2015 breeding season

[casportpony]

Quote: Yeah... I'm worried, today it doesn't sound quite right. Hope your malpo pulls through and wow, 5 dozen?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Day 26 - Three of four are peeping!

-Kathy

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Day 26 - Three of four are peeping!

-Kathy

Exciting!

Baby time!

 

[Birdrain92]

Got my 6th peafowl egg today. It was probably layed last night. This egg was a 3 day egg. She must be coming back down to 2 days. This one was a little bumping towards the pointed end. Most likely from extra calcium.

 

[casportpony]

Just call me the meddler... Had one that didn't sound quite right, so I decided to take a peak at around midnight.


Not sure what malposition one would call this. Anyone know?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Had a 'sticky' chick hatch the other day that when I found it in the hatcher it had been stuck on its back to the floor for a few hours. When I would upright the chick it would push itself over onto its back again, it just could not stay right side up and its toes were curled tight. So I made shoes for it and put it in the 'burrito'.



It didn't look very happy about that, but the next day it looked to be much improved.



Later that day I took off the snowshoes and all the toes but one were pretty normal looking.



It is running about with its clutch mates now and the only difference I can see is it is the runt of the litter, just a little smaller than the rest.
It is out of an IBBS split Cameo cock over a Cameo hen, it looks Cameo to me.

What material did you use to make the shoes?

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

What material did you use to make the shoes?

-Kathy

Bandaid Flexible Fabric fingertip and knuckle is on the package. I use the large regular strips, but ran out so now I am down the fingertip ones that look like a butterfly. They are just the right size and don't really need trimming and work very well for fixing the toes, just cut them in half. I have another chick that I am documenting now but don't have time to post all the pics and tell the story, I have a lot to do this weekend. The second one also had twisted ankles so it took a different approach to hold the foot straight used medical tape for that one. The sad part is that it is not day three and I will need to start tubing some fluids because the process is keeping it from eating and drinking.

 

[Birdrain92]

How many peafowl eggs can you fit in your incubator when the eggs are on their sides. I think my incubator will only be able to fit 9.

 

[casportpony]

How many peafowl eggs can you fit in your incubator when the eggs are on their sides. I think my incubator will only be able to fit 9.

I think I can get about 50 in the Janoel, but only 10 in the RCOM.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Thanks! I used your picture in the duck forum and someone asked, so I will let them know. Fingers crossed on your new chick!

-Kathy