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[Firefly89]

That's why I want them. I hope to have pea eggs to hatch.

When do you expect to have pea eggs?
Maybe by then I will be able to part with them

 

[NanaKat]

I'll probably have some guinea eggs soon. I want a Cochin Bantam to set some peafowl under for the first 7 days before I put them in the incubator.

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Do you have any Cochin bantam hens?

I do have a couple but I am hoping to hatch a few daughters out of them before I sell them. They are good broodies tho

That's why I want them. I hope to have pea eggs to hatch.

Margaret8 A Bantam Cochin might cover 4 -5 large fowl chicken eggs. A Large Fowl Cochin will cover 12 - 14 chicken eggs.
I would think that peacock eggs are too large for a Bantam Cochin hen to cover successfully. I would think that a large fowl broody hen could cover 3 - 6 Peacock eggs for the full 7 days before you candle them to go into the incubator. A determined broody Cochin hen will continue to sit on the empty nest until she chooses to give up. Mine have been known to try hatching a smooth rock, a golf ball or dried chicken loaf....
Also, A single chicken hen will not be happy in a pen by herself. Guinea and chickens do not play nice together especially if the chickens are outnumbered by the Guineas..
From experience, even chicken hen raised guinea chicks turn on their surrogate mother when they get older.

 

[Kyzmette]

Rinda, I thought you might want to see who recovered nicely! Georgina is a sweet girl and seems to be doing quite well. It turns out the crook is at the base of her neck, at the shoulder juncture, so none of the braces were really working since they would need to push against the shoulders in order to work. If anybody has ideas on how to get a brace to work for this sweet girl, I'm all ears.

Meet Turkey Lurkey! The name was not my idea. This is the little Beltsville I picked up as a day old poult from the Coweta auction last month. He/she has grown so much, and it's so friendly. It trills to me. Any guesses on gender?

Gender on this one, too. Boy, right? He has to be a boy because he has this super adorable personality, and the ones you fall in love with are ALWAYS boys!

 

[Kyzmette]

Oh! Who is going to the Coweta auction tomorrow? Meeeeee!e

 

[Jeansrie]

Anyone gonna be showing at the NE OKC Poultry show in a few weeks?

 

[ashtree]

Hatching day!!!

This is Tavi, but we call him tiny Arlo

 

[casportpony]

I'll probably have some guinea eggs soon. I want a Cochin Bantam to set some peafowl under for the first 7 days before I put them in the incubator.

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I'm looking for some hatching eggs around Edmond. I'm just getting the incubator started for this year and want to do a test run. Barnyard mix is fine. Will pay or trade hatched chicks when they hatch. Looking for 15-25 eggs. Bantam Cochins ok otherwise I would like LF. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction?

 

Do you have any Cochin bantam hens?

I do have a couple but I am hoping to hatch a few daughters out of them before I sell them. They are good broodies tho

That's why I want them. I hope to have pea eggs to hatch.

[COLOR=0000CD]Margaret8[/COLOR]  A Bantam Cochin might cover 4 -5 large fowl chicken eggs.  A Large Fowl Cochin will cover 12 - 14 chicken eggs.
I would think that peacock eggs are too large for a Bantam Cochin hen to cover successfully.  I would think that a large fowl broody hen could cover 3 - 6 Peacock eggs for the full 7 days before you candle them to go into the incubator.  A determined broody Cochin hen will continue to sit on the empty nest until she chooses to give up.  Mine have been known to try hatching a smooth rock, a golf ball or dried chicken loaf....
Also, A single chicken hen will not be happy in a pen by herself.  Guinea and chickens do not play nice together especially if the chickens are outnumbered by the Guineas..
From experience, even chicken hen raised guinea chicks turn on their surrogate mother when they get older.

Nanakat, My bantam Cochins can can cover *five* peafowl eggs no problem. Have done that several years in a row now. I let mine go broody with their own eggs, then I swap out their eggs for pea eggs. I believe Leggs peafowl does something similar.

-Kathy

 

[margaret8]

Nanakat, My bantam Cochins can can cover *five* peafowl eggs no problem. Have done that several years in a row now. I let mine go broody with their own eggs, then I swap out their eggs for pea eggs. I believe Leggs peafowl does something similar.

-Kathy

Yep!

 

[casportpony]

 
@YardBirdMom
, Saturday at noon is fine.
@artsyrobin
, that Fav does look like coccidia bird. It seems to me the ones that get coccidia as youngsters just don't ever really recover and die sooner than ones who never got it.

well, have her on corid, hopefully that will do it- i think she may have had it awhile and i never connected the dots, thin is the big issue, but the fluffed lethargic look finally clicked

She looks *very* sick. Have you ever wormed her with a proper dose of a wormer like Safeguard or Valbazen? Are you giving the correct amount of Corid (powder 1.5 tsp/gal or liquid 2 tsp/gal).?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Nanakat, My bantam Cochins can can cover *five* peafowl eggs no problem. Have done that several years in a row now. I let mine go broody with their own eggs, then I swap out their eggs for pea eggs. I believe Leggs peafowl does something similar.

-Kathy

Yep!

They are they best broodies and mothers! Wish I had more.

-Kathy