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Raising Peafowl 101
Quote: You have a nice setup! I see no reason why you couldn't raise pea chicks same as you do other chicks. (Our bird pen is an electrified wire fence... small chicks can go right thru the gaps. Hen house in the pen for shelter has open doors and lots of holes.) Sue-Cat -
Raising Peafowl 101
Quote: I agree with that zazouse, but when we buy, e.g., baby chicks and have no natural mother to raise them (which we've done with hens and ducks), we raise them inside in a brooder box for 2 months or more until they are old enough to survive outside with our adult birds. It's the only way... -
Raising Peafowl 101
Quote: Not sure on that... I would avoid giving them people food with preservatives and other chemicals in it, and coffee and chocolate. Grass is fine, as long as it doesn't have chemicals (pesticides, weedicides, fertilizers) on it! Fruit, egg definitely fine although I think raw egg would be... -
Raising Peafowl 101
Quote: My husband and I have had 3 adults peafowl for a couple of years - 2 peahens and 1 peacock. This year one of the peahens hatched chicks - they are so cute! Yes, they can fly ... enough to get very high up in trees and to fly away. I understand flying away can be a problem for some but... -
Raising Peafowl 101
D'Angelo N Va. : Thanks for starting this thread.. I have gotten peachicks 2 years in a row and they are about 6 weeks old...they look fine, I have them for about 3 weeks and all of a sudden I go out one morning or afternoon and ..welll they are dead. what am I doing wrong? the one I have now...