Any tips on raising peachicks?

[chickenmum]

I have heard that peachicks are delicate. How do you successfully take of them?'
Thanks

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Go down to FL where in some neighborhoods they run loose and breed like crazy. Those people wish they could get rid of all of them. I saw an episode on "Good Morning America" about it. You can probably find it on You Tube. They are very pretty but I am sure the extreme nice quality of bird are hard to care for and raise.
Just like chickens or any other animal, only the good die young!

 

[chickenzoo]

Hi, you treat peachicks like turkey poults. I keep mine off the ground on wire until at least 3 months . Earth bound organisms are the greatest threat to peachicks. I also color their feed with green food coloring. This helps to get them interested in food early and you can tell by their food if they are eating well - see the die in the poop. You can die their water too. Use a baby chick if you only have a few peachicks to help too. Handle them a lot if you want them tame. A tame peafowl is an easy to catch peafowl. Other than that treat them like a poult.

 

[chickenmum]

huh, thanks! How much coloring do you put in there?

 

[chickenzoo]

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I normally mix a drop of it in a little water then stir it in the starter, fluffing the mix every now and then to dry it. Just make sure not to let damp feed sit over nite......

 

[deerman]

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Good advice , like to add feed a medicated starter 24% to 28%.

First few days give them hard boil eggs yolks, over the feed. May be the bright yellow color, but does help them find the food.