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How to tell if a blackshoulder chick is pied or not? As the blackshoulder chicks are cream/white how would you know if it was an actual pied or not? Anyone have pictures of the difference? TIA Irene

My peahen has 4 eggs in her house but has not decided to set yet. The temperatures are supposed to be upwards of 92F for the next couple days, will this start the incubation process? Not sure I should take them away and put them under a hen or leave them with her, I really want them to hatch...

I bought a trio of yearling BS Bronze in the spring. Unfortunately the male has recently died and as they are rare where I am, I am wondering if I used a BS blue male on the two BS Bronze hens would I get a BS Bronze out of that cross? What would I get out of that cross? Would I have to cross...

One of my peahens in with my 2 year old peacock and another peahen is getting beat up, bad. I am not sure it the peacock when he is breeding her as I haven't seen them breed. The back of her head is bald and bloody, which makes me think it is from breeding but the other peahen is fine. Should...

Would you sell just one peacock to a person who has none? I have someone wanting just one (male) peacock. I happen to have one that was going to the auction soon but I am not sure I want to sell him to be alone for the rest of his life. Although I can't control who buys him or what situation...

One of 3 month old chicks seems to have a slipped tendon. It is having a hard time walking and looks like it is disjointed at the knee. I am just double checking to make sure that there is nothing you can really do for this except amputation (which I am not willing to do) or euthanasia? Thanks...

I have 2 groups of peachicks that I want to integrate and overwinter and I am not sure how to do it. The first group (6 of them) is older, born on the 23rd of June, so about 3 months old. The second group consists of 3 singleton chicks ranging in age from 1 up to 2 months old. Right now they...

Just wondering what the best bedding for winter was? I know straw is warmer but would shavings be better for them in that it is clean and easy to keep clean? I would think they will probably be on their perch most of the time anyway. I just don't want to end up with respiratory problems if I...

I have a peachick that was born on Friday. It was in sad shape and I was sure it would die. I left nature take it's course and it seems to have rallied and is eating and drinking fine now. One of it's feet was curled and I taped it to straighten out the toes but that is no longer the problem...

Woo Hoo! I finally got a white male peacock! After all my time lusting after one. The man had originally not wanted to sell him without the 2 white females but I already have 3 of those so was not interested and contented myself with the fact that I had the new pied that I could eventually...

I have been offered a male white peacock!! I have been searching for one of these for about a year now but I just bought a yearling pied male. At the moment I don't have enough pens for everybody. Could I put the white 2year old male in with the yearling pied and 2 white yearling girls? The...

After continueing to up the baytril dosage the bird is finally starting to sound better. I am thinking he will make it! Thanks you all for your advise. Here is a picture of him. He is pretty sorry looking after bring caught in a net every night and having tablets shoved down his throat...

Has anyone seen a feeder like this for sale? A fellow contacted me about peafowl for sale and in the picture he had this feeder. He said it was an industrial feeder and was willing to sell me one if I bought his trio:) Thanks Irene

Just dosed the Pied peacock for the 4th evening with Baytril and I have to say he doesn't sound any better:( His eyes and nose are still clear but his breathing is still raspy and fluidy. He sounds like a blocked sink. I thought the Baytril was supposed to be the best stuff out there and that...

On the UPA web site there is an advertisement for a book on peafowl genetics and I was just wondering if anyone had it and was it worth the $25? I thought it might save me asking how to get certain colours from others all the time but I don't want to waste my money if it is just what has...

Hi, I called my vet aquaintance and I am heading to her house after work to pick up the meds I ordered for my birds. I decided I would push the issue as I couldn't stand my pied peacock hacking and spluttering any longer and Wednesday seems a long way away. Now I am wondering about the dosage...

I see someone locally advertising some Cameo hens. If I crossed my BS male (split to nothing) to the cameo hens what would I get? If I crossed the new blue pied male to the cameo hens what would I get? I know the picture is bad but are these cameos or BS hens? Thanks Irene Edited to add picture

One of the yearling white peahens laid an egg yesterday<yippee> I was going to move her in with the BS male so at least the eggs had a chance of being fertile but I noticed last night he has lost 8 of his train feathers. I have heard that when they lose their train they are no longer fertile...

I have been searching for a white male to use on my 3 white yearlings for next year. I decided that a pied male would work (seeing as white males are not available) and give me 50/50 so I could add another colour pen, if I wanted. I have found 2 pied males now and not sure which would be the...

Just wondering how long peacock semen is viable in the hen? If I wanted to change males how long before I could say the offspring would be "pure" for the second male? I know in ducks and chickens it is 3 weeks, is it the same for peacocks? Thanks Irene