We just discovered an adult male peacock outside of our back door. We think it may be Larry our oldest peacock. We have 40 plus hand-fed friendly peacock and pea hens. He doesn't appear hurt Nor frightened. And he's eating. We don't know what to do because we have Bear Mountain Lion bobcats and...
So we hatched a duck in our incubator. As he was hatching we noticed he was upside down & actually thought he was a turtle at 1st. Well, "Turtle" has something wrong with its legs. Its getting worse. Before he used to walk & swim in circles. Now he is stepping on his own feet & cannot walk well...
Our group of free roaming youngster peafowl has roamed off the property. They traveled half a mile down our driveway & they have been seen across a busy road. These youngsters have never strayed before. Its 2 boys & 3 girls. Its mating season here and we have 40+ peafowl.
We usually feed them...
Soon we will have baby birds of all sorts around our property. Peafowl, ducks, chickens ect. And with that comes the flying predators like Hawks. We want to get some kind of netting or covering these babies can seek shelter under & we can provide some protection. Does anyone have any suggestions...
The snow collapsed our pigeon coops roof & a bunch flew away. Well one momma had 2 babies she left behind. They are about 10 days old. We have them in a beanie with toilet paper on the bottom & covering them. We have been feeding them every 2 hours. They each eat about 5 live mealworms & drink...
So we just got 30 baby chickys in the mail (another 190 coming in a couple weeks) and Im just so excited! They are tiny drops of feathered adorableness! Who I live with has tons of experience doing raising these guys but I have never even seen a baby chicky in real life before! Lol! My question...
I have a lot of Peafowl & therefore a lot of poop. Right out the door everyone uses! We try to water it down daily. Any tips on easy quick removal?
Or how to train them to use the litterbox?
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"Hey Hey" is our 50lb, old white breasted turkey that we rescued from a old couple who had a California wildfire burn their home down a few months ago. He moves very slow & pants. Well we interrupted a bobcat trying to drag Hey Hey away yesterday. Feathers were everywhere! Hey Hey was...
What's the easiest, cheapest way to make an electric fence to go around a chicken coop?
How effective are electric fences?
I have a bunch of free roaming peafowl will they be in danger if theres an electric fence around a coop that they walk around & sometimes sit on top of?
I'm attempting to...
There is a bobcat stalking our birds. It tried to run off with our 50lb old white breasted Turkey before it was interrupted by a yelling human. Now its lurking around trying to get another chance at our injured turkey. Our turkey is in an aluminum shed with the doors secured right now.
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We rescued 15 white pigeons from a family thats house burned down in a huge California wildfire. We have had them over a month. They live in a nice large coop with 2 naked neck chickens & a rooster.We found today one of the pigeons we think is hurt. When we went out to feed this morning this...
We have an adolescent peafowl & we are arguing over if it's a boy or girl. I have thought it's a boy all along however it has been pointed out that it has no talons. Can someone help me with sexing our "Baby"?