Eggs have not hatched

[Joannabradvica]

A wild peahen has been sitting on her clutch of eggs for quite a while now. I am worried that the eggs are not going to hatch, my question is what can I do? I have not seen any other peafowl in the neighborhood for the past year or so. I think she may be the last of a flock of peafowl that used to roam around our neighborhood, until a large housing project pretty much destroyed the empty lots/large trees they used to hang out in. It has been approximately 5 weeks that she has been sitting on them.

 

[getaclue]

Have you tried candling any of them?

 

[Joannabradvica]

No

 

[FowlWitch]

Are the peafowl native to your area? I would consider calling a wildlife service if you have one available

 

[Joannabradvica]

I wouldn't say that they are "native", exactly, but there are the occasional flocks in the towns in the surrounding area, like Glendora, Arcadia, and Pomona. My biggest fear is that she will become despondent if I remove the obviously not going to hatch eggs. She might leave, and I've come to enjoy having her around. I know that several years ago, and injured peacock was resting under a hedge in a neighbor's yard, and they called animal control.....and while I do not want to cast aspersions on them, the next day the peacock was dead.

 

[Joannabradvica]

I am now wondering if I should try to locate one of the Glendora peacock tribes, and see if they might accept her into their party.

 

[FowlWitch]

Honestly, I would contact the County and ask them to catch her to be rehomed. I don't think California needs any more non-native species running around, you know?

 

[KsKingBee]

Take her eggs and let her go home. If she were your pet you wouldn't like for someone to take her away. The owner will be overjoyed that she come home.

 

[FowlWitch]

Take her eggs and let her go home. If she were your pet you wouldn't like for someone to take her away. The owner will be overjoyed that she come home.

I thought OP said there was a new housing development that disrupted her territory? I must have misread, sorry

Edit: no I was right. This is what OP's post said: "I think she may be the last of a flock of peafowl that used to roam around our neighborhood, until a large housing project pretty much destroyed the empty lots/large trees they used to hang out in."

It sounds like she's feral. It would really benefit the ecosystem to have her taken in to find a good home, and probably better for her, too.

 

[KsKingBee]

Thinking that a free-range hen is feral and knowing it is are two different things. Many free-ranging hens will wander off to set a nest then return home with the chicks. Neither of us can assuredly say it is or isn't but stealing someone's hen that went to set a nest is not right.