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    BIN: 12+ Blue,Black,Splash,White, Partridge & buff silkie eggs ship 2/26/2017wk located in Georgia

    Got my eggs today! A day early- WOOHOO! Thank you, Nancy! They were wrapped and cushioned beautifully- totally encased in bubble wrap with box inside of box. Now onto incubation and............. babies! I'll keep you posted on the hatch. Edited 11/3/2014 Hi Nancy ------ YAY!! FIVE...
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    Peafowl egg not moving yet- is it a goner?

    Thanks Minxfox and Autumnmfisher! I have experience with chicken eggs- but have never had a peafowl egg before. I have had dark shelled eggs (chickens) that were impossible to see into when candling - thinking nothing was there, then having a chick hatch. With this lone peafowl egg the "free...
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    Peafowl egg not moving yet- is it a goner?

    Day 18 on incubated Peafowl egg- it is not moving inside and when I move the egg- the shadow seems to "free float"- is it a goner?. The egg developed strong veining and eye by day 9- then grew- but mostly as a dark shadow (I couldn't see much - only the shadow). The shadow has taken up about 1/3...
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    Vetaflame -----If your older flock is getting fed the laying mash somewhere the babies cannot get to it- it will probably be fine. I was just mentioning it to you because you said you gave the baby the laying mash. Have fun with your new flock members! Such cute little fluff butts!
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    Vetaflame- Congrats on your baby! When you are raising babies in the same coop and run with older laying hens you need to put the whole flock on starter mash or crumble, and keep a separate container of oyster shells for the older girls free choice- but out of reach of the babies. Laying mash...
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    Shall a Single peafowl chick be raised alone?

    Thank you Minx- yes I candled it before I started incubating (because I didn't know how old the egg was- just to make sure the yolk was freemoving and not calcified). At day 7 I saw the beginning of what I thought were veins, and then at day 9- a large network of veins and also an eye. I'm now...
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    Shall a Single peafowl chick be raised alone?

    Oh, thank you Yoda! I'm on day 9 so it's probably too late to put chicken eggs in the bator, but when I get closer and it looks like it will hatch, I'll find a couple of day-old chix and put them in the brooder together. PHEW!! I was worried about blackhead, and also worried about having the...
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    Shall a Single peafowl chick be raised alone?

    Thanks New 2 pfowl. That may be a little too far for me - I'm in San Diego I have another question about how you think the egg came to be in such a narrow deep hole- do they normally bury their eggs? It looked to me like it was a rabbit, gopher or snake hole.
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    Shall a Single peafowl chick be raised alone?

    Or does it need a companion? If so... what is the perfect breed of chicken or other poultry that would make a good companion? My grandkids and I found a wild peafowl egg inside a rabbit hole on a hike. They wanted to "save" it- there was no nest around and it was about 10" into a hole - so would...
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    Bantam Vs. Large Fowl

    100! YAY ~ Large Fowl Wins!
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    Humane Euthanasia - I had to put one of my girls to "sleep" tonight

    I think that when water is added to dry ice it makes for a foggy haze that people use for decorating for Halloween ha-ha.
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    Humane Euthanasia - I had to put one of my girls to "sleep" tonight

    Amywho- No water. Put the dry ice directly in the bottom of the bin, then put a wire basket- (you could use anything- that allows the air to go through but keeps the dry ice separate from the bird) whatever fits in the bin- even a cooling rack would work- then I put a few handfuls of soft hay...
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    Humane Euthanasia - I had to put one of my girls to "sleep" tonight

    Sorry to hear that Tamster! Also- Welcome to BYC!! My original post about this was in 2010 and in the last 4 years, my flock has grown from 6 chickens, to 20. Along the way, I had another bird I needed to put down- the method worked like a charm. Glad I could help.
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    I know what you mean about leghorns freaking out Richard. I had a small flock of white leghorns about 35 years ago and SWORE I would NEVER, EVER have them again! I hated the breed -they tried to commit mass-suicide every day by flying into the fence, or my head, or whatever else they perceived...
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    TINY Mystery Egg!

    Aww... how darling- a little blue Fairie Egg! My little brown one that I set in the incubator did not develop. Some people say fairie eggs don't have yolks- but mine did- it had a little yolk inside- it looked just like a regular egg, only tiny.
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    Thanks for that 'delicious' report on your 10 week olds Richard- I hadn't thought about the extra feed not netting a whole lot of extra meat. I'll see how far I get- I might be ready to send them to freezer camp at 10 weeks too. In what way did they wear out their welcome? Was it aggression or...
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    Pele, and Richard - Murray McMurray Hatchery actually sells White Leghorn Male chicks for what they call their "Frying Pan Special". They suggest 16-20 weeks of age- to get them to processing size. They charge $18.00 for 15 chicks plus shipping- so you're way ahead of the game to hatch your...
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    TINY Mystery Egg!

    good idea aart- I'll do that if the egg develops
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    TINY Mystery Egg!

    Thanks! If it develops - this thread will be the first to know! The weird thing is, today I got another fairy egg in the nest, this time it was totally smooth- the first one was a chaulky texture, and I don't know who laid this one- but..... since I had only set the others last night- I went...
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    Thanks! That's good to know! Deerling- my local TJ's did not carry fertile eggs when they first opened, and now they have them, but not all the time- it's sporadic. I would talk to the manager and ask if they can get them for you. I'They are not sold as hatching eggs- they are sold to eat- I...
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