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Peafowl eggs hatched in incubator
I have 2 peahens and 1 peacock. While on vacation their caretaker took their eggs and put them in an incubator. I'm OK with that. Now the eggs are hatching. Should I return the chicks to the hens and will they accept the chicks? Each year they lay a bunch of eggs but have only once hatched 2... -
how to reduce smell and flies?
My run is an enclosed yard of 50ft x 50ft with an elevated chicken coop of 8x12 and an peacock coop of 8x12 that is elevated 6ft. The whole enclosure is covered with chicken wire to keep peacocks inside. I have about 35 chickens and 4 peacocks. When I got my chickens I over purchased because I...- sg1junkie
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Injured Toes
I had to put the peachick down as it was the achellies tendon that slipped and now the femurs are rotating. He was also beating himself black and blue from flapping around even after I put him in a padded bowl. Vet said it is part genetics too and suspects that is why the mother was pecking the... -
Injured Toes
I live in Colorado on the plains. We did have a snowfall after he was hatched but the temp got to barely freezing one time and his mother was keeping him under her wings. I did witness her pecking at one of the chicks feet so roughly that she flipped it into the air. That's when I removed the... -
Injured Toes
Joined: 5/2015Post: 1online I have a peachick that was hatched on May 1st 2015 along with a sibling. At 7 days old I saw the mother picking at the toes of one of them. I thought she was trying to get it to come under her wing. A few days later I noticed one limping. I gathered up the chicks and... -
Peafowl 103: Illness, Injury, Medication and Care (in progress)
I don't know if this is the right way to post to this thread. Please redirect if I am wrong. I have a peachick that was hatched on May 1st 2015 along with a sibling. At 7 days old I saw the mother picking at the toes of one of them. I thought she was trying to get it to come under her wing. A... -
Hatched May 1. Father India blue Mother Silver Pied
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