating in Southern Malaysia. If you find out this is incorrect please email or call me."
Vulturine Guinea fowl were productive in 2009. 15 were surplus for a new pubic exhibit that will eventually have them free ranging over 17 acres. I think this would be the largest flock on exhibit in America. Were starting to think that perhaps this species will range closer to where they were raised than once thought. We had 10 escape one windy day... they took flight over the barn, barns, and road and even into the neighbor’s tree line. Within three days all returned to the pen they were liberated from. In 2010 we will have a number of wild caught imported breeding pairs or trio's. I just read on the web that we have not had Kenya Crested guinea fowl for some time. Really?We do have Kenya Crested guinea fowl that were wild caught imported birds from Sam Chupp. We don't have offspring at this time. If you’re interested in the guinea fowl, keep in touch. For our part it takes us longer to raise the chicks to a sub adult stage then have them DNA... by this time they are ready to be shipped. I don't think exporting worked out for us last year. Just too much trouble for a species that can be sold locally. There have been some rumors of a new importation of Vulturine Guinea fowl.
We sold most colors and patternsof peafowl listed on the peacock page. Continue to email or call with request or questions.
Peafowl we will continue to concentrate on Greens, Charcoal, Charcoal White Eye or silver pied, Charcoal Black shoulder and Charcoal black shoulder white eye, and silver pied. Spalding Charcoal Black shoulder, Bronze, Bronze Black shoulder peafowl and are within reach of producing Bronze Pied, Bronze Black shoulder Pied, Bronze Silver Pied, Bronze Black shoulder Silver Pied spending the last few years breeding unrelated birds and crossing their offspring to other unrelated birds. Emerald Pied Spalding bred for quality in phenotype instead of % green.
I enjoy the landscaping the aviaries; in the future we will begin dismantling a few of the existing breeding sheds to build more natural flight pens. The majority of our birds are not active breeders so the work load and feed cost have declined. Now young birds are raised in 25 x 75 foot flight pens.
Ocellated Turkeys... we should have several pairs breeding this season in 2010... as well as a pair of European imports on breeder loan. I'm trying a new diet combination on one breeding pair... as well a new setting. Email should you have any questions.
March 2009, Javanese peafowl being released in Malaysia to increase tourism
Java Peafowl (note: we had mentioned that all three Java sub-species imported were DNA as pure green, we have been corrected, "regards to the DNA work that was done, it was only done on the Java sub-species, not Imperator or Spicifer, DNA work was done by Ettore Randi at his lab in Italy"
Green Peafowl: A large number of Green peafowl been Imported. Wolfgang Mennig, Germany providing the majority of birds. For our part as metioned above we will be breeding on the Imported pavo muticus males with Rodney Michael hens. We will also be breeding a pen of domestic Imperators.
The highlighted tags below (Imported Java Green Peafowl) (the birds pictured below were imported, held in quarantin for 30 days, then moved several times so they are a bit rough...still impressive birds for yearlings) We look forward for the chance to take a few better pictures of each subspecies as they grow out. The pictures are large, our dial up service took awhile and did not show the graphic data well. Any suggestions to down size pictures?
We don't give advice or suggestions about the vetarinarian care of peafowl or avian medical problems. While always trying to learn, we know little of medical problems, less than most. Educate yourself; as well seek the advice of a vetarinarian professional.
We found the article below copied from Avian biotech's web site interesting. The medical condition known as Perosis is often described to peafowl breeders. http://avianbiotech.com/Diseases/aviandis.txt
OCCURRENCE:Young birds. Correlates with crowded confinement, using slat or wire floors, feeding rations with high mineral content or unsupplemented.
PEROSIS
ETIOLOGY: Mainly due to deficiency of manganese or choline.
CLINICAL SIGNS: Malposition of one or both legs from the hock distally. The hock is swollen and the obvious site of malposition.
LESIONS : Initially: Hock is flattened, widened, and enlarged. Later: Leg from hock distally deviates laterally. Gastrocnemius tendon at the hock has slipped from its trochlea. The tibia andmetatarsus may be bowed and twisted. Shortening and thickening of the long bones of the legs and wings or displacement of the articular cartilage of the distal end of the tibia may be apparent.
TREATMENT: None for the bird affected. Prompt supplementation of the feed with manganese, choline, and B vitamins may minimize the problem.
New study: Article on the breeding value of peacock tail feathers vs voice communication.. The below link to the Discovery Channel should be the article.
Tail feathers, plumage: India Blue Peafowl, the Centre of Wildlife & Ornithology, Aligarh Muslim University, India has an interesting 2 page article on peafowl communication, mating, tail length. If your really smart you will read it once. I had to read it twice. http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v113n02/p0490-p0492.pdf
The San Diego has a great web site, below is a link for information on peafowl.
