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    Welcome #2 & #1 (in that order) - and a cautionary tale of eggs and chicks

    Well it was a long day yesterday, but I have two new chicks (one hatch went bad). The 30% hatch rate was right on point and against all odds. I decided last minute not to go with local Wild Type eggs and instead ordered eggs. I received 7 and they ended up being delayed two extra days (thanks...
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    Help, do I step in with the hatch?

    Figures one of mine would be a problem. 12 Hours at this point. Did it give up?
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    Egg hatching currently concerns

    I have three peafowl eggs that are hatching today. The first two piped and zipped in a hurry today over the course of an hour this morning. The third egg didn’t pip till two hours ago, and now has a breathing space hole but nothing the last two hours. My understanding is that usually goes...
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    Getting ready for lockdown

    I have three of my six original eggs getting ready to go into lockdown. All three have lost the appropriate amount of weight all along, they show veins and movement. As a last night as I was getting some of the last weights, I noticed that too are very difficult to candle anymore (I would...
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    Humidity and eggs and VPD

    I have several Peafowl eggs going into lockdown this week and I am getting so final weights. My thermometer actually tracks vapor pressure deficiency VPD. We use it in gardening a lot indoors and I track it for my indoor plants. It seems to be useful when dealing with incubator eggs, because it...
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    Aviary netting

    I have been reading different threads about aviary netting. I am not so sure the chicken commenters are as relevant as the birds don't flush like Peafowl or Pheasants. Does anyone have recommendations?
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    Possible blood Ring?

    This is a 7 day set peafowl egg. I am thinking it is a blood ring. I am also charting the weights. This egg in question is #3 (my other possible dud is #6) I got weights before I knew the candling results and strangely enough they are my two statistical outliers. (Although I would think there...
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    Color marking for peachick

    So one of my chicks is big enough I believe to sex. 8 weeks. I am almost certain with what I have seen written here that he is a boy. Chest vertical banding and wings are distinctly banded. Am I right?
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    Building a suitable medkit for peafowl

    My peachicks have been thriving and I got them into their “to big for the brooder” rabbit hutch which will last for a little while on my screen porch. They seem really happy to see out to the outside world. I have their preventatives for Cocci and a dewormer, and bluekote for injuries, and...
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    Clarification for Incubator settings

    I have set up my incubator for this first run of eggs. I have read the sticky, several articles, and half of the book that Kskingbee recommended. So I am familiar with how the temp and humidity affect the eggs. With all that said, especially with peafowl, I would like a clarification on...
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    Distressed/sick chick

    I am afraid one of my chicks is not doing well. Yesterday, my friend who has peacocks for 30 years, lost one of her chicks. These were 7 from an experienced breeder. I have noticed one of mine, who has been very subdued from the go, not being out with the others. Today, he has only wanted to...
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    Peachick pecking each other

    Do I need to worry about peachicks pecking each others beaks? I have my group of three (you all know them by now). Sorry about the premature gender assignments to them, it was inevitable. The biggest and I am assuming oldest by a week (probably, by actions, feathers & feet) has this annoying...
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    Peachick handling and socializing tips

    I have had my peachicks for about 5 days now, and all is seeming to go well. Eating and drinking and growing more and more feathers. Since mine are 4-5 weeks old, I wanted to give them more room, so I have set up a day cage and night brooder. Transfers between the two cages have been tough and I...
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    1 week vs several weeks

    My chicks were picked up yesterday. Since I was in a serious car accident the day before and in the hospital, I could not go. This is a pic, mine are the two brown and one of the whites. The rest are my friends with a farm already with birds. I had been told by the breeder they were only going...
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    Brooder bottom options

    I have been reading as much as possible and I am trying to look forward to planning for a better brooder bottom as my peachicks get older. I have read a lot about wire bottom hutches, which I would think would be terribly bad on their feet, does anyone use these mats so give fall through but...
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    Soon to be chick mom, have a few peafowl questions.

    I will be starting to raise four peachicks in the next few days (they will be a week old). I homesteaded and raised chickens a long time ago, (like before the internet was in homes), so I know the basics of brooding. I also have the benefit of a local friend who regularly raises them, and they...
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