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    Raising Free range Peafowl with Chickens and ducks

    Awesome! Thanks I will try that tomorrow.
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    Raising Free range Peafowl with Chickens and ducks

    How high of a perch do you put with them when the hen is teaching the chicks to roost is 3 feet a good starting height?
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    Raising Free range Peafowl with Chickens and ducks

    Okay thanks- trying to keep them in the stall- and found this as I went to put all the birds to bed last night. The hen at the top of the wall separating the two horse stalls and one of the chicks with her- the 3 other chicks were peeping from the ground one tried to fly up but did not make it.
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    Raising Free range Peafowl with Chickens and ducks

    My Peahen hatched 4 Peachicks 1.5 weeks ago- I have them in a stall and Momma Hen is raising them. I have read Peachicks do not have an immune system until 3-4 months old. my adult Peafowl have never been sick and they typically free range and roost with the chickens. Do I need to keep the...
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    How to raise Peachicks?

    I am sorry but I don”t know what the Stickies Topics are? Yes, I am planning on the hen to raise the chicks , but should I worm the Peachicks? Or keep them separated from my chickens? Thanks for your help!
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    How to raise Peachicks?

    I have 4 Peachicks that are a week old being raised by the hen. Can anyone suggest a good book about caring for them? I have read of worming them but how old should they be? Any other special care I have Chickens and Ducks right now the Hen and her chicks are in their own stall. The hen has the...
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    Live Stock Guardian Dogs- Advice Please!

    Thank you. Has your dog been raised with the birds since a pup?
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    Live Stock Guardian Dogs- Advice Please!

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    Live Stock Guardian Dogs- Advice Please!

    Thanks so much for the information! I spoke with our Invisible Fence people here they say the GPS fence would work. They gave me a phone # to speak with a customer who has a Great Pyrenees.
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    Live Stock Guardian Dogs- Advice Please!

    I have a small flock of free range chickens that is getting smaller due to a fox- which got one of my hens about a week ago and my Wonderful Rooster I would like to get a Maremma Sheepdog, my concern only have 9 acres- and want to know if anyone has had experience with Invisible Fencing with...
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    2nd year chicken momma.

    Hi Katrina, I have a small flock of chickens had a rooster who was great with the girls, unfortunately a fox got one of my hens and I lost my Rooster to the fox. I saw from your post you have a Live Stock Guardian dog- can
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    Livestock guardian dog

    Do you still have a Maremma? I am considering getting an 8 week old pup to protect my flock as an adult. Is your property completely fenced in? Do you know of anyone who has ever used Invisible Fencing with a Maremma and has it been successful?
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    2nd year chicken momma.

    Ka
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    How to Best re-Introduce a hen to her flock

    Thank you so much! That may have answered my next question. I have Peafowl as well and my Peacock has always need interested in my White hens. He circles their crate every morning but by late afternoon he is on his way perched in our indoor riding arena. I was worried about him too, he has two...
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    How to Best re-Introduce a hen to her flock

    Thank you for your help. I just brought them out Wednesday evening I notice one of my Cochins raising her neck feathers trying to chest bump and peck one of my hens. Should I keep them in the create until I no longer see that behavior?
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