that's good info to have,thanks. since this was our first time dealing wit peachicks we decided to go the"inexpensive" route and got fertilefertile eggs from ebay from a mixed flock...the cost was far cheaper from mixed flock vs. pure bred colors...the eggs we purchased came from a flock that...
Thank you to everyone for helping me with my first peachick hatch...mama chicken successfully hatched 2 peachicks and they are doing fabulous! Here is a recent picture...they are now 7 weekd old and we are keeping our fingers crossed that one is a boy and one is a girl
Need some help from you all...my broody chicken hen has became a momma to 2 peachicks as of yesterday afternoon. the local peafowl lady told me that i must get some duramycin or terramycin (sp?) immediately and mix in their water or they will surely die. the feed store doesn't have either of...
Ok peachick experts i need more advice please...if the 6 peahen eggs my chicken is sitting on 2 didn't develop, 1 is perfect, and 3 are questionable so i left them in place...what if the 3 questionable ones don't hatch and there is only 1 peachick born? This particular chicken hen left her last...
To me it smells like rotten eggs...something rotten....when i picked the eggs up i could tell they were heavier than the last time i picked them up about a week ago...but i wasn't paying attention as to weather they were dense or light on one side...but tonight when i candle them i will try to...
Help! I have been hand feeding and watering my broody chicken who is sitting on 6 peahen eggs that are due to hatch next weekend. Today I noticed a rotton smell under her that was not there yesterday...i carefully picked up each egg one at a time to see if i could easily identify the culprit but...
I have more questions about the broody chicken raising the peafowl...everything is still going ok and i have about two weeks left of mama sitting on the eggs...but what about after they hatch...this particular broody chicken cut her babies loose at exactly 4 weeks t the day from when they...
ok i have some more questions for the experienced peafowl owners...i have 6 peahen eggs under a broody chicken..they are due to hatch in about 14 days...is there a chance she will reject them because they look and sound different? this particular broody hen raised her first batch of chicken...
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I have just placed 6 fertile peahen eggs under my broody chicken...I don't own an incubator and this is our first attempt at peahen eggs - does anyone have any positive stories they can share about their experience with peahen eggs hatched while using a broody chicken? I've seen all...