French Marans and Peachicks

[hcammack]

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Awsome just wondering LOL

 

[ruth]

It's an amazing conversation starter. Just about anyone who visits the coop or sees pictures asks about the toilet. I could show a picture of a chicken reading War and Peace, while juggling and someone will say "Is that a toilet in the background?"

 

[hcammack]

LOL I know I was kind off suprised! How are all the BC marans shaping up I am getting a few blue and black coppers in a few weeks.

Henry

 

[ruth]

The Marans are great. They free range with the rest of the flock, sticking pretty close to the house or coop but can sometimes be seen in areas farther off. But by night all 10 are back in coop and grouped up together. They stick pretty close to one another and stay together as a group.

Mr. Jessee "Black Copper King" who I got the Marans from calls often to check on them and talk. He is now getting over $300 for a dozen chicks on Eggbid and has sold many dozen at that price. Seems everyone wants them. I just wanted them for the nice dark eggs.

Here's a pic of the same little roo from page one, now 8 weeks old:

Beautifully feathered and always on the run. It's hard to get a pic of them these days.

 

[ruth]

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Hi Deerman - I missed this post originally. Wow, you have a good eye or really know peafowl, or both. I ordered the variety pack so there is one of every color but I don't know which is which. Which one is the Blackshoulder in my pics?

As I've posted, I'm impressed with the Leggs Peafowl guys, Brandon and Brad. They've not only stayed in touch and been very helpful - they sent me a variety package that should have been much more expensive but only charged the lowest rate that they charge for the less expensive birds. I had been e-mailing them and asking if they still had peachicks available and they had let me know that they would have some in a few weeks but didn't know what they would have. Then I got a call on July 8th to say they had some of the more expensive variety hatch that morning and they like to ship them same day so if I wanted them instead of the cheaper package, they would send them that day at same price. Really nice guys. Only problem with having a variety is I won't have a breader pair. But the man who has the feed store near here is wanting to sell his birds and I'm going to buy a pair of adult breeders from him. He has all types so I need to go look them over and see which ones I want.

 

[hcammack]

if you even want to diversify peafowl or have question peachick has a big flock of them and their beautiful birds I went to see them when I picked up my ameraucana. I am getting my blue and black coppers from her for $5 a chick LOL I am also adding more blue wheaten and wheaten ameraucana. my hens free range on a acre and a half and its unfenced only one lose so far they have really great instincts and my basset is always watching for danger.

Henry

 

[deerman]

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Hi Deerman - I missed this post originally. Wow, you have a good eye or really know peafowl, or both. I ordered the variety pack so there is one of every color but I don't know which is which. Which one is the Blackshoulder in my pics?

As I've posted, I'm impressed with the Leggs Peafowl guys, Brandon and Brad. They've not only stayed in touch and been very helpful - they sent me a variety package that should have been much more expensive but only charged the lowest rate that they charge for the less expensive birds. I had been e-mailing them and asking if they still had peachicks available and they had let me know that they would have some in a few weeks but didn't know what they would have. Then I got a call on July 8th to say they had some of the more expensive variety hatch that morning and they like to ship them same day so if I wanted them instead of the cheaper package, they would send them that day at same price. Really nice guys. Only problem with having a variety is I won't have a breader pair. But the man who has the feed store near here is wanting to sell his birds and I'm going to buy a pair of adult breeders from him. He has all types so I need to go look them over and see which ones I want.

You can breed the ones you have together. Crossing colors is ok its not mixing breeds.
The one fanning is a blackshoulder. Blackshoulder start out yellow,getting darker the hens will stay ligther, peacock will get darker until 2 yr. and look like a blue with blackshoulder.
Brad found 2 of the new colors. He wing band most of his birds.
Some of the colors and pattern are worth alot of money. Charcoals sell for around 900.00 for peachicks.(males) Charcoal hens do NOT lay eggs. You have a opal one of the newer colors.

I have over 70 breeders, Brad has hundreds. If you need help on the colors and how to mate them. Post some pics. Be glad to help.

Peafowl need to be 2yr. old to breed.

 

[ruth]

Wow, thanks Deerman. Should have known you must be a peafowl breeder. Brad had called me and told me which ones were which and there is an Opal, in fact all the colors you mentioned. I'm not sure which two died - they were both brown. I do know which one is the Opal but the rest will be a surprise.

I know that I can breed the different colors together as long as I get a male but I wanted to be able to breed true colors. So maybe after they get grown and I know which is which, I'll decide which color I want to focus on and try and get more of that same color.

Thank you again for your help. I'm sure you'll be hearing from me. I know nothing about peachicks but am reading and learning.

We have decided to incorporate this place as a farm so I will be breeding chickens, ducks, peacocks, Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats as part of the business. Won't make any money at it but I don't plan to quit my day job but it will provide some nice write offs. I need to build breeder pens and flight pens. My original idea was just to have a peacock or two to wander around this old plantation we bought. But then my original idea was just to get a few chickens to have fresh eggs - then had to buy a farm to have a place big enough for them all. I can envision Peacock World in my backyard right now.

 

[petitesphinx]

Congrats on your peafowl!! We just got our first 3 last week and I can't wait to let them out..

Deerman is awesome-he totally rocks!

Told me what kinds we had and when they breed:

So sorry to hear about losing a couple! Hopefully the others will grow and be free ranging in no time!

I'll let ours out in a few more weeks, I suppose..

 

[ruth]

What a beautiful bird. I just love peacocks, always have. Always been a dream to own them. I first tried buying fertile eggs and hatching them but after 4 months, 40+ eggs, and $300 still nothing so I was happy when Brad called me and said he had some peachicks he could ship that day. I had looked high and low for someone who had peachicks and couldn't find any. Glad to meet Deerman.

Deerman, do you have a website?