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Recently I asked about peacock flight feather growth, as I'm wondering when our boy Peggy (who was kidnapped and had his wings clipped!) will be able to fly free again. Thank you to those of you who gave me your opinions.
While searching for an answer, I discovered that finding specific and detailed information about peacock wings, and about peacock anatomy in general, is incredibly difficult.
So first of all, I wonder: does anyone know of good pea anatomy resources?
And second, am I correct in thinking that chicken-specific illustrations provide helpful information but are inaccurate in details when applied to peacocks?
I must add that one of the best places to find the answer to questions such as: How many flight feathers do they have? How many of these are rust, how many blue-black, and how many barred? was by looking at Clinton's beautiful illustrations.
This shows how important his work is!
An example:
(I hope you don't mind my re-posting your illustration here, Clinton. For more of his work see: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/594308/illustrations-of-adult-male-peafowls).
I guess all of this is just to see if you peapeople know of pea-specific resources, and if so, maybe you could post them and we could add them to the stickies or at least have them in one place...
While searching for an answer, I discovered that finding specific and detailed information about peacock wings, and about peacock anatomy in general, is incredibly difficult.
So first of all, I wonder: does anyone know of good pea anatomy resources?
And second, am I correct in thinking that chicken-specific illustrations provide helpful information but are inaccurate in details when applied to peacocks?
I must add that one of the best places to find the answer to questions such as: How many flight feathers do they have? How many of these are rust, how many blue-black, and how many barred? was by looking at Clinton's beautiful illustrations.
This shows how important his work is!
An example:
(I hope you don't mind my re-posting your illustration here, Clinton. For more of his work see: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/594308/illustrations-of-adult-male-peafowls).
I guess all of this is just to see if you peapeople know of pea-specific resources, and if so, maybe you could post them and we could add them to the stickies or at least have them in one place...
