Peafowl for 2013

[new 2 pfowl]

Chick pix!

 

[zazouse]

See i got all these to hatch today after the hens left the nest .

 

[kuntrygirl]

See i got all these to hatch today after the hens left the nest .

CUTENESS ALL OVER THE PLACE !!!!!!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Ok, It was a long night last night. I couldn't pull myself away from the incubator. When I left this morning, this was the final count.

4 pea eggs set - 3 hatched so far. I don't think the other is fertile. There is no zipping or anything. But then again today is the scheduled hatch date. So looks like 3 out of 4 pea eggs will hatch. Not too bad.
2 turkey eggs set - 1 hatched so far and 1 is zipping right now. Both eggs were fertile
12 guinea eggs set - 4 hatched so far, 1 zipping right now and I can't tell what the other eggs are doing. TOO MANY EGGS IN MY SMALL INCUBATOR !!!! I know the guinea boys are on their jobs. My first batch of guinea eggs that I set and hatched a couple of weeks ago had a 100% hatch rate. And all of the guinea eggs that I have been eating have been fertile.

I could not open the incubator because a poult is hatching right now and I didn't want to cause shrink wrap. I will take all of them out today after work. I was worried at first because the poults and the peas looked exactly the same, so I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. But after looking at the wings, the pea's wings are SOOOOOO much longer than the poults. WOW!!! Remarkable difference.

Ok, here are some VERY bad pics. My pics will not look like ZAZ's pics but here goes anyway. The pics are a mixture of everything in the incubator. I will get more pics later on when I move them to the brooder.

 

[zazouse]

don't give up on that last egg just yet, I had one hatch at 29 days the rest hatched at 27 and 28 and I tossed a good one think it was bad, it would have been my first white.

 

[kuntrygirl]

 don't give up on that last egg just yet, I had one hatch at 29 days the rest hatched at 27 and 28 and I tossed a good one think it was bad, it would have been my first white.

Awwwwwww, sorry to hear about the tossed egg. I won't give up. I will give it a few days. Looks like all of the peas that have hatched will be white like my Princess.

I can't wait to get home to see what's waiting for me. I have to stop by the feed store and get game bird crumble for them.

 

[zazouse]

You do know that if you set that egg late in the evening it is likely to pip late in the evening and even hatch a day late. just sayen
can't wait to see a group photo

 

[casportpony]

Awwwwwww, sorry to hear about the tossed egg. I won't give up. I will give it a few days. Looks like all of the peas that have hatched will be white like my Princess.

I can't wait to get home to see what's waiting for me. I have to stop by the feed store and get game bird crumble for them.

Congrats! You should have called in sick, lol, I would have! Please, more pictures when you get home.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

You do know that if you set that egg late in the evening it is likely to pip late in the evening and even hatch a day late. just sayen
can't wait to see a group photo

Thanks, I did not know that!

-Kathy

 

[kuntrygirl]

Awwwwwww, sorry to hear about the tossed egg. I won't give up. I will give it a few days. Looks like all of the peas that have hatched will be white like my Princess.


I can't wait to get home to see what's waiting for me. I have to stop by the feed store and get game bird crumble for them.

Congrats! You should have called in sick, lol, I would have! Please, more pictures when you get home.

-Kathy

If I would have called in sick, they would have known I was telling a fib because I haven't called in sick in 17 years of working.

But I will have to start so that it won't look so obvious when I really really really need that day off.

I will take better pics when I get them in their brooder and they are up and running around. I was thinking about separating all of them into different brooders but maybe not. They will all be eating the 30% protein feed, so I guess I can keep them all together.