I too had a single pea chick a month ago, it peeped constantly, really needy, I carried it around with me for 4 days,but when I introduced a newly hatched chick put off the incubator it turned into mum/dad feeding the chick off its beak, when before it would only take food off my finger, funny...
When you said needy, I had no clue, I thought hen chicks were bad, it only stops squarking when im holging it, pretends it cant eat if its not off my finger , just caught it eating and drinking when it couldnt see me at night with the red lamp on, ohh what have i let myself in for, new chicks...
I had 4 shipped pea eggs in an incubator one was clear one quit at around a week the other two looked great one piped on day 25 and zipped later that day the last internally piped on day 25 didnt pip out so i made a tiny air hole, i could hear the chick but later when i looked it had died with...
hi everyone ive been breeding chickens for around 4 years and have just won some pea fowl eggs, ive been reading your threads today, really enjoyed them, my question is should i incubate in my rcom 20 or use a broody i have she is sitting on egg on day 10, im sure ive read somewhere its a good...