Hello, Was away for the weekend and found this today.
I have 2 peahens and one Peacock. One IB BS hen was hatched 7/14/17. Approx 23 months)
The other two are from mixed pen from BYC member :) shipped eggs hatched under my broody hen(chicken) approx September 2017. (Approx 20 months)
The...
Hi. Working on quick pen for appox 8 mo old trio.
This is the golf course mesh I have. And the temp pen it's going onto.
No trouble with this mesh with chickens and peafowl so far.
Don't want to dig a hold to put support post. I have some trees nearby I could tether something to.
Feel...
Hi. Working on quick pen for appox 8 mo old trio.
This is the golf course mesh I have. And the temp pen it's going onto.
No trouble with this mesh with chickens and peafowl so far.
Don't want to dig a hold to put support post. I have some trees nearby I could tether something to...
Hello, I am hoping to end up with a pair of black shoulder peafowl.
First two pics should be pure BS. Pretty sure female.
2nd 2 pics. "Look" like BS male. Came from a pen of alot of different genetics, BS, Spalding, even a white hen of unknown background....
Thoughts???
I have 8 peachicks on wire in my garage. They range in age from 3 months to 6 weeks. I'd like to move them out to my outdoor 10x10 broody&chick pen.
I can use wire on the pen floor, but time consuming to have to add it. and of course $$$.
I can get some free pavers or slate tile to put...
Hi, Have my first every peafowl chicks in a guinea pig pen. Don't worry I have an endless supply of pens and materials after 4 years messing with chickens.
Those little buggers are delightful. Elegant even as chicks.
It's all been said a million times here before, but... they would follow me...
Im a nervous first momma of peafowl. 3 shipped eggs under broody. 2 hatched yesterday. 3rd is alive, moving but not pipping. Or peeping, only soft scratching.
I don't want to lose the chick of course. Best bet? let it go another 12 hours or pip a hole in the air cell. It looks like something...
Im a nervous first momma of peafowl. 3 shipped eggs under broody. 2 hatched yesterday. 3rd is alive, moving but not pipping. Or peeping, only soft scratching.
I don't want to lose the chick of course. Best bet? let it go another 12 hours or pip a hole in the air cell. It looks like...
Hello,
Question: What kind of hatch can I expect from the 3 developing eggs I have under my bestest broody? How frequently have you candled the eggs and then have the eggs quit?
Thanks in advance!
Backround:
Just for fun (well it started thataway) I tried to find hatching eggs a few weeks...
Hello, I am in Southeast PA, but will gladly pay for ground shipping.
Have my best broody sitting 2 days, never quits, hatches everything I give her.
Anyone?
Thank you!
-A
Trouble finding hatching eggs, some on craigslist have not replied :barnie
Not even many listed on Ebay...
I am in Southeast PA, sort of local would be great and also no problem paying for ground shipping. (So the pressurization doesn't damage the eggs)
Sooner rather than later...My BEST...
Had a bantam shipment from Stromberg's, only one survived. (Post office or waiting too long off the plane Not Stromberg's) Needed a buddy and TSC donated this girl. What good customer service! Had a chick in my shirt pocket 2 days in a row!
This girl is tiny about size of a dove. And I though...
So, waiting waiting for that first egg on My Ameraucana X Bredas. One of the older clean legged sisters lays a nice deep blue/green when she's not broody.
All three hatched from light creme eggs, Roo from a blue blue.
So...
This is what I get?
Its kind of pink, which is nice. But im...
None of these boys has ever looked at me or the kids sideways!
Great flock watchdogs!
Friendly, well mannered.
Great with hens, chicks and fine around humans and children.
Mille Fleur D'Uccle X Tolbunt Polish Named: Wesley
(Frizzle)Mille Fleur D'Uccle/Tolbunt Polish frizzle. Low on totem...
just offering experience. I have been in your shoes. New to chicken keeping, losing precious new named birds, what?
Hawks, Foxes, Dogs, possibly coons who knows (not Opossums, though I believe they would take an opportunity, they are a Lazy predator and have many on my property and next to...
Hello,
I'm not a serious breeder, inexperienced in pair, trio breeding etc.
Looking for some input on feasability...
I have 2 roos that I want to keep for breeding (just hobby). Standard Size.
My flock is free range, and the roosters get along, but I'm short hens for another month...
North Chester County -Pottstown
Well behaved roosters and cockerels!! Mellow breeds Great at watching for predators! Fine with chicks, hens and children.
2 Polish D'Uccle crosses. 1 frizzle(doesnt crow, hes bantam and low man on totem pole, will crow at new home I expect)
1 EE. Pure...
Mother fantastic Layer, Brown Leghorn, good specimen from Stromberg's, not flighty. Papa: John Blehm Ameraucana (3/4 Buff, 1/4 Wheaton from a BLUE BLUE egg.
This guy should have a good blue egg gene x white - so maybe create a nice blue egg chick with your EE's etc.
At the least a...
Hello,
I received shipped eggs yesterday. 5 out of 10 seem fine, good air cells, let them rest 24 hours in about 55 degrees.
Giving those to the broody in a minute (She will be soooo happy, she's very "keen" on her 3 golf balls).
Of the others 2 were broken. 1 is intact with a...