So I’m really really new to peafowl. I have a 16 acre farm and my Guinea hens free range without a problem and I was told I could do the same with peafowl. So I hatched some eggs and now have 4 peafowl just shy of 1 yr old. I also have 3 bantam chickens that I got when the first peafowl...
I hatched my very first peachick last year. He was supposed to be a purple but I think he is just an Indian blue. But my question is about eye color. He hatched May last year and his eyes are still blue. Do they change to brown at some point?
I guess when I put them in the incubator they were day 24 the first hatched this morning at 5 am. Never locked them down…oh well. I have 3 hatched and another 8 working there way.
My guinea hen left her nest last night and she is choosing not to come back. She raised chicks to hatch last year…I think an animal may have gotten close. But I got the eggs, set them up in an incubator and I checked them this morning all are alive and hopefully the time they were cold doesn’t...
Oh and the chicks were kept indoors and separate from other chickens for 2 weeks. And I don’t believe I have Marek’s in my flock all my chickens are vaccinated but they can interact with wild birds.
I feed Nutrena All-flock and provide grit and oyster shell. The chicken was born April 8th. I vaccinated the chicks the day they were hatched in my incubator kept in the house. Followed the directions for dosage.
She doesn’t look paralyzed but can’t stand. She is eating and drinking. I...
Yesterday afternoon one of my pullets was left outside. Went to check on her and she couldn’t stand. She was fine yesterday morning and around noon when I checked them last.
I did vaccinate these chickens for Mareks the day they hatched. This was my first time vaccinating chicks I could have...
My broody (an orpington and Serama) hen’s eggs have hatched. I really want to let them raise the chicks with the flock.
I have modified two dog crates, one solid walled one wire, connected them and added hardware cloth to prevent any issues for the chicks.
My question is where do I put...
Since she spent the better part of the day (very warm day) in the humid woods without water maybe food, should I do anything special or give her anything extra to prevent any issues?
I gave her a bath, make sure no ticks were on her, plus cooled her down. I gave her a little sugar water with...
Update - she is safe!!!
She did not find her way home, the woods she got lost in is down hill from our house and ends at the street roughly 200 feet give or take.
Luckily, I live off the beaten path, traffic only from the handful of people who live on the street. So I took to my car, 4ways...
I thought it was a good idea to let my flock free range for a little bit while I was watering plants near the barn. This is a supervised event; where I let the chickens gobble up mulberries that have fallen while I water the garden near by.
I have never had a problem before but for some reason...
I have about 15 chickens and get about a 10- dozen a day. Not every chicken lays everyday but close enough. My Wyandotte’s have been very reliable same with my EE.
All of my chickens are between 7 months to a year old. I always have chicks to replace my older chickens only keeping my...