Do Peahens Lay Eggs Daily

Do Peahens Lay Eggs Daily

Do peahens lay eggs daily? The answer is NO. Peahens are not as prolific as your backyard laying hens. But they lay eggs daily for a short periods of time, not throughout the year round. They lay a certain number of eggs each year for the purpose of producing chicks.
Peafowl
Peafowl are related to pheasants and they are originally from India and some other Southeast Asian countries. The most common color varieties are of two types. They are the green variety and the blue (Pavo muticus & Pavo cristatus). Peafowl are very hardy and long-lived birds. Having right conditions, proper care and management, domestic peafowl can survive fro about 40 to 50 years. Peafowl are very noisy and make loud sounds. If you live in rural areas, they can also be good watch-birds.
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Breeding
Generally peahens gain maturity at the age of 2 years. Some peahens start laying fertile eggs after their first birthday. Peacocks take more time to become mature than the peahens. Usually it takes about 3 years to gain maturity of a peacock. After three years their tail also matures. For impressing the peahens to potential mates, a peacock shows off and preens his splendid tail feathers. But in most cases peahens ignore him.

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