Our daughter has calls. If there are any negatives, I'd say it's that they are extremely hard to hatch in an incubator. They do great under a broody hen, but not in an incubator. Also, our hens are LOUD! The males, not so much, but man, those girls! Sometimes you can't hear a conversation...
I have been wanting to order some hatching eggs in a couple peafowl colors that I don't currently have in my flock. I've had decent success in the past with shipped chicken eggs, but I know peas are on a whole other level than chickens when it comes to incubating and hatching.
I have a pen of...
I know it's still winter, but we are interested in hatching eggs from either of these two breeds. We are in northern Ohio, so looking at late March-May time frame, depending on how quickly we warm up around here. Thanks!
In our experience, goats are much more accepting of a new herd member than chickens, horses, etc. We quarantine for a period of a couple weeks to a month, then let the newcomer in with the herd. There's always a little butting, but we've never had any issues.
And the Pygmies. Both are purebred and registered.
Violet--she was a bottle baby last year, so she still has some growing to do. :)
And Davey. Today is his birthday, so he got to wear a party hat. LOL
The Nigerians are retired from showing now, but she is really looking forward to...
Here are some pictures of our daughter's show herd. She has three Nigerian Dwarf does, and two Pygmies--a doe and a wether.
At fair last year, her Nigerians took the first three places in their dry yearling class, then went on to win Grand and Reserve champion in the overall Jr. Doe division...
I thought it was time to show off my flocks of peas. :) I don't officially breed, but we did hatch a few babies out last year, more to see if we could do it than anything. I have two adult boys, a cameo bs, who is just showing some white eye traits this year, and a regular IB, who was my very...