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Hey! Quick question for you all. I hatched peafowl a couple years ago and now that they're breeding age I've had 4 females disappear... I have a feeling they went off into the woods to nest. What are the chances of them coming back? I'm going to be working on a pen this for them this year...

No one?

I'm getting there... I have three cream lavender columbians to cross with a mottled lavender and my F2 mf/lav cross rooster. I really need to get some new blood in there and would love to swap eggs with someone. Anyone?

I meant to quote your earlier post in my post, lol! Yes, they're bantam cochins :)

Dave, mine are lavender based, so maybe lavender columbian? I'm thinking there's a possibility that the rooster is mottled but it's so hard to tell since the lavender is so light already. The little pullet has kind of a tan/cream over the lavender - almost isabel coloring, but don't think...

Hey! I'm in the Knoxville area and I have lemon blues, mille fleurs, lavender and black crosses, If youre ever up this way send me a message!

This is an old thread that got pulled back up, but you are correct - thats exactly what happened :)

...and another pic of the second one. Please pardon the dirty feathers - we're in the mids tof some leg rehabilitation.

Here's another pic of the first one.

Hey guys! I've been lurking lately, but thought I'd post to ask some opinions. What color do you think the above two birds are? The first is a pullet, the second a cockerel - both still pretty young. Lavender based. Thanks! (sorry the pics are sideways ... they're straight on my phone so I'm...

The ones that didn't make it to the hatcher either didnt develop at all or were very early quitters. I had 6 that didnt hatch - i opened 3 and they were fully formed. 1 of those 3 had severely twisted legs. Not sure why the others didnt hatch. They hadnt pipped internally.

Ok - I can finally update. I've had less than stellar hatches with tons of leg problems with peachicks and unfortunately this hatch was no different. 14 eggs went in the hatcher and 8 hatched. Out of the 8, 2 are going to have to be put down... one can lift its head at all and looks swollen...

It's not splayed legs or just curled toes. When you set them down their feet go basically to the sides of their heads (by their eyes) and their toes are curled up and they can't flex them at all. I've had one chick hatch like that and had to put it down after two days of trying to treat it.

Yes.

The last two chicks I've had hatch (from eggs bought off eBay) the chicks legs are angled up towards their heads, toes curled up and useless. It's not splayed legs - they don't go off to the side. Any advice???

I just candled and all but 3 eggs are developing! I have them in a brinsea, so they're getting turned 2x per hour and I fill the water well when I notice it's dry - humidity stayss around 40% or so.

Sorry for the delay! Here are pictures of the box. There were no broken eggs, but the air cells were detached slightly. I'm going to candle in the next day or two.