2015 breeding season

[MinxFox]

Looks like somebody took the bait. Big sucker too, my cats were nice enough to bring it up to the porch before eating it.

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I have been putting out rat poison 2 to 3 times a year for the last 30, years i have lived here, i have never lost a cat, dog, chicken, goose, guinea or chicken, never found dead snakes, or any other wild life, i use bait blocks now but back in the day we used pellets, i have barn cats and there is no way they can get to enough rats to slow down the population, they can't get in tight spots rats can and they can't dig them up from a hole in the ground or under the flooring.

IMO the only way to keep rats and mice under control is bait station pure and simple, it is the only way i have found in all these years that works, i keep one bait station full 24/7 mounted on the 2by 4 railing along the barn wall when i see that something has been eating at it i know it is time to fill all the stations within 2 days i find a rat or 2 but keep the stations full till they stop feeding at them, with these wax blocks the feed in them stays rather fresh on the inside all the time so it is always appetizing to a rat

PS rats and mice do not get along so when rats move into an area the mice will move somewhere else .

Could both of you tell me the exact brand name of bait you are using and where you bought it at? We definitely have a rat issue I showed the area they are tunneling under and he definitely thinks we should do something about them especially after they have eaten at least one of the peafowl eggs.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Perhaps this will be helpful

http://beautyofbirds.com/calciumforbirds.html

I think this might be it. Search for oxalate:
http://avianmedicine.net/content/uploads/2013/03/3.pdf

-Kathy

Thank you both, i gave them some cabbages today but only few try to eat it, i will get oyster shells and will put another feeders just for the grit and oyster shells.

 

[DylansMom]

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Could both of you tell me the exact brand name of bait you are using and where you bought it at? We definitely have a rat issue I showed the area they are tunneling under and he definitely thinks we should do something about them especially after they have eaten at least one of the peafowl eggs.

This is exactly what I bought, however the rats would not enter the bait stations I put it in at all. The Bait blocks I put in them remained untouched, I had to actually put the bait blocks into holes(rat tunnels) and then I would place a cinderblock over the hole to keep them from pushing the blocks out or carrying them out, I was afraid the blocks would end up in the pens and the birds would eat it. I went thru about half of the 9 lbs now, and they just stopped disappearing. I have found several dead rats and mice as well. They seem to cohabitate just fine in my barn. I am also smelling a definite "dead animal" smell at certain spots in the barn, so I think there are probably a lot of dead rodents in the walls. Glad I did this before the really warm weather moves in.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JT-Eaton-Al...215?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item460cae9307

 

[zazouse]

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Could both of you tell me the exact brand name of bait you are using and where you bought it at? We definitely have a rat issue I showed the area they are tunneling under and he definitely thinks we should do something about them especially after they have eaten at least one of the peafowl eggs.

I get mine at tractor supply.

 

[MinxFox]

Thanks you two! I think we will go with the kind Zaz is using. My Dad said he actually has that exact kind of bait and says it works well for his barn, so we will use that and of course we won't put it in the pen but near the areas that the rat holes are. The smell we have is a rat pee smell. It definitely isn't the peafowl making that smell. In the corner of the small shelter it smells of rat pee because that is where they are living.

I got another egg today! I found Snow White in the top dog box and I figured she was in there laying on an egg so I reached in to move her and once she came flapping out of the box I realized she wasn't sitting on anything. I was wondering if I confused her with the fake egg. She is probably the peahen that has been laying in the box. The egg I did get today was under the roost. Today we removed an old rotten roost and replaced it with a treated wood roost. The new roost is really tall I will have to get photos of it tomorrow.

 

[Birdrain92]

I'm just wondering if these could be actual Green peafowl. The lady I'm buying whites from is also advertising Green peafowl and I'm just wondering based on the pictures she had on her craigslist ad could they be Greens?

 

[BYC-user-174785]

@Pfauenfreund what do you think?

He will be able to tell you better than some of us can.

 

[MinxFox]

They are better looking than most people's 'greens' that you see advertised. I agree with Blue Creek I am not so confident anymore on saying if they are the real deal or not. I can identify spaldings to a degree, but I can't say for sure. I will say that the first photo is the best of the three photos. The color looks good and they look like they are tall. Does she have more photos and has she said anything about their origin? Is she calling them Javas?

 

[Birdrain92]

They are better looking than most people's 'greens' that you see advertised. I agree with Blue Creek I am not so confident anymore on saying if they are the real deal or not. I can identify spaldings to a degree, but I can't say for sure. I will say that the first photo is the best of the three photos. The color looks good and they look like they are tall. Does she have more photos and has she said anything about their origin? Is she calling them Javas?

She never mentioned origin. She has them advertised as Java Greens. There is another one of a close up on a hen. But I somewhat think that some of those in the photos look like Burmese Greens since they have the thick neck instead of a thin neck like the one male in one of the photos. I think that's the one noticeable difference in Burmese and Java is Burmese have a thick neck. Even though I don't have the pen for Greens and might not get them for a long time but it would be nice to know what she has so I can buy peafowl from her in the future and know what I'm getting.

 

[MinxFox]

Burmese are usually larger, but I have seen all three subspecies and didn't notice Burmese having thicker necks. Often you will see photos of green peacocks with their neck looking big and other times it is skinnier. I think they just puff out the feathers some. When you see all three the major noticeable difference is Burmese are overall duller looking. The green on their neck is more muted in color and overall they are a darker looking bird especially when not in direct sunlight. I don't think they are Burmese they are either Javas, Imerators, or mixed subspecies if they are greens.

Burmese green at Rocking BAB:




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