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Quote: Not all chickens are carriers of blackhead, plus keeping your chicken wormed. will help keep them from getting it also. Some area have alot more trouble than other. but it only take one chicken to be a carrier, so you can see the risk, plus they get blackhead from eating worms and etc.

Quote: No, you could use a chicken hen but just make sure she is wormed good. Peafowl are very susceptible to blackhead, which is passed through the stools of chickens. It (blackhead) doesn't bother the chickens but it's deadly to peafowl and turkeys. same reason best not to raise with...

Quote: Lot of us peafowl breeders use both chicken hens and incubators, and yes peahens too. Beg to different peachicks are not stupid....but need raised diffent than chickens, like turkey. Best also to raise then off the ground, feed a medicated turkey starter, or gamebird. Best to...

Quote: well really its peafowl eggs, you don't call chicken eggs....hen eggs's Lot harder to hatch than chicken eggs, Yes 28 days, but some southern state they say 26 days. Hatch best under a broody hen for a week then moved to incubators. humidity higher the last 3 days. 99.5 forced...