If it's any consolation, okiedrifter, we raised our first peachick not having the slightest clue how to go about it either, and she turned out OK (apart from thinking that she's a chicken). We raised her on medicated chick starter (the Purina Start-N-Grow), veggie and fruit scraps, moths, and small amounts of chopped hard-boiled egg. She ate it all and thrived. She lived in a cardboard box brooder with a heat lamp, much like we had done with our chicken chicks. At three weeks old she was getting out of that box and bombing around the spare room, so we moved her into the chicken coop in a rabbit hutch for a few weeks, then turned her loose with the flock. They eventually got used to her.
We have had broody peahens raise several batches of chicks on the ground in the peapen. Last summer we had one two-month-old chick break with blackhead; the rest have shown no signs. I know that we have cecal worm out there plus goodness knows what else (the chickens live right next door) but the chicks raised by the peahen have less pasting-up than the ones I've tried to raise inside. Currently we have three stragglers that hatched late, and neither of the broodies wants them; one, however, will let them run around with her own chicks in the nursery. So during the day I take them outside to play with Granny Pea, and at night they come inside. They eat chick starter soaked with some water, a little chopped hard-boiled egg (they love it, but it's possible to overdo it on the protein), and nameless small bits of grit and straw when they're outside. Their water gets changed daily. So far, so good. And wowee, do they imprint!
There are some far more experienced peafowl fanciers on this forum and I'm sure you can find good recommendations as far as food, deworming, temperatures, etc. Some things will vary according to where you're located, like parasites and weather. Best of luck!
