Could someone explain

[buff goose guy]

We'll to hide from predators better


But I am really ready to have them


Should I start with juveniles or chicks ?

 

[MinxFox]

I would do like what Zazouse has done and start with chicks. That has worked super well for her and it gives them even more time to bond with you and learn where they will be living.

 

[buff goose guy]

Okay thank y'all this was helpful


if there's a thread that could help me more just tell me about it and I'll check it out

 

[MinxFox]

I would check the peafowl stickies: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/389059/peafowl-sticky-topics-index

If you find any specific question I would type it in or type in key words into the search bar because a lot of questions on here are asked over and over again, so it is likely you could find a topic already answering other questions you might have.

For peachicks make sure you give them medicated chick starter. I give mine 18% protein but you can give them 20 to 22% protein. I generally try to stay around 18 - 20%. They might like the chick starter better if it is wet. Also give them a small water dish that they won't drown in and to make sure they drink put 2 clean marbles in the dish. They will peck at the marbles and learn how to drink that way. You can peck at the food with your fingers and put it on the end of your finger for them to get them to eat. I even read one person saying that they get a clean paintbrush and dip it in water and then in the chick starter and hold that out for the chicks to peck off of. Make sure you have a light to keep them warm. I always put the light at one end of the baby crib that I keep peachicks in that way they can get as close or as far away from it as they need. Very young peachicks will normally be found fairly close to the light. Here I keep very young peachicks in a fabric foldable baby crib. The sides of the crib are made with a small netting so that they can look out. It is almost like a mini pen. I need to get a new crib my boyfriend borrowed it for his peachick and when he was done with it his parents threw it out because I guess they didn't know what it was? I don't know I hope I can get another one like it. Then when the chicks get stronger I put them outside in a pen off of the ground. This pen we bought already made for chickens. It was at the feed store and we put extra fencing on it to make it work for chicks and we also added a bottom to it and we hold it up with sawhorses. I added even smaller mesh to the pen floor so that I can move the peachicks out there even sooner because my parents don't appreciate peachicks in the house as much as I do haha...
This is a photo of the outside pen that I move the chicks to when I decide that they are ready to live outside (I still provide them with a heat lamp in this pen but normally don't have it on until nighttime or I turn it on when it rains). I put wood in here for them to climb on and sometimes add fresh grass cuttings.

Here is the little peachick crib. The peachick standing on top is Peep. At this size he was living in the outside chick pen but I would bring him in to see the smaller chicks. When they start flying I clip a thin bed sheet to the top of the crib so that they can't fly out.

 

[buff goose guy]

Thanks I know most of that with all my expirence a with water fowl I'm actually about to have my first hatch of the the year in 5 days

 

[buff goose guy]

I feed my ducklings and my goslings that toob

 

[buff goose guy]

Some more questiones


Can an Indian blue and green peacocks have fertil babies same with India blue and cameo peacocks



And a question concerning worming why do it .

 

[Dany12]

Green peacocks X Blue peacock ( Blue, White, Charcoal, Bronze, Opal, Midnight, Jade, Taupe, Peach, Purple, Cameo, Sonjas Violeta ) = Spalding peacock .... all are fertile !

Peacocks are the terror of geese babies!

 

[buff goose guy]

So the Indian peacock isn't a diffrent species just a diffrent variety ?


OMG so funny I hope my peacocks don't chase my geese .

 

[MinxFox]

Some more questiones


Can an Indian blue and green peacocks have fertil babies same with India blue and cameo peacocks



And a question concerning worming why do it .

Yes like Dany said they create a hybrid but it will be fertile. All peafowl varieties can combine to have fertile offspring but the exception is charcoal peahens will not have fertile eggs.

It is good to worm to keep your birds healthy. You don't want to spend $100 or so dollars on a bird or raise it up and be attached to it only to have it die from worms. It keeps the birds healthy and happy, etc.

Edit: The Indian peafowl and the Green peafowl are the two wild types of peafowl. The varieties of peafowl are created by breeders but the Indian and green peafowl are the original peafowl. They are different but similar enough that they can be crossed and have offspring that can reproduce, BUT green peafowl are endangered so hybrids are not so good for the endangerment of green peafowl. Here is an article that might be helpful: http://www.bamboopeacock.com/Green Peafowl Vs. India blue.html