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My peafowl eggs are not incubated in an incubator but rather under Silkie hens on pine shavings. The keets are hatched in my incubator though. The eggs are collected from free ranging Guineas, though the hens do come to eat supper at the barn every night. They spend more time ranging the farm...

Some that I tape at normal stance can't even get up to walk. They stand and take a step and fall so I do it gradually and they do much better. They seem to need to place their legs apart at first to get a better balance. I rarely have any that are like that but at least 2 a year. Pea chicks and...

I never hatch in an incubator and I still get splay legged ones sometimes. Never heard or wrapping up like a burrito. That is a new one on me. I give them 24 hours to adjust to the world and then I put a piece of tape from leg to leg, fairly long to start with but putting enough tension to still...

I can't seem to hatch in an incubator but if mine keep laying like crazy I may have to give it a shot. My hens are at capacity and I have a LOT of broody hens! Just bantams......

Wow! Good luck! Shipped eggs can be so difficult! Air cells intact is wonderful!

I always have bad luck trying the peafowl eggs in my incubator so I do as MinxFox stated above. I let my Silkie and Cochin hens sit on the eggs and then they either hatch them out or I bring them in to the incubator within 24 hours before hatch. I notice less crying from the pea chicks when they...