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Sick Peafowl about 5 months old. Noticed last night it was away from the rest of the flock. Walking slowly, hunched up and its feathers puffed up. Started the babies on Tylan 1 1/ 4 tsp per 6 gallons of water. We had 2 sick babies earlier this month, first one we noticed on a Fri night, and...

Eggs started hatching yesterday, Things were looking good, other than one that piped at the wrong end. Had 10 hatched out of 28 hatch. Then it seemed all the eggs started shrink wrapping. We have the humidity around 65%, been diligent since last time we seemed to have drowned most of the...

We have just started our second round of incubating. First round we had 3 out of a dozen hatch, one is tiny and not growing like the others but is still hanging in there. We are again trying Black Copper Maran eggs, and was given 2 green eggs as extra bonus. woot woot and I pick one of our...

we hatched 3 chicks last week, 2 on wednesday and one friday. the friday baby was having a hard time so i helped bt removing a little of the shell near where it piped. a few hours it had worked its way out of the shell. took from friday to monday before it could walk upright. then we...

We set a dozen eggs to hatch on Feburary 28. Wednesday had 2 chicks hatch Another One piped and then nothing Friday the 4th one pipped and we waited but nothing. After 12 hours we helped by making sure the membrane was moist and peeled some of the shell. today we opened the incubator...

Set a dozen eggs on February 28th about 9:30 at night. Temp stayed between 99 and 102 degrees thoughout incubation. Was thinking 21 full days would be the 21st or 22nd. Took out turner on the 19th, added water and closed up the incubator. Yesterday, the 20th we had a chick hatch about...

Got it into my head that the only way I could find some Black Copper Maran chicks was to get the eggs and try our first incubation. Found a guy on Craiglist about 20 miles from home and waited for 10 days for him to get a dozen eggs collected. Got home late Thursday night on the 28th and we...

I received a order of buff braham chicks last wednesday, and another order of dark braham chicks on friday. The wednesday chicks were happy and active, the friday chicks are spastic. A couple of the friday chicks peck at the feet, wing feathers and heads of all the others, they all are so...

This weekend we are expect to reach up to 106.... yikes I have three week olds outside in a coop and have been keeping the red light on along with letting them roam in the run with a fan during the day. Just got back from scooting them into the coop and am concerned about them getting too...

found one of the chicks (two weeks) today with a bald spot under one wing. looks like it may be plucking it's own down/feathers. i moved it out of the brooder and put one of the little chicks in to keep it from being lonley could it be mites, getting bullied? normal behavior?

Went to check on the chicks (almost 2 weeks) and found one with a bald spot/sore under it's wing. It is not bloody and the chick maybe plucking/picking it's own feathers. I removed the chick, but it was so lonley and calling I put a small chick in to help keep company. Is it normal for them...

Have not had much time to get photos of our new chicks, but got a couple tonight. We have Light Brahams and Buff Brahams received Friday last week. I think the Light are a few days older than the Buff, they have more developed wings and tail feathers. The Buff are much more curious and...

We have 3 peafowl of about a year old. How to tell sex? type? I think the one on the left (in both photos) is a boy, he has a few copper flight feathers

We got our first chicks last friday. Everyone is healthy and active and seems to be thriving. The hatchery shorted the order by 12 and will be shipping out the rest of the order on June 25. But... since we were shorted the 12 Buff Brahams we got to looking at other breeds of chickens and I...

Got our order of baby chicks last friday, (18) Light and (13) Buff Brahams, but the hatchery shorted us 12 of the buff's. So that got us looking at our receipt and then getting online to look at photos of baby chicks to verify which were light and buff.... but then we got to looking at the...

Our order of chicks from Cackle Hatchery arrived today. Very happy they arrived alive and active. Started eating and drinking as soon as I got them out of the shipping box. But.... we order 25 straight run Buff Brahams and 15 pullet and 2 cockerl Light Brahams. only received half of the Buff...

So it has been six weeks since I convienced my Husband we needed to start raising chickens. I had hoped the two months of lead up time before the chicks arrived he would have had plenty of time to get the coop ready. As always life got in the way and the coop is not finished, but... it is...

I am so excited and have been looking forward to June 8 or 9 for two months! That is how long I gave my husband to build a coop for me. He is almost done and I will post photos of the frame later and could use any suggestions for improvement. Now it is just around the corner and I am making...

As with everything in our home, it starts with me saying " I want to start....." then I let my husband take over with the big stuff..... ha ha ha. This time it was I want to start getting chickens so we can collect eggs. That was a few months ago, and he reminded me of the fiasco we had...

we are just getting started and I'd love to hear your suggestions. we started the wrong way about 8 years ago. the baby chicks and baby ducks at the feed store were so cute.... took a half dozen each home, and then the drama started. after that i swore off fowl... but now i am wanting to...