Looking To Buy....Peafowl(2016)

[msmolly]

I would love to Buy a couple Spalding eggs to put under my India Blue peahen. Or possibly a couple 1 day old Spalding chicks- but that would have to be timed precisely and they would need to be close by. (I'm in North east , Ohio). So eggs would be preferred. I'm looking for the real emerald green/purple Spalding , (just like Q8peafowl). not pied or black- not sure what the name of that color mix is. Any ideas?

 

[barkerg]

Thank you Gerald.  I have been actively hunting through the UPA Breeders web sites, and I keep coming back to B-A-B's- so not knowing anything about them previously, I'm gratified to have you recommend them.  I understand the Spaldings (or Green crosses) are not cold tolerant, and am ready to deal with that- having had heated perches in the past, I can do that again. My Bird house is good and solid and freshly expanded. My new concern though- I have read that the greens are considerably "flightier".   Is that true? My birds are real pets, around us and the dogs - and free ranging during the day,then coming in to be locked up at night.  Possibly Greens/Spaldings etc...being more skittish would not be conducive for free ranging?  Any thoughts or opinions would be welcome.

Spaldings 50/50 usually free range very well and tolerate the cold very well. The higher up you go on the purity scale is when you normally run into issues, Greens especially the males will roam and really dont free range well, some have tried and it works up until they are of breeding age and then they are prone to disappear. Breeding age green males can be very aggressive and care must be taken during the season to seperate males and reduce visuals between the pens as they will destroy themselves as well the pens trying to get at each other. Green hens are known to not play well with other hens and can be obsessive over their males so some might have to be kept in pairs probably no more than a trio per pen. Ive known a few people who have tamed their greens from a chick and hand raised them and swear the bird would never leave but, it usually turns out like the kids parakeet. Bottom line is your gonna need more when it comes to Green peafowl and I cant remember if you stated how much experience you have with peas but if its low, I would start with IB's and Spaldings and then move to the purer birds if thats what you end up liking, it could save you money in the end. It really hurts when one of the crazy greens fly up and break their neck, it just happened to me, ouch!!.

Gerald Barker

 

[msmolly]

I need help and I'm posting here since it's a recent thread. ..we just got a new peahen and i need to know how long to keep her separated from the rest of the flock before they can be together. The current flock consists of peafowl and chickens, all free range. The peacocks roost in the trees or inside the coop (they were hatched and raised by a chicken mama). Currently the new peahen is in an outdoor dog run and the current flock have made their introductions through the fence...so my question is how long should i keep the newbie in the run until i let her out to join the rest? We live on 7 acres in a rural area, no issues with other flock members going more than a couple acres away and never staying gone...obviously i dont want this peahen to run away as we actually bought her today...any advice us greatly appreciated, and if there is a better place to post this please let me know. Thanks!

I will put in my two cents here. I am a big believer in free ranging- But....you need to be patient and prepare carefully. Letting your bird out too soon- can't be reversed- especially during breeding season.- for males or females. Banding your birds with an easily readable band- large font tel # - see my thread on "ID Bands for Peafowl". Also - train, train, train your birds. Give treats (really irrisitable ones like meal worms or hard boiled egg yolks) several times a day while repeatedly calling (as if you were calling them in at night) use a one word call and be very consistent in tone and use. Over and over. You want your birds to be tripping over themselves to get to you when they hear that call. And use it consistently at closing time during the training period. Then always use that call and treat every afternoon before dusk when you call them in for the night. Ideally, you condition your birds to be in their pen waiting for their treat well before dusk - so they don't get in the habit of roosting in the trees early in the season- or at least until they are really well conditioned and breeding season is over.
No matter how well trained your birds are- there is always the chance that something will spook or chase them off the property- just recently a fox went after my birds and my male ended up injured and on a distant neighbors porch railing. The band with my tel # helped. (He is healed and home and The vet is $200.00 richer). Good luck.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

@q8peafowl has so many gorgeous colors/patterns

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If you are wondering how to describe a specific bird you've already seen, you probably need to find a picture and post it here, and then someone will be able to tell you what exactly it is!

 

[msmolly]

@q8peafowl has so many gorgeous colors/patterns

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If you are wondering how to describe a specific bird you've already seen, you probably need to find a picture and post it here, and then someone will be able to tell you what exactly it is!

Yes Q8, I love your bird! No, actually, I am obsessed with your bird. I wanted to copy and paste a picture of your Avatar, but was afraid that might seem kind of creepy. Any way, thank you for explaining the color. I would love to find a source for eggs from birds of that coloring. Thanks, Molly

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Never free range adult greens or %75 spaldings and more, they could leave easier than you think, %50 spaldings are a good choice, have you seen spalding black shoulder peacock before? It could be one of the prettiest birds you could ever see.

 

[KsKingBee]

Never free range adult greens or %75 spaldings and more, they could leave easier than you think, %50 spaldings are a good choice, have you seen spalding black shoulder peacock before? It could be one of the prettiest birds you could ever see.

Three year old with his first train. I also got my fist egg from him last night.

 

[barkerg]

Three year old with his first train. I also got my fist egg from him last night.

Nice going Kingbee! Gerald Barker

 

[zazouse]

I am sure they will, the thing is i am retired and can monitor them 24/7 and i will know if things were going amiss with them, peafowl are much different in free range rather than a aviary no matter how big that aviary is and i believe that not forced to stay in a smaller area can make a big difference in how they perceive their world and all that is in it , i have seen it with the blues these are not nomadic birds per say otherwise they would be all over the world, instead they stay in one area dispersing their Young to the outskirts of their deemed territory where they expand onto more territory ....

Honestly do you know of anyone that has ever took the time to work with an entire flock 24/7 to see if it would work out? one that was there to see their progress and learn their habits? Friedrich Essier has photo the green birds documented them in their world extensively and he did not chase the same flocks around the world, he knows where there territory was and whet to it and found them repeatedly so this tells me they home in on an area and that is where they stay unless run to the outskirts by their parents where they eventually create their own flock;;

This may not turn out for the good but you know what i will be able to tell folks why it does not work out not just say it will never work because someone else said so and they have never even had the opportunity to try it themselves, many things come into play when free ranging any Bird and to be successfully or fail at it we must have the time to learn the ins and outs of it to help others understand how it is done and why it did or did not work out and how one got to the point of success or failure

These birds and I are very close to me and the guardian dogs they have learned that they are safe near us when something spooks them they do not fly off and never return they fly to the safe area and behind the guardian dog because they know they are safe ... They stay close to the dogs for the most part even the few i have tethers during breeding season so they do not steal the eggs , go right where they are and dust bath, they know what protects them from harm, something you will never see in an aviary

 

[Birdrain92]

I would love to Buy a couple Spalding eggs to put under my India Blue peahen. Or possibly a couple 1 day old Spalding chicks- but that would have to be timed precisely and they would need to be close by. (I'm in North east , Ohio). So eggs would be preferred. I'm looking for the real emerald green/purple Spalding , (just like Q8peafowl). not pied or black- not sure what the name of that color mix is. Any ideas?

Spalding.