First and foremost this post is not to bash Brad Legg and Legg’s Peafowl Farm. In my previous posts I never mentioned his name or where I purchased my birds because I wanted to give him a chance to address the issue. However I am writing this so no one has to go through what I have purchasing from him and so that people are aware of his poor breeding practices.
I had purchased 8 day old peachicks back in 2020 from him. I got 2 cameos from the bunch, one cock and one hen. A few months ago I started noticed the cameo cock starting to turn white. His behavior started changing as well and something definitely didn’t seem right.
I reached out to the folks on here for some advice/ info and it turns out my beloved cameo cock named “Brock” was indeed not doing well. He has since then turned white and has completely lost his vision. This has been DEVASTATING for me to say the least. Raising him since day 1, I have grown extremely attached to not only him but the rest of my peas. They truly hold a special place in my heart!
I reached out to Brad about this issue and after weeks and multiple emails going back and forth saying he will email me back with an answer soon, he finally responds with:
“It's just a defect in the color mutation. Sorry this happened to anyone but it's just a fact. Day old chicks packages are live guaranteed through the post upon arrival. Nothing further.”
I did ask him what he plans to do with his breeding stock now that this problem has come to his attention but that was completely ignored and not addressed at all. From what I gather Brad does not care about his customers, let alone the well being of his birds. It’s clear he’s only interested in making money, because the responsible thing to do would be to figure out which of his breeders carry this gene and stop using them. By not doing so he is obviously perpetuating this problem.
Being so well known in Peafowl world I would have never expected something like this from him. I certainly will not be purchasing any birds from him in the future. Nor would I recommend anyone else to. I would HATE for someone to experience what I have while dealing with him.
The GOOD news is that Brock is doing well and seems to have the will to live! He has figured out how to eat and drink all on his own. I keep him in a pen by himself with his food and water in the same place. He does enjoy spending supervised time roaming around and sun bathing! He is definitely a fighter.
I had purchased 8 day old peachicks back in 2020 from him. I got 2 cameos from the bunch, one cock and one hen. A few months ago I started noticed the cameo cock starting to turn white. His behavior started changing as well and something definitely didn’t seem right.
I reached out to the folks on here for some advice/ info and it turns out my beloved cameo cock named “Brock” was indeed not doing well. He has since then turned white and has completely lost his vision. This has been DEVASTATING for me to say the least. Raising him since day 1, I have grown extremely attached to not only him but the rest of my peas. They truly hold a special place in my heart!
I reached out to Brad about this issue and after weeks and multiple emails going back and forth saying he will email me back with an answer soon, he finally responds with:
“It's just a defect in the color mutation. Sorry this happened to anyone but it's just a fact. Day old chicks packages are live guaranteed through the post upon arrival. Nothing further.”
I did ask him what he plans to do with his breeding stock now that this problem has come to his attention but that was completely ignored and not addressed at all. From what I gather Brad does not care about his customers, let alone the well being of his birds. It’s clear he’s only interested in making money, because the responsible thing to do would be to figure out which of his breeders carry this gene and stop using them. By not doing so he is obviously perpetuating this problem.
Being so well known in Peafowl world I would have never expected something like this from him. I certainly will not be purchasing any birds from him in the future. Nor would I recommend anyone else to. I would HATE for someone to experience what I have while dealing with him.
The GOOD news is that Brock is doing well and seems to have the will to live! He has figured out how to eat and drink all on his own. I keep him in a pen by himself with his food and water in the same place. He does enjoy spending supervised time roaming around and sun bathing! He is definitely a fighter.
I don't have a breeding facility, but it would have been nice to have gotten a litter of babies from them.
