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I have 4 males and one hen and am interested in some more hens.

I am a silkie newby. what makes these birds only pet quality?

I may have found the problem! I have been using 2 spot check digital thermometers. One in the correct position on the sportsman and the other on the tray of eggs. They read 99.6-100 Since I have $140 in the peafowl eggs I bought I was tinkering with thermometers. I got out 2 of the gqf sportsman...

15 silkie eggs and 3 babys hatched. I opened some of the others. The babys are fully formed but dead. The sac is NOT broke and air chamber is probably 1/3 of the egg. No pipping either. GQF sportsman incubator set at 100 and temp on shelf 99.3 to 99.8 Humidity is about 55%on petsmart hygrometer...

Anybody feed their peafowl table scraps? My grandmother always fed scraps to her chickens and an uncle fed them to his peafowl. They would fight over the food that would otherwise be throne away. I never new of any health problems but I was pretty young.

I have had a pair for 4 years now and never raised a chick. Layed 2 eggs on the roost last year and has NOT laid an egg this year. On a brighter note I have 2 Temminick chicks that mom hatched on her own. I usually have way too many amherst and golden chicks by now but this year I have 2. Eggs...

Quote: Well, the mailman has come and gone on Friday afternoon and my eggs are not here! They were suppose to be sent Mon by express mail. Then changed to Tues or maybe Wed. No tracking # or email These eggs were laid last Saturday so the fresh meter is running. I am starting to feel screwed...

mother nature and a broody can't even produce good results after the post office does their thing. Shipped eggs is gambling plain and simple! I know it is tempting but just NOT practical. I start preaching about this but have to confess I just spent 150 on 14 peafowl eggs BUT they are coming...

I have a sportsman incubator with 3 holes at top for fan and 3 at bottom for exit. How many do you leave open for peafowl?

Quote: Ok! I read the article and saw the picture of the eggs positioned on the trays. I have those trays and understand now. How about humidity? 55-60%

I cant disable the turning mechanism because I have pheasant and chicken eggs. Put the peafowl eggs in the hatching tray on their side?

I ordered from G&T peacocks and will be sent overnight. I have had my sportsman on all summer. Anything I need to know? Do I really need to lay them on their side instead of in the turner? 60% humidity. I have been messing with dry incubation without much luck on my pheasants and some chicken...

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what kind of peafowl?

I am not sure what to look for when candling new shipped eggs. I assume a bubble that roles around in the egg as you turn it. If they are detached do you incubate or trash?