Can I raise my new peacock with chicks? Food Question?

[ericay]

I just hatched my first peacock this morning. Only one of the two peacock eggs made it so I will only have one peacock for at least a few weeks. I have 7 chickens that hatched earlier this week. Can I keep the baby peacock with the chicks? It seems like there are several different schools of thought on this. I want the chickens and the peacock to be safe and happy. In my experience, I've found that baby birds like to be with other baby birds, so I'm leaning towards keeping them together. Please share your thoughts on this topic.

Also, I generally start my chicks on medicated chick starter. Is this ok for the peacock too? I feed my geese and ducks non medicated starter so I have both kinds, but I'm not sure which one is best for a baby peacock.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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[texascowboy1979]

Ive noticed that when you raise pea chicks with chicken chicks, they learn to eat and drink water sooner. Its safer than risking them starving. Then I separate them as they get older. Ive got 3 babies now... 2 pied and 1 Black Shoulder Split to Charcoal.

 

[jimmythechicken]

last year we were raising just 1 peachick he was always peeping an very lonly so we put our pollish chick in with him they became best friends untill we had to seperate them when they were older.

 

[Rauerty]

Ive noticed that when you raise pea chicks with chicken chicks, they learn to eat and drink water sooner. Its safer than risking them starving. Then I separate them as they get older. Ive got 3 babies now... 2 pied and 1 Black Shoulder Split to Charcoal.

Yes we do the same and they follow the chicks and start eating but we also get it out each day and feed her mince she loves her mince they actually stay with our chooks and haven't lost any to hawks because they scream out when they see them and the chooks run straight into their pens great to watch

 

[Rauerty]

last year we were raising just 1 peachick he was always peeping an very lonly so we put our pollish chick in with him they became best friends untill we had to seperate them when they were older.

Why did you separate them

 

[DukesDucks]

I have hatched chicken, duck and peafowl eggs. There is nothing funnier than peachicks learning how to use their oversized feet and legs. Sometimes they would get running together in a mini-stampede. I could spend hours watching and laughing.
Good luck with yours. Sorry don't actually have any advice though.

 

[KsKingBee]

Why did you separate them

If they are free ranging you do not need to separate them but if you are brooding them in a brooder the chicken chicks and especially the guinea keets will peck the peachicks upper beaks like asking momma for food. That will make them bleed and cause malformed beaks on the peachicks. Sometimes they will completely eat the face off.

 

[Emilybird]

last year we were raising just 1 peachick he was always peeping an very lonly so we put our pollish chick in with him they became best friends untill we had to seperate them when they were older.

Why did u separate them