Adopting peafowl

[lillypad268]

where did you first get your peafowl? at what age were they? I have been trying to locate someone in WA that has peachicks but the people that do aren't replying so I might just order online and I was wondering does anyone have experience with hatcheries?
Thanks!

 

[Mmmatt13]

Are you interested in incubation? I would recommend that. That way, they are at least a little bit less expensive, and they will be imprinted on you for life if you're the first large moving object they see. AND you can pretty much get them from wherever you feel like. Check the Buy, Sell, Trade forum on this website, either browse or post a "wanted to buy" add if you know what you're looking for.

 

[lillypad268]

Are you interested in incubation? I would recommend that. That way, they are at least a little bit less expensive, and they will be imprinted on you for life if you're the first large moving object they see. AND you can pretty much get them from wherever you feel like. Check the Buy, Sell, Trade forum on this website, either browse or post a "wanted to buy" add if you know what you're looking for.

Yeah I would love to incubate, I had two incubators set up with 12 eggs from 3 different sources but it appears all of them were clear or mishandled by the postman and only one has developed but it's hard to tell... The air sac is misshapen so I am a worried about it =/ I just got 5 more eggs from another source, I candled one and it looks like the air sac might have got beaten too..
I live in WA and I've tried everywhere trying to get eggs or peachicks, everybody that has posted so far (craigslist mostly) that I've messaged hasn't bothered to message me back.
I don't think I am going to order eggs anymore unless I have them delivered to anothers house because I think my road is just too bumpy/postman isn't very gentle so I get scrambled eggs...

I've looked through the forums too, I wanted to post a wanted add but it won't let me... I think I am too new

 

[Kedreeva]

Are you interested in incubation? I would recommend that. That way, they are at least a little bit less expensive, and they will be imprinted on you for life if you're the first large moving object they see.

Not *quite* true- it's not instantaneous. But they will imprint if you spend enough time around them when they are young, for sure, and it really is quite amazing the difference it makes in the temperament of your birds imprinted versus raised from a young age even.

Lilly, if you want, I may be able to get you some eggs very cheaply. If you want to try to work something out, send me a PM

 

[Mmmatt13]

I don't think I am going to order eggs anymore unless I have them delivered to anothers house because I think my road is just too bumpy/postman isn't very gentle so I get scrambled eggs... 

Depending on what service they use, you could try asking the sender to provide a tracking number and/or put your phone number on the box. Then let your post office know ahead of time that you're expecting fragile hatching eggs, and that you would like to pick them up straight from the post office when they arrive. I hope your eggs pull through!

 

[frenchblackcopper]

lilypad268,,if I were you (which I'm not) I'd break open every1 of those eggs and see if they was even fertile to begin with,,,everyone will have an egg from a pen once inawhile that isn't fertilized,,I don't know if the Peacock keeps track of who and who he hasn't bred and occassionally he could miss one,,it's happened here but the lag was only 2 days.Did you know the people you bought the eggs from? And I can imagine some unscrupulus sellers out there that may just have an overflow pen of hens with no male with them,,yet still sell the eggs as fertile,,much bigger scams are done everyday,,just watch American Greed sometime.

 

[frenchblackcopper]

Lilypad,,,I'm with Kedreeva,,I'm in no way planning on retiring from peafowl egg sales,,I want to move some Peacocks today-tomorrow and do some much anticipated "experimental" breeding since the hens seems to be on a hiatus from laying,,granted for the next few days the eggs I get will still be from the Peacock the hens was with earlier,,but possibly for a week after the move some eggs may,or may not be fertile until the new Peacock settles them,,you would still be taking a risk,but you buy the shipping and I could scrounge up maybe a dozen.

 

[lillypad268]

thank you guys for your replies, I don't really know the people and next time I will be more picky about who I order from. I opened up the eggs, most of them the yolk had broke and it was just a gooey mess