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    Importing Spalding pied peafowl to uk?

    I'm not in the Uk and since Brexit, importing from the EU would be as difficult as importing from the US. I also only keep wild pattern IB and I have one black shoulder hen. They are pets. I don't breed them to sell. Lots of people here import eggs of fancy chicken breeds from the Netherlands...
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    Our peacock is sick, I think it's something wrong with the crop? Like with chickens ...

    Congratulations! And thanks so much for sharing. It's always great to hear how Ronalda and your other birds are doing and this is such an amazing story! How wonderful to be able to observe that.
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    Our peacock is sick, I think it's something wrong with the crop? Like with chickens ...

    Thanks for sharing. Lovely cats too!
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    Can i hatch chicks with chickens?

    You can hatch them under silkies but they will miss out on learning a lot of natural peafowl behaviour that a peahen would teach them, such as roosting up high as soon as possible. They will also probably need to be kept warm beyond the time that they will still fit under the silkies so you may...
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    Advice needed for 2 chick issues

    They molt a few times as they grow and change into their adult plumage and they go through phases of looking a bit scraggy but I'm not sure about losing what seem to be new feathers like that. I'm not sure about the leg and it wouldn't be easy to tell much from your photos. I'm not an expert...
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    Suddenly silence

    That's normal. They call a lot during the breeding season and are reasonably quiet the rest of the time.
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    Arthritic pea chick

    I'm so sorry for your loss. It's strange, I never saw this post at all and I check the peafowl forum every day. I know @KsKingBee would have answered you as well if he had seen it. I hope the rest of your chicks do well. Hopefully you can still get help to figure out what it was in case it...
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    Swollen joint on 3 mo old peachick

    In case you can't get to a vet or need to wait for an appointment, aspirin is safe for birds. It will bring down his fever and help with pain relief. You can use children's liquid aspirin, a low dose tablet or 1/4 of a regular adult tablet. Give it a couple of times a day. Make sure it's...
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    Hen raised vs brooder question

    I think as well as the ground being in use for birds over time, the density is a major factor. The larger the area you can give them for the fewest amount of birds, the more you can allow them to live in more natural conditions. In any case, I think on fresh ground there is probably no need for...
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    Rooster attacking broody hen and her chick

    Thanks so much for the replies. I tried them together again briefly and it didn't go well. He wasn't mean to the hen this time, thankfully, but he was really trying to drive the chick away. I'm trying to decide on my options now. 1. I have another four chicks in a brooder who are 3 weeks old...
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    Rooster attacking broody hen and her chick

    I'm afraid this is probably the problem. We have foxes here and we also have cats. My strategy until now has always been to leave the broody and chicks in the smaller enclosure until the chicks are too big to fit through the electric fence. It's usually just a couple of weeks. Any time I've...
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    Rooster attacking broody hen and her chick

    Yes, this has been my experience as well with other roosters. So far, they have all been amazing and even, like yours, taking in chicks without a broody. That's why this one is such a shock.
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    Rooster attacking broody hen and her chick

    No, I couldn't give him away. He's my only bantam rooster. I have plenty of space and other flocks so I will have to do some temporary rearranging. They are pastured, so they are within a 50m long electric fence which we move around so they have fresh ground.
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    Rooster attacking broody hen and her chick

    I have a broody hen with a single chick that I'm struggling to reintroduce to their flock. They've been in a broody coop with their own mini run that's located within the larger area so they've been able to see and interact with the flock the whole time. I let them out into the main area for...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Hi, I have four eggs in lockdown and yesterday I noticed one of them has a small hole down near the pointy end. At first, I thought it was a pip by a malpositioned chick. I've had plenty of those before so I wasn't too worried but all day today the chick has been rocking and cheeping loudly. I...
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