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    Hens Not Impressed - Infertile Eggs?

    Just an update for posterity in case anyone else has this same question... The first week or so of eggs were infertile - but the second week's have embryo development at the 7-day mark. So in spite of their salty, mean girl attitudes and appearing to take every opportunity to peek through the...
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    Hens Not Impressed - Infertile Eggs?

    🤦🏼‍♀️ I hope I am wrong... none of the interactions seem violent (no feather loss or cuts or anything) but there's a whole lot of putting him in his place from what I observe. I usually break up my flock into breeding groups in late winter. During the cold months my pen is open and...
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    Hens Not Impressed - Infertile Eggs?

    Dumb question... Most of my breeding pens are producing eggs, but my midnights/split midnights are constantly harassing the peacock I paired them with. I just collected an egg from their enclosure yesterday - and while I can say my other pens have had successful breedings, I've seen kinda poor...
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    Serial Perch Bomber - Any Suggestions?

    I was thinking about filling some empty feed bags with straw and putting them under the perch in the evening... but removing the perch seems the simpler option. It's easier to make good choices when that's the only option available. 😇
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    Serial Perch Bomber - Any Suggestions?

    I think you are right. I just went out there and pulled the nails and took out the perch... Hopefully I'll get some intact eggs tomorrow. 🤞
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    Serial Perch Bomber - Any Suggestions?

    I have a 6 year old hen who seems to be making a habit out of perch bombing her eggs this year. Three have bit the dust so far. She's never had a perch bomb other than her first year laying, so I'm not sure why she has decided to go rogue now. - She has a grass privacy screen up against one...
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    Told He Was Violeta But Looking Kinda Purple! (Color ID)

    The eggs I bought this summer kinda blew my mind. She listed all the potential outcomes for each egg depending on what pen they came out of... with all the splits up-ing the chances of different colors. I don't gamble, but those eggs made me understand how gambling addictions start. 😅
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    Pied peachick

    The pied stuff can be confusing... it feels like you could take white and another color and get a mix like making a marbled cake out of two different types of batter... but it's kinda it's own thing. You need a bird with the pied pattern thrown into the mix. 🎂🦚😉
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    Sexing peachicks

    They love nice thick perches, especially the types that are natural tree branches cut to size. Mine often turn their noses up at my snug coops and prefer these high perches in the runs. They like lots of room to wander in their runs... I add things for enrichment, like different heights of...
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    Pied peachick

    India Blue x White will produce India Blues split to white. These will likely have a few white feather (usually at the tips of the wings or on the throat). Pied is a different allele on the white gene... I think chicks need a copy of both the white and pied genetics to exhibit the pied...
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    Told He Was Violeta But Looking Kinda Purple! (Color ID)

    If this peacock was a hen, I'd be happy... I finally got a breeding age BS taupe peacock (my ultimate color fav). I've always figured it was good to try to breed them "true", but I bought eggs from a lady this summer who had these amazing pens with lots of splits and all these potential color...
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    Told He Was Violeta But Looking Kinda Purple! (Color ID)

    I thought that might be the case as well. He seemed to be more into exotic pheasants. It's a neat peacock - I noticed the purple has some white flights, so hopefully he will be enjoyed by someone else wanting to play with the split white/pied he might be carrying. I've now gotten a bunch of...
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    Told He Was Violeta But Looking Kinda Purple! (Color ID)

    That's what I thought when I first saw him... I didn't want to be rude, I guess. It was a swap, so not a huge deal. I figured the guy might have just caught the wrong bird.
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    Told He Was Violeta But Looking Kinda Purple! (Color ID)

    Thanks! That's what I figured as soon as I saw him - I needed a sanity check, so thanks! 😆
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    Peafowl in Eastern PA - IB, IB split Midnight, Purple, Cameo, White

    I have some 2022 and 2023 peafowl for sale! 2022 1 India Blue split Midnight peacock 1 India Blue Black Shoulder split Midnight peacock 1 Cameo peahen 1 White peahen 2023 1 India Blue peacock 1 low% spaulding white (unsexed)
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