just set 4 pea eggs and 4 more tomarrow any one with me?

[shchinchillas]

We had one egg hatch as of this afternoon. Hubby called to tell me...all I know is it's "Yellow and hoping everywhere in the incubator". Other eggs are chirping..so heres hoping to having more hatch! Updates soon!

I have a staggered hatch up until next week, so it will be long wait to see how many we get..also have one under a broody hen

 

[Farmerboy16]

I checked under my broody Buff Orpington/ EE cross a half hour ago, and saw one egg is pipping!!!

I do not know about the other 5 eggs yet, I will check again tonight.

 

[poultryfan73]

Lucky!!! I just threw out another egg

 

[Farmerboy16]

How many eggs left?

 

[okiedrifter]

hello all I dont quite know where to start but here goes...we bought IB peacock eggs off of a man on craigs list for 70 dollars we candled them last night 2 were no good 2 had blood rings and the other 31 were looking very good....they are due out around the 3rd of july if the 28 day hatch holds true.....Now the question...please tell me how to keep them alive..I live in a small farm in Okla I have had chickens,duck and geese all my life,but havent had peacock chicks ever.
I have heard they cant go on the ground...well where do you put them? I have heard they are dumber than turkeys really? I didnt think anything was dumber than a turkeywhat is this inner pip? someone please take pity on me....

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Wow -

that's alot of pea-eggs!

I have 4 peachicks at the moment, and I have them in a big stock tank with my baby chicks. They're doing just fine. I put them outside every few days to get a little bit of sun and to scratch around a bit. I'm feeding them chick starter and or gamebird crumbles. And of course, fresh water is provided 24/7. I don't have them on heat at the moment ( they're 1-2 m/o). When they're smaller I use a 60 wtt bulb for their heat source, I raise them in my room for the first 1-2 wks just to make sure they're off to a good start. For extra protein you can feed them boiled, scrambled eggs, and mine loved millers (moths). At night they would catch and eat any bug that was so unlucky as to fly into their brooder. Good luck with your eggs!

 

[poultryfan73]

Im left with 3 eggs...just hope at least 1 hatches

 

[poultryfan73]

2 more days!!!!

 

[Barrdwing]

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!

 

[Farmerboy16]

I checked my hen this morning, and all of 6 SHIPPED EGGS HAVE HATCHED!!!

They are India Blue, but I was shocked to see the one of the chicks is pure white! What is with that?!? I will try to take pictures of them today.


I hope for all of you that have eggs due to hatch soon, have a good hatch.