2015 breeding season

[peacock12]

I haven't get any eggs yet ;(;(

 

[Birdrain92]

I haven't get any eggs yet ;(;(

I know how you feel. My hen has been showing signs of laying but then she doesn't lay an egg.

 

[MinxFox]

My aunt told me that she's seen crooked toes with other birds because the hen didn't get enough protein to develop properly. When I was hatching peachicks 2 years ago she told me that the most common cause for crooked toes is low protein in the hen.

The peafowl have also been getting more protein this year as well, so if it was a calcium issue or a protein issue in the past, it shouldn't be an issue now.

If it's worked for you in the past, please don't alter anything based on what I said or posted.

Contact those that hatch a lot and ask them what they think curly toes are from. Here, at my place with my incubator I think it's due to amount of time in shell.

-Kathy

Yeah I didn't quite bump it up to 102.

I decided not to because I felt the eggs and I think they are getting evenly heated and I noticed that I had 100 deg written in pen on the incubator and so I decided not to change it.

My theory has been that too that the longer they are in the egg, the more likely they are to get the curly toes. AgueredIn told me that the calcium should help the peachicks be stronger and be able to hatch without trouble so hopefully this means they will be able to unzip quickly. AugeredIn told me he still gets ones with toe or leg issues even with the right calcium, protein, etc. He said it just happens sometimes. One year I even had a peahen hatched peachick with crooked toes which I took home and fixed then put it under the hen at night.

I hope my Mom turns the eggs this weekend. I feel like the very first week of incubation is really important and I wish I could be here for that, but I am chaperoning a youth group trip.

 

[AugeredIn]

Curled toes are related to two issues in my opinion. The first is depletion of protein in the hens and the second is time in shell after respiration begins. The first one we are pretty good at fixing. The second we chase continuously.

 

[birdman55]

three ways for the crooked toes...
nutritional deficiency: riboflavin deficiency in either the chick or the breeding stock, inward curling of the toe with partial paralysis...they rest on the hock joints
hereditary: can be seen in the third week of incubation, chick walks on its knuckles,
faulty management: competition for heat source, crowding, slippery floor surfaces, lack of traction during early bone formation

http://ucanr.edu/repositoryfiles/ca310p14-71425.pdf

 

[DylansMom]

I haven't get any eggs yet ;(;(

We haven't gotten any either, but I am hearing a lot of mating cries.

 

[frenchblackcopper]

Thang was moved outside last nite,for all his followers needing an update. His train is very nice this year but his craziness still exists. Pictures coming soon. Curled toes are caused by taking too long to get out of the shell. Bones begins to harden or stiffen up after the chick pips the shell. There is a certain time window when this hardening starts in relationship to when the chick actually begins breathing outside air vs airsac. This is yet another reason why high humidity during hatching is crucial because it also prolongs the bones from stiffening up.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

@KsKingBee I remembered you after seeing this video, sorry guys not peafowl related

 

[zazouse]

I got 16 eggs sense the 9th , i feel so bad for some of the girls they look so miserable.

One of the pieds has laid her clutch and is beginning to pretend sit the decoy eggs i made, she sat all day today then got off and went to the roost.





These are the decoy eggs i making for the guineas and peas no more developing or broken eggs.

 

[Birdrain92]

I got 16 eggs sense the 9th , i feel so bad for some of the girls they look so miserable.

One of the pieds has laid her clutch and is beginning to pretend sit the decoy eggs i made, she sat all day today then got off and went to the roost.





These are the decoy eggs i making for the guineas and peas no more developing or broken eggs.

That's what Sage has been doing but her tails is so relaxed I watch her eat and it bounces while Colbolt's remains still for the most part. I understand that I'm comparing a peacock to peahen but still his feathers are longer. Sage lowers her wings like that and her tail is relaxed but does more of a fan out instead of drop all the way down. She still walks, runs, eats grass, flies, has clear eyes, she looks healthy but she just looks like she will drop an egg any minute. The waiting will be well worth it.