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I'm still waiting for my peahen to lay this year. Last year was her first year to lay. She had about 5 or six eggs. My male wasn't quite old enough so I was thinking this year the two would get together and I might get some eggs to incubate. Now I have a male who is displaying like crazy and a...

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone on this site. Last year I got my first pair of peafowl. I've learned a lot over the past 12 months. Mostly I learned raising peafowl takes patients---but it's worth the effort. It took some time for them to warm up to me. Now they seem to get excited...

Is it the goose or the gander who usually gets the sudden "bad atttitude" in the spring? Or is it both? My embdens are about 10 months old. I'm not sure yet of their sex but they have suddenly gotten goofy. They now chase each other round and round in the pool pulling on each others' wings...

I finally had to physically move my pair inside. Because they are so used to roosting outside and did so in the snow and cold, apparently they got disoriented or something when the snow really piled up. They acted like they didn't want to get their feet in the snow. They just stayed up on...

I've had my peafowl for about a month now. A year old white peahen and a male india blue around 6 months to a year, (not really sure). They have an enclosure to keep them and their food out of the rain, wind, etc. and this is attached to a fenced in run. They spend all day inside the...

I am new to peafowl. I just received two as a gift. I have a 7 month old male india blue (although he looks more green to me) and a year old white female. I've been doing a lot of reading up on here (thank you all) and I think I'm doing o.k. My question is they seem to be more active in the...

Here are the three ducklings that my White Rock hen hatched out a little over a week ago. She went broody and since I don't have a rooster I kept telling her it was pointless. I ended up giving her 5 duck eggs. She hatched out 3 of them and has no idea that they are ducks and not chicks and...

I have a broody White Rock hen sitting on a variety of 5 duck eggs. She has been on them now for 14 days. I candled them at day 8 and saw veins so all seems to be going well. Should I do anything about the humidity issue? I figure mother nature always knows best, but she is a chicken, what...

Does the color of goslings' bills have anything to do with their sex or their breed? I have two toulouse goslings with pink bills. They were bought from the feed store and were straight run. I just assumed all toulouse were this color, but I've seen pictures of others with dark bills. I've...

I really didn't plan on going into the feed store and coming out with three more chicks and two goslings but guess what? I did it!!!! They just so happened to have toulouse geese and since you all seem to encourage such things...... I also have one of my chicken hens sitting on five duck...

Forgive me if there is already a thread/answer to this. I searched but couldn't actully find what I needed. Anyway, I have a mixed flock of ducks....runners, mallards and a pekin. My white rock chicken has gone broody on 5 duck eggs. I don't doubt that she can hatch them out, my concern is...

I've been reading through lots of threads and have even done a search on this. (If I need to move this post or there is already an answer somewhere, please direct me to the appropriate spot). Anyway----is there someplace on a chicken that you can feel whether they are too fat or not? I don't...

My question is, do mallards always lay greenish/blue eggs or will they lay white ones? I'm asking because I have a 9 month old pekin whose been laying for about 4 months now. She's been pretty consistent laying almost every day even through this winter. I also have a 9 month old runner and an...

Just wanted to say "Hello" and thanks for having me. I've been snooping around this forum and it looks like fun along with some great information. I live in northern Michigan. I have a wonderful daughter, two dogs, two horses, three cats, three chickens, five ducks and a rabbit. I'm not very...