When you have a chance, look at our web page for Peacocks, and then go to Bronze Spaulding Pied White Eye peacock... Email your thoughts texaspeafowl@aol.com
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This would be a great time for you to join the United Peafowl Organization. You will enjoy the color magazine sent out, with information regarding peafowl care, genetics etc. Email us for more information or better yet go to www.peafowl.org
Vulturine Guinea Fowl
(Acryllium vulturinum)
We have permission to reprint Leland Hayes, PH.D. article about Vulturine Guinea Fowl. After looking at Mr. Hayes article, website and such we have decided instead of re-writing his article we would just send you to his website. As well as being the author of several books relating to gamebirds, Mr. Hayes is the author of several digital web-books about Golden Pheasants, and Lady Amherst Pheasants, really a great idea.Go to http://www.lelandhayes.com for complete information. You might also wish to subscribe to Leland's news letter. mailto:Subscribe@lelandhayes.com?Subject=Subscribe. Vulturine information is in a special edition article, go to
http://www.lelandhayes.com/SpecialEzine/Special_eZine_1.pdfyou should find the Vulturine Guinea fowl article on Gamebird eZine, Volume 1, August 1, 2006, Number 1. Should you have difficulties with the above information, email us. Texaspeafowl@aol.com, Sid (look under Sales & Info for more on Vulturine, Kenya Crested Guinea fowl) For questions regarding the Vulturine guinea fowl... call me, I can talk faster than type. After dark is better.
*** Go to sales/info for more information on Vulturine, Kenya Crested Guinea fowl.
Genetic Problems Facing Peafowl
For those not involved with peafowl... Cameo, Purple, Bronze, Peach, Charcoal, Jade are all natural color mutations, not hybrids. Blackshoulder, pied, white eye, silver pied are natural patterns, and mutations not hybrids.
India Blue peafowl. We are trying to post pictures of wild India Blue peafowl to show the size difference compared to the India Blue peafowl being raised by U.S. breeders. The most remarkable difference is the leg length of both males, hens. Both are much larger, taller birds, with males carrying tales higher than the domestic birds. Is this due to the amount of inbreeding? Your comments are welcomed.
Charcoal Color: As of 2007 Charcoal, Charcoal blackshoulder hens are still believed to be sterile. Spalding Charcoal hens have laved eggs that hatched, this is thought to be the result of hybrid cross to strengthen a deficient genetic trait. In 2008 and 2009 we will be working with Charcoal males and Charcoal Blackshoulder males, breeding them to various Java hens, with none of the offspring for sale. Email should you need us to help locate available Charcoal type birds.
Below is a listing of peafowl that are known to exist or have the potential to exist. To my understanding there are no stud records kept. You can find additional information by going to http://www.peafowl.org.
1. Green, Muticus-Muticus (Javanese)
2. Green, Muticus-Imperator (Indo-Chinese)
3. Green, Muticus- Specifier (Burmese)
4. India Blue
5. India Blue Pied
6. India Blue White-Eyed
7. India Blue Pied White-Eyed
8. India Blue Silver Pied
9. Black Shoulder
10. Black Shoulder Pied
11. Black Shoulder White-Eyed
12. Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
13. Black Shoulder Silver Pied
14. White
15. Cameo
16. Cameo Pied
17. Cameo White-Eyed
18. Cameo Pied White-Eyed
19. Cameo Silver Pied
20. Cameo Black Shoulder
21. Cameo Black Shoulder Pied
22. Cameo Black Shoulder White-Eyed
23. Cameo Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
24. Cameo Black Shoulder Silver Pied
25. Charcoal (varieties under consideration)
26. Charcoal Pied
27. Charcoal White-Eyed
28. Charcoal Pied White-Eyed
29. Charcoal Silver Pied
30. Charcoal Black Shoulder
31. Charcoal Black Shoulder Pied
32. Charcoal Black Shoulder White-Eyed
33. Charcoal Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
34. Charcoal Black Shoulder Silver Pied
35. Purple
36. Purple Pied
37. Purple White-Eyed
38. Purple Pied White-Eyed
39. Purple Silver Pied
40. Purple Black Shoulder
41. Purple Black Shoulder Pied
42. Purple Black Shoulder White-Eyed
43. Purple Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
44. Purple Black Shoulder Silver Pied
45. Buford Bronze
46. Buford Bronze Pied
47. Buford Bronze White-Eyed
48. Buford Bronze Pied White-Eyed
49. Buford Bronze Silver Pied
50. Buford Bronze Black Shoulder
51. Buford Bronze Black Shoulder Pied
52. Buford Bronze Black Shoulder White-Eyed
53. Buford Bronze Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
54. Buford Bronze Black Shoulder Silver Pied
55. Peach
56. Peach Pied
57. Peach White-Eyed
58. Peach Pied White-Eyed
59. Peach Silver Pied
60. Peach Black Shoulder
