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    Opinions on male/female?

    Good question. dnacenter.com or iqbirdtesting seem to be options. I havent really researched that deeply into it yet...
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    Enrichment for chicks

    More spam from me...I’ve been reading a lot about chicken-chick enrichment and wanted to ask some specific questions about peas that I havent seen addressed yet. What are potentially good and safe ways to offer peachicks enrichment? I have five babies, all about one month old. They were...
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    Opinions on male/female?

    Sounds like a bit of a mystery, haha. I am going to get the four other chicks DNA sexed (they are white), so I will go ahead and do it for Drogon as well. :)
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    Opinions on male/female?

    4 weeks old. I know it’s young, but I’d love to hear people’s thoughts. The egg was shipped to me in a variety pack as “75% spalding, carries white gene.” Drogon has white flight feathers, a bib, and an uneven white blotch on “his” head. Some of the feathers coming in on his back have a green...
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    Hand-taming a young chick

    Thanks for the replies!! KsKingBee, what a lovely bird. I’ve done more research and realize that peas are quite a bit different than other fowl we tend to keep, personality-wise. I’ve since been working with this spalding and the other babies on “stepping up” onto my hand or arm if I want to...
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    Peachick died; now two others seem off.

    Thanks everyone, sorry for the delay in writing back. The sick chick has made a full recovery. I ended up bringing “him” to the vet, where he was given sub-cue fluids on account of dehydration. He was also underweight. Fecal samples from him and the rest of the babies came back negative for...
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    Peachick died; now two others seem off.

    Far northern NV. I tried calling the Ag Department earlier but was just sent around in circles and ended up burying the body an hour ago. I'm hoping that since the deceased bird presented differently than the others, maybe these are different problems... I know. No necropsy, no straight...
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    Peachick died; now two others seem off.

    Sorry for the multiple threads, wanted to keep the issues separate. Three days ago, I noticed my ~2 week old peachick was acting a bit lethargic, and discovered that she had a prolapsed vent. I followed online directions for treatment (isolated her from siblings in her own brooder, soaked the...
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    Hand-taming a young chick

    I have a brood of 6 that I incubated and hatched (shipped eggs). One of them is a high percentage Spalding, nearly 2 weeks old now. Despite socialization and handling from the beginning, this little one is getting harder and harder to catch by the day. S/he is sweet-tempered, otherwise. Prefers...
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    Looking for peafowl hatching eggs

    Hey, long-time lurker here. Breeding season is winding down, but I'm holding out hope for maybe 2-4 pea eggs from anyone on here. Any color that is not India Blue, white, or black shoulder. :) (although I am aware that sometimes white chicks appear out of pied breedings etc).. I've hatched peas...
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