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Thanks for the info and advice! I do also have an IB pair that are 1 1/2 years and a purple male chick, about the same age as the hens I am considering. The lady who is selling is giving me the choice and has a peacock that is black shoulder that is beautiful! So I was leaning that...

I replied to my other person before seeing your answer. We don't have anything other than Pea fowl up here that I have heard of. These ladies breed peafowl only. (as far as I know) I'm not familiar with spaldings and have never seen one, but aren't they those long legged peas from another area...

From what I know, which is very little, purple is sex linked. So a purple male and any other color hen will have 100% purple hens, but males will be the other color, split to purple. Purple hens bred to any color other than purple will not produce purple, but have offspring split to that...

I am getting 2 pea hens and she has 2 available I can choose from. I have a purple male and am getting a purple female for him. I am also getting a second hen and can get either a black shoulder split to purple which looks close to the purple or an IB split to purple which has a lot of color...

Haha! Thank you for your replies! I am still not sure if it is her or not, but I do think it is. I "guess" her eggs aren't valuable yet, since she doesn't like her boyfriend yet! So my husband will keep eating any big mystery eggs we find. I really appreciate your replies! Thanks again!

Maybe it is her laying those big eggs then. She has only laid 2 if it is her. I picked them both up right away, so no clutch or incubating. My male is also a yearling and he is only displaying. I haven't seen them mate. Although she is doing the hen submissive pose to me now and she never...

Today I got a huge light colored egg. Huge in comparison to the average chicken egg. Pinkish tan and pretty good sized. I have my peas in with some chickens and I do have Ameracaunas in there, but none lay non blue eggs that I know of. Do yearling peahens start laying that young? Or did...

Thanks for your reply! I have been researching peafowl and am one of those who is anxiously waiting for your videos on taming them! Awesome idea! Mine are semi tame... they will allow me to touch them and come up to me for treats, but will hop out of my way if I try to pick one up. Thanks!

Thank you both so much! I was hoping and guessing, but maybe I shouldn't... because now for my next question... Can 2 full bro and sis be a pair and hatch out viable chicks? Just wondering. I may never hatch any, but if I do, it would be for myself to have some tame pretty peafowl around. So...

I bought 2 pea chicks a month ago and was told they were male, but he did say the one may possibly be female. I think they are 3 months old and one is coloring out much more in the neck and is slightly bigger. They were hatched together and have the same parents. Would you say the one with...

So sorry. Maybe get a better incubator? That would be too sad. I have had to help some hatch and think along the same lines as Amy Lynn. Those styrofoam incubators aren't too bad or expensive. When you say cooler type, do you think there is too much room in it to keep the temp/humidity in...

Hi! I found this old posting. I'm wondering if you tried out your Sears and Roebuck incubator and how it worked? I also have one and have been just having it sit in the garage. I'm thinking of selling it. Does anyone know what they are worth? Johnboat, what did you pay for yours if you...

Thanks for your reply. I did treat it, but not always consistently. Is it very common to give IM antibiotics in chickens? That may work better. I should take another picture, because it is actually bigger now and her eye is more shut. I haven't seen any pus form her nose or mouth, but have...

My chickens ate a cube of mouse poisoning (not a warfarin base, so Vit K wouldn't help) I was told by the chemical co. that there wasn't much to do but wait and see, but it is supposed to not kill secondary animals, such as cats that eat the poisoned mouse. Anyway, that was last Summer and...

Hi, I have a 3 year old hen with a swelling on one side of her face. She has had it for 2 months and no other chickens have gotten, it, so I don';t believe it is contagious. She acts fine, eats, drinks fine, runs around and in no way appears sick at all. The side of her face is hard as a...