One lonely little chicken

[casportpony]

Here he is my little chick. At what age can you see if its a boy or a girl?

I'm going to guess boy based on his current color, but it is just a guess. -Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Peachicks hatch at about 65-85 grams, then for the next few days most will loose weight. By the time they are 10 days old they should weigh 90-120 grams and would continue to make daily gains. Those numbers are what I *remember* from weighing them last year, but need to look at my notes to be sure.

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

How cute! I would love to have white peafowls! Peafowl angels... How did it go? Did you take care of him? Did he/she survive?

I cared for him until he/she was a couple of weeks old and then it went to live with someone else who had other chicks to keep it company. Unfortunately he did not make it, I think it died about 10 days after it left us.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

For fun, you can try some peachick comparisons on our BYC Chick Chart!
http://peafowlimagedatabase.weebly.com/peachick-chart.html

 

[Wintherflykt]

Thanks! Okey, he looks good I think for not being two weeks yet... Hope he keeps growing. He sleeps more now then before, but I don't know if he´s just lazy because he is growing or if he is week... I need to weigh him, but I don't have a scale right now. :-/

 

[casportpony]

Thanks! Okey, he looks good I think for not being two weeks yet... Hope he keeps growing. He sleeps more now then before, but I don't know if he´s just lazy because he is growing or if he is week... I need to weigh him, but I don't have a scale right now. :-/

At two weeks four of mine weighed in at 120-140 grams.

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

Thanks! Okey, he looks good I think for not being two weeks yet... Hope he keeps growing. He sleeps more now then before, but I don't know if he´s just lazy because he is growing or if he is week... I need to weigh him, but I don't have a scale right now. :-/

It would be good to get a scale, weighing 65g at 1 week was probably not too bad, but he should be gaining and getting more energetic so I would be a little concerned about the increased sleeping.