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rtaini

rtaini

In the Brooder
Jul 13, 2022
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We have had chickens for at least 15 years. Unfortunately, we have had problems with Raccoons multiple times and had to replace our flocks. We have incubated and hatched out 2 batches of chickens, and also pheasants.
Right now, we have 2 hybrids that we call "Peackens", they are from our black Australorp hen and Indian blue Peacock (which has since passed away). We have 2 roosters, 4 hens, and 5 new chicks and not sure gender yet.
We love to interact with our chickens and watch them, and it is a great learning opportunity for our 13 years old.
We are a family of artists and hunters.
I am an art teacher, husband works construction doing gas pipe. We also have a dog, a cat and a guinea pig!
Here is a Youtube video we made to tell the interesting story of how we ended up with our hybrids, they just turned 2!
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DobieLover said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
I thought that Peafowl and chickens had too much genetic difference to produce offspring.
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That's what we thought too! But we only had the two birds (the peacock and the hen) and she became broody...so we just let her do her thing and 3 chicks hatched! They basically look like her coloring and a peacock body. They make the strangest noise also!
 

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