Pea eggs are far too fragile to ship that far. Even going a few states through the PO is a gamble, I expect that if only 10% survive to hatch that is a win, going through US quarantine which adds even more time is sure to ruin the chances of hatching.
That is not lost on me, years of selective breeding, medicating, feeding, and losses add up, but my point was that they would not sell to me because they wanted to be a sole producer of high-end birds to export for major bucks and didn't want any competition or have these beautiful birds be...
I had to do that here too, it took many years to get to where I am now. The breeders here were sending them overseas and wouldn't share here in the states, probably because they were afraid of competition.
We met Nigel and Suzanne last month at the UPA convention in Oklahoma, beautiful people for sure. They probably don't have any Hybrid Silver Pied but do have Silver Pied I know.
Sorry, I didn't see this thread in the Peafowl section. Can you post pics of the birds poo? If there is any solid poo can you get a fecal exam done? This sounds more serious than just worms or cocci.
That sounds like fun. I shot Conventional Pistol for years, a match would consist of Slow, Timed, and Rapid fire. All was shot one hand standing. Slow was ten rounds in ten minutes, Timed was five rounds in ten seconds and Rapid was five rounds in five seconds. Of course, there was more to...
I remember back in the 90's the pictures of all the firearms confiscated, and cut up, broke my heart to hear about old family heirlooms. I thought you had been disarmed since then.