61. Peach Black Shoulder Pied
62. Peach Black Shoulder White-Eyed
63. Peach Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
64. Peach Black Shoulder Silver Pied
65. Opal
66. Opal Pied
67. Opal White-Eyed
68. Opal Pied White-Eyed
69. Opal Silver Pied
70. Opal Black Shoulder
71. Opal Black Shoulder Pied
72. Opal Black Shoulder White-Eyed
73. Opal Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
74. Opal Black Shoulder Silver Pied
75. Midnight
76. Midnight Pied
77. Midnight White-Eyed
78. Midnight Pied White-Eyed
79. Midnight Silver Pied
80. Midnight Black Shoulder
81. Midnight Black Shoulder Pied
82. Midnight Black Shoulder White-Eyed
83. Midnight Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
84. Midnight Black Shoulder Silver Pied
85. Jade
86. Jade Pied
87. Jade White-Eyed
88. Jade Pied White-Eyed
89. Jade Silver Pied
90. Jade Black Shoulder
91. Jade Black Shoulder Pied
92. Jade Black Shoulder White-Eyed
93. Jade Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
94. Jade Black Shoulder Silver Pied
95. Spalding
96. Spalding Pied
97. Spalding White-Eyed
98. Spalding Pied White-Eyed
99. Spalding Silver Pied
100. Spalding Black Shoulder
101. Spalding Black Shoulder Pied
102. Spalding Black Shoulder White-Eyed
103. Spalding Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
104. Spalding Black Shoulder Silver Pied
105. Spalding White
106. Spalding Cameo
107. Spalding Cameo Pied
108. Spalding Cameo White-Eyed
109. Spalding Cameo Pied White-Eyed
110. Spalding Cameo Silver Pied
111. Spalding Cameo Black Shoulder
112. Spalding Cameo Black Shoulder Pied
113. Spalding Cameo Black Shoulder White-Eyed
114. Spalding Cameo Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
115. Spalding Cameo Black Shoulder Silver Pied
116. Spalding Charcoal (varieties under consideration)
117. Spalding Charcoal Pied
118. Spalding Charcoal White-Eyed
119. Spalding Charcoal Pied White-Eyed
120. Spalding Charcoal Silver Pied
121. Spalding Charcoal Black Shoulder
122. Spalding Charcoal Black Shoulder Pied
123. Spalding Charcoal Black Shoulder White-Eyed
124. Spalding Charcoal Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
125. Spalding Charcoal Black Shoulder Silver Pied
126. Spalding Purple
127. Spalding Purple Pied
128. Spalding Purple White-Eyed
129. Spalding Purple Pied White-Eyed
130. Spalding Purple Silver Pied
131. Spalding Purple Black Shoulder
132. Spalding Purple Black Shoulder Pied
133. Spalding Purple Black Shoulder White-Eyed
134. Spalding Purple Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
135. Spalding Purple Black Shoulder Silver Pied
136. Spalding Buford Bronze
137. Spalding Buford Bronze Pied
138. Spalding Buford Bronze White-Eyed
139. Spalding Buford Bronze Pied White-Eyed
140. Spalding Buford Bronze Silver Pied
141. Spalding Buford Bronze Black Shoulder
142. Spalding Buford Bronze Black Shoulder Pied
143. Spalding Buford Bronze Black Shoulder White-Eyed
144. Spalding Buford Bronze Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
145. Spalding Buford Bronze Black Shoulder Silver Pied
146. Spalding Peach
147. Spalding Peach Pied
148. Spalding Peach White-Eyed
149. Spalding Peach Pied White-Eyed
150. Spalding Peach Silver Pied
151. Spalding Peach Black Shoulder
152. Spalding Peach Black Shoulder Pied
153. Spalding Peach Black Shoulder White-Eyed
154. Spalding Peach Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
155. Spalding Peach Black Shoulder Silver Pied
156. Spalding Opal
157. Spalding Opal Pied
158. Spalding Opal White-Eyed
159. Spalding Opal Pied White-Eyed
160. Spalding Opal Silver Pied
161. Spalding Opal Black Shoulder
162. Spalding Opal Black Shoulder Pied
163. Spalding Opal Black Shoulder White-Eyed
164. Spalding Opal Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
165. Spalding Opal Black Shoulder Silver Pied
166. Spalding Midnight
167. Spalding Midnight Pied
168. Spalding Midnight White-Eyed
169. Spalding Midnight Pied White-Eyed
170. Spalding Midnight Silver Pied
171. Spalding Midnight Black Shoulder
172. Spalding Midnight Black Shoulder Pied
173. Spalding Midnight Black Shoulder White-Eyed
174. Spalding Midnight Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
175. Spalding Midnight Black Shoulder Silver Pied
176. Spalding Jade
177. Spalding Jade Pied
178. Spalding Jade White-Eyed
179. Spalding Jade Pied White-Eyed
180. Spalding Jade Silver Pied
181. Spalding Jade Black Shoulder
182. Spalding Jade Black Shoulder Pied
183. Spalding Jade Black Shoulder White-Eyed
184. Spalding Jade Black Shoulder Pied White-Eyed
185. Spalding Jade Black Shoulder Silver Pied
Please, come back for another look later. We hope to post pictures of a new group of birds, White Texas Peafowl --- altered colors...Only at Texaspeafowl, with the hope of having fun at the expense of all who sell birds, including us.
