Everything casportpony said. and this, we too have peachicks hatched and raised by chicken hens. they are free range and we have available to them regular old medicated chick feed. which someone can correct me if i'm wrong but I think it protects them from blackhead... so far so good. we got...
Thanks so much!!! both of you!!! and Kedreeva you're not useless, gives me something to ponder and look up. ok will take off and check tomorrow then n see if its better. :) Night.
Question: how long does the tape have to stay on? today it was two days old, so it was let go two days :( another just hatched tonight at 8:30, looks like its having the same problem. right leg sticking out and flipping it over its wing. is there something I'm doing wrong while incubating that...
Wow thank you guys so much, putting the legs together with medical tape. I do have saw dust in the cage, just not in the front by the food and water. he/she is gonna get a towel on the whole bottom tho. I usually don't use newspaper but my last batch made such a mess with the food and water...
Hey guys, need help with this pea chick. Born 6/7/15 about 4 am. it has something wrong with its legs and a bald spot on its head... the right leg is worse than the right. tried to take picts. instead of going down, its legs go up and above its wings when it tries to walk... its "knees" are...
Can I tell them to get on here and look you up? I think they want someone closer like me, not in California. or somewhere far that would have to ship. I think they'd drive over to get one :)
I'd blame the roo mine just won't give up... maybe it was the light from it then. I'm sure yours will catch up. we have just one roo and 4 hens fyi :) do you sell any? I have a lot of people asking me for older peafowl, but I want to keep the ones I have. here's a pict of the one pea chick that...
I've set 44 eggs so far. 21-44 still incubating but out of 1-20 only one hatched (two or three cracked being laid from the roost, so were never incubated). ours are 3 years old now. I had the incubator set at 99.5. I had a bunch half developed :( I was just told by one of my friends that with a...