First Peachick Of The Season!

[Yoda]

A couple (or just one) of my peahens started laying cause of the warm weather we had last month. Well I found 6 eggs over the course of about a week. They laid at night but I was at work so they stayed out all night. Now it was warm during the day but at night the temps dropped down and the first 4 eggs when I found them had cracks on them, but 2 did not. One hatched today around 1pm and the other should hatch in a day or two. I will post pictures when the little bugger dries off and goes into the brooder. It looks white to me, but I haven't taken a closer look yet. I DO NOT know who the parents are as they are not seperated into pens yet.

 

[MinxFox]

Sounds exciting! I am still checking for eggs every day. I think this time last year I was already getting eggs. I noticed Alto isn't displaying a whole lot and I haven't seen him try chasing the peahens much.

 

[Yoda]

Minx,
When you do not want them to - that's when they will LOL Alto will come around for you, you'll see. Mine do most of the mating around noon here then the tails are all down and pruning takes place the rest of the day LOL
I will be posting pics later after the little one is dry and can stand up.

 

[MinxFox]

Ha it does seem like sometimes they lay at bad times. Last year Ice was on a nest when I was having that trouble with the raccoons breaking in. I was so glad her and the eggs were not eaten. The chicks hatched when I was on a youthgroup trip. It always seems like they hatch at the wrong time too because Peep hatched the day we had to leave for a trip!

 

[AugeredIn]

I am already getting bunches of eggs. I have 27 in the incubator that showed fertility and eight more that went in last weekend that I have not candled yet. I have six eggs under broody cochins. The first eggs that proved fertile are due to hatch this weekend. There are two from one of the bronze pens and one from the midnight pen. The early eggs were very poor in the fertility department and I have several hens that just turned two that were probably contributing to low fertility.

 

[little blue]

we still do not have a pea egg yet but Cody is fanning alot out there and one of my peahens, Amy is walking around with her wings down and that is what she did last year before she layed so i am hoping she will lay soon.

 

[Yoda]

Well the chick is a black shoulder and hatched out the wrong end

It has straddle leg (sp) the bottom of the leg turns inward and it walks on the "wrist" part of the leg. I tried taping the feet but the damege is where the 3 toes meet. I had this happen last year to one white peachcik and could not fix it, the bird ended up dying. If anyone has any ideas please let me know?

 

[Yoda]

here are pics. As you can see the foot is wrong it take a 90 degree bend inward. In picture 2 you can see the correct foot and then the twisted one. These pictures are too "bright" I will take new ones. He is actually white with tan flight feathers.

 

[zazouse]

AWW it's beautiful.
Why do you tape the feet and leggs so early?
I have seen 100's of babie birds hatch(not peas) and the feet straighten out within 24 hours of hatch unless they have had a hard time hatching and stayed in the shell to long after pipping.
Just wondering as i have yet to hatch any peas yet but i did get 2 eggs that i am pretty sure are from my oldest hen, not fertil though, My Master P has no train, just one tiny eye feather .

 

[jbourget]

Frank thats a humidity issue i think, i get chickens here and there that hatch like that. I had one call duckling too that had just one leg complete 90 degree angle and it walked on one foot. some strange stuff sure can happen!

ive got 8 eggs or so in the incubator. hope they are fertile