- Nov 23, 2012
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After seeing all of the wonderful imprinted peafowl on here, I have decided to finally try imprinting a peachick this year. I have always wanted bronze peafowl, so a peafowl breeder was nice enough to give me three eggs for imprinting. One egg was from a Bronze Blackshoulder pen and the other two were from a Bronze White Eye pen. I was hoping to be able to imprint one from the Bronze White Eye. Before I go any father, I would like to share a picture of the peafowl in the Bronze White Eye pen. This is a picture the breeder sent me a while ago, and after seeing them in person I was stunned since Bronze peafowl look awesome in person.
(Pen #5)
The bird that really fascinated me was the hen that was turning white. Her chicks begin to get white feathers and he showed me their offspring, which I feel in love with. I was wondering if it might be similar to the Bronze Progressive Pied peacock Louden Farms has.
After candling the three eggs, the Bronze BS egg was infertile, but both eggs from the pen above (Pen #5) were fertile. The eggs were started under a cochin broody that was a mix between a standard sized cochin and a bantam cochin. I had actually acquired this hen from another peafowl breeder! The eggs started incubation on June 1, 2013. I also put some eggs from my own peafowl so that the second chick that won't be imprinted will have company and not be lonely. I planned on moving the two eggs each to a separate incubator on June 20, 2013, which happens to be today. I was prepared for the worst case scenario where the first peachick will not hatch, which is why the other egg will also be alone in another incubator as a back up. So now I just have eight more days until they hatch!
(The cochin broody that started the eggs.)
(The imprinting eggs from Pen #5.)
With my experience with my other bronze peafowl eggs, it seems like bronze peachicks are not as strong when it comes to hatching. My four peachicks took 28-29 days to hatch even after helping them, so I think I will have to be assisting my imprinted peachick as well.
I have already received a great deal of useful information from MinxFox, which I am grateful for. I would appreciate any advice from anyone who has had experience with imprinting as to what to do and what not to do. Also, this peachick is going to need a name, so does anyone have any ideas?
(Pen #5)
The bird that really fascinated me was the hen that was turning white. Her chicks begin to get white feathers and he showed me their offspring, which I feel in love with. I was wondering if it might be similar to the Bronze Progressive Pied peacock Louden Farms has.
After candling the three eggs, the Bronze BS egg was infertile, but both eggs from the pen above (Pen #5) were fertile. The eggs were started under a cochin broody that was a mix between a standard sized cochin and a bantam cochin. I had actually acquired this hen from another peafowl breeder! The eggs started incubation on June 1, 2013. I also put some eggs from my own peafowl so that the second chick that won't be imprinted will have company and not be lonely. I planned on moving the two eggs each to a separate incubator on June 20, 2013, which happens to be today. I was prepared for the worst case scenario where the first peachick will not hatch, which is why the other egg will also be alone in another incubator as a back up. So now I just have eight more days until they hatch!
(The cochin broody that started the eggs.)
(The imprinting eggs from Pen #5.)
With my experience with my other bronze peafowl eggs, it seems like bronze peachicks are not as strong when it comes to hatching. My four peachicks took 28-29 days to hatch even after helping them, so I think I will have to be assisting my imprinted peachick as well.
I have already received a great deal of useful information from MinxFox, which I am grateful for. I would appreciate any advice from anyone who has had experience with imprinting as to what to do and what not to do. Also, this peachick is going to need a name, so does anyone have any ideas?
