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They are not good for beginners. Their microbial tolerance is non existent

sounds like someone sprayed some sort of pesticide or herbicide. Doesn't even matter if it was on your propert, if it's adjacent even it can effect them.

yep. That's why alot of pheasant people are so tight fisted with their birds. They don't want them to go to people who will cross them to add zeros onto a price tag. There's also the fact that the pheasant hobby is conservation oriented rather than ornament collecting.

The india blue is extinct as a species in captivity in the United States because of hybridization. Sure you get some that are superficially "blues" but often times you can see the result of Spalding heritage in the form of coal dusting coloration on the front of the wings. Wild blues look...

putting chickens and peafowl together invites disaster. It's not just blackhead and other diseases. Pea are often aggressive and will bully or kill chickens. Have seen quite a few people lose chickens during breeding season because a male got roid ragey and killed it.

The day that happens is the day I weep for the hobby. Thankfully congo peafowl are out of the hands of those who would try such a thing.

sharpies are non toxic did a lab on this in freshman chemistry. The smell means nothing, vinegar is non toxic too and it sure doesn't smell good either.

incorrect. The ink is non toxic.

stock standard india blue.

Regular india blues do have some purple but the Purple mutation can vary widely in appearance. Some Purples have a nice gumdrop color to them which is often what people want and some are more storm cloud purple. I managed to get both examples for my own breeding after deciding I would try and...

Only if you are okay with never seeing them again. Sure a few might hang around for a couple weeks but they have no self preservation instincts and predators and cars will pick them off quickly. They should not be kept with chickens.

Is it possible there was a head injury?

It can be done if you are careful but there's an old adage "never free range a bird you aren't prepared to lose". This is especially true of hens sitting on nests.

pen size is to small

Eye color is not linked to any sort of color or pattern. It's just a basic recessive on its own.

to answer the question of mixing there isn't really any "mxiing" In peafowl unless one is speaking of Green peafowl/ Blue peafowl hybrids. Given that besides hybrids there are no breeds only color varieties you can't really mix them the way the word is usually used. Think of it like this. If...

most people just use plywood pieces and wire.

We get 3 major bottlenecks for chick mortality here. If they get past 2 weeks they made it through one. 3 months and 6 months respectively, and their first winter. If they can make those they're doing pretty good. We have to remember too that peas tend to self cull very vigorously with...

I like their non medicated chick starter for my chicks.

I would not say they are harder so much as they are not forgiving if you don't raise them right. They kind of get the reputation for being hard because people get them and get stubborn and ODD about giving proper care because they have had chickens and think that they know what they're doing...