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How can I tell if peafowl chicks are boys or girls?
Go with the friendly cock, chicks are hard to keep alive. -
Getting ready for lockdown
I just lost my Gray, had her 34 years. I sure miss her. -
5 week old pea chick… boy or girl?
Too much Green blood in it to be able to tell any time soon. You may as well get it DNA sexed. -
Getting ready for lockdown
Feel like Columbo do you? ;) Easy, don't handle them. Hand feed them so they know you as the provider of goodies but don't hold or pet them. They are all different, just like your kids are, but as long as they don't get the idea they are 'above' you they will be less likely to flog you when... -
Getting ready for lockdown
We set our incubator at 45% and the hatcher at 60%. 65% should be fine since your eggs have lost the 15%. -
Getting ready for lockdown
The porosity of the shell will dictate how much moisture is lost during the incubating process and can extend the timing if it is thicker. It could extend pipping by a few hours to a day or so. Sometimes the embryo can look like it is retarded but will still hatch along with the other eggs... -
Please need Help finding home for our Male and Female IGB
It would be helpful to know where you are. -
Sinus Infection on Peahen?!
Good deal! We can all breathe a little easier. -
Aviary netting
I will second that! We use the 2 inch heavy knotted above our pens. -
Peachick with possible coccidia
It can go by a couple of different names, Panacure, Baycox, but the active ingredient is Toltrazuril. It also comes in two different strengths, the 5% you have found and 2.5%. Preracehorse.com has smaller bottles, maybe four or six ounces, I don't remember for sure since I buy it by the liter... -
Peachick with possible coccidia
Baytril is better than Tylan for infections like this. Chicks can have bacterial infections right out of the egg or picked up in the hatcher and in your case maybe from the poults. I am more inclined to think it was egg related. Cocci takes time to develop, it has to multiply the protozoa and... -
Peachick with possible coccidia
There is no way a five day old chick is sick with cocci. If you are seeing runny poo sticking to its vent then it has a bacterial infection, probably one of the coli bacteria. Give it one drop of Baytril or Tylan 100 for five days in a row. -
Yearling pea color/variety?
Definitely a Hybrid with that coloring along with the tight crest, heavy barring, and long neck and legs. BTW, she is a hen. -
Sinus Infection on Peahen?!
She is perfectly healthy, her only problem is the clogged nares. Spray with Vetricyn to soften and remove with a Q-Tip if you are so inclined. Be sure that your birds have deep water dishes to drink from, they will submerge their nares in water when they drink to help keep the nares clean and... -
Color marking for peachick
India Blue with no patterning is Wild Type. IB with the pattern added would be IBBS for Black Shoulder, IB Pied for Pied, IBSP for Silver Pied, etc. Not all splits to colors or patterns are visual but there are normally clues. I see no clues on your chick. -
Peafowl enclosure
Plan for 150 sf of pen space per bird. More information is available in the stickies index. -
Color marking for peachick
I can see no white on him to indicate any white genes, you would have to spread his wings for closer inspection. A Dark Pied doesn't have to have any white on them but you could tell from the parents if that was the case. He looks to be a typical Wild Type. -
Peafowl enclosure
If you only turn one out at a time, 'they' won't all wander off. That doesn't mean you don't have to watch them, it takes a little effort to be a good steward. -
Going outside
We put ours on the ground by 12 weeks with no heat. They will be fine as long as they have a coop to go into at night. Leave a light on in the coop to draw them inside at night. -