Peacock with a bloody nose!

[Frenchman Creek]

Very nice looking boy and he looks well feathered. Hopefully he is on his way to a full recovery. In rereading your original post I just want to point out one thing. You said you have hay on the floor but if you meant you had straw on the floor then you are all set. However if you do have hay on the floor then you should think about replacing it with straw as hay soaks up moisture and will get wet where straw sheds moisture and will stay dry thus keeping the birds warmer. As far as heated water goes I use a metal font and have found this to be better than heated water in a pan as I have found the birds like to stand in the warm water and also poop in it. Neither action will end with good results. What I am not sure of is whether the larger bills of a duck will fit properly in a font. If you get some straw try to get Oat straw as it is the best.Good luck with that youngster.

 

[MinxFox]

That peacock is definitely a spalding. He looks like the offspring Dylansmom on here gets by breeding a green peacock to India blue variety peahens.

Good info Frenchman Creek I didn't know that about the birds jumping in the heated water. My peafowl love to jump in the water during the summertime but it isn't cold enough here for me to heat their water. I think you need to make a topic introducing yourself and the peafowl you have since you are new. We all like learning about new members and where they are located so that in the future if someone needs peafowl we can refer them to you if you are in their area.

 

[Frenchman Creek]

Thanks MinxFox. Not much to tell. I live in Northern NY near the Vermont border and a 100 miles south of the Québec border so I know a little bit about winter and thus my comments. I currently have three mature IB males and five mature IB females. This is their fourth winter. I also have chickens and turkeys but have never raised geese or ducks. I do sell chicks but mostly have peas just for the beautiful and personable birds that they are. Thanks for the interest.

 

[BYC-user-174785]

Frenchman Creek

Regarding the spalding. My high percentage spalding which was purchased as a green spent his first winter in a heated area with a heated perch. The following winters he spent outside. He was able to go outside if he chose to do so. So the shelter was not completely closed. Just straw on the ground, a perch wide enough for his toes to be flat, that was really it. He did perfectly fine and never lost any toes. This year I have two high percentage spalding chicks from Taylor Hill Game Farm and they are not getting any heat. They are with my other juveniles so they huddle together and stay warm but the two spaldings definitely have a harder time I noticed. I also have a pair of grey peacock pheasants (tropical birds) with no heat. The weather has been brutal and I was worried about them so they will have a light for a few days but it will be removed since I already noticed the male displaying and I want to delay their egg laying.

 

[Frenchman Creek]

Frenchman Creek

Regarding the spalding. My high percentage spalding which was purchased as a green spent his first winter in a heated area with a heated perch. The following winters he spent outside. He was able to go outside if he chose to do so. So the shelter was not completely closed. Just straw on the ground, a perch wide enough for his toes to be flat, that was really it. He did perfectly fine and never lost any toes. This year I have two high percentage spalding chicks from Taylor Hill Game Farm and they are not getting any heat. They are with my other juveniles so they huddle together and stay warm but the two spaldings definitely have a harder time I noticed. I also have a pair of grey peacock pheasants (tropical birds) with no heat. The weather has been brutal and I was worried about them so they will have a light for a few days but it will be removed since I already noticed the male displaying and I want to delay their egg laying.

Thank you for this info. Hopefully the original poster will see your post and feel better about her Spaulding. I only have blues but still nice to know that there is some hardiness in the Spaulding.

 

[Trefoil]

, I am thinking about giving everyone antibiotics and dewormer, since the weather has been so bad and stressful for my birds

I have been wanting to worm my birds as well, but don't want to add stress when the weather is this bad. As soon as we get a break for a few days above freezing, my birds will be wormed.

 

[Frenchman Creek]

Hey guys I really need your help, within the last week I noticed blood in their shed and started researching what to do when ducks poop blood, because that is what I assumed. Now today I noticed more blood. And I found the source, it was coming from my peacock nostrils. It has been very very cold, yesterday in the negatives. I live in worcester county so we currently have over 90inches of snow, and it is still snowing another 1-2 feet as I am writing this. I am so stressed out, their water buckets are frozen to the ground and I can't clean them, and I can't clean their pen as well, which frustrates me even more, everything is frozen solid, all I can do is add hay or pine shaving on top so they have a place to sit for the night, but I am really distraught over the matter, this is my first year owning ducks and a peacock and it just so happened to be the worst winter! The ducks are doing ok, but now I am just worried about my peacock, I just hope it is the really dry and cold weather, but if it is serious I need to know!
Sorry about the whole life story, I am so distraught and was not ready for this, the second it warms up I am going to change their situation and how to get ready for this again, but right now I am just so stressed because there is a little to nothing I can do now.

Just wondering how your boy is doing? Hopefully he has recovered.

 

[annarogetta]

My peacock has done a lot better! I see no more blood and it is warming up now so everything is looking up for now, thanks for everyone's help!

 

[Frenchman Creek]

My peacock has done a lot better! I see no more blood and it is warming up now so everything is looking up for now, thanks for everyone's help!

That is really good news. Glad he is doing better and warmer temps are heading your way. We can all use some warmer weather. It was our second coldest February since 1820. Our average temp for the month was 10 degrees but better than Montpielor VT which only had an average for the month of 5 degrees. Good luck with your boy.