My 13 year old peacock is moulting already! He's dropping his train, but also I picked up some flight and body feathers. He hasn't been very vocal this spring, nor has he been displaying as much as usual. He did have to spend the winter alone, which I imagine was stressful, the last of "his"...
I'd even be interested in pairs, or an older hen past laying, I have a solo peacock who identifies as chicken, my last hen just passed, I don't want him to he alone all winter!
Dang phone. I must have missed it? Especially him picking flowers. I never saw a roo helping feed chicks, either, though I've lost many to predators while they were defending the flock. My peacock, who apparently identifies as chicken, also defends the flock, I've seen him fly up in the air to...
I've had chickens for about 12 years now, and I totally get "chicken TV", so I was surprised to see a new behavior. My roo was making some odd staccato sounds, so it got my attention, he had found some blooming dandelions growing through a crack in the patio, picked off a couple flowers, and...
I buy a granite grit for my adult birds, it's quite coarse, so i just bash it up a bit for the chicks, rather than buying a separate product...sorry, i didn't mean to confuse!
Give grit from day one in my opinion, that's your chick's teeth!...the crop will store it up to be ready when stuff...