Peafowl for 2013

[MinxFox]

Normally the first eggs they lay they do not sit on. I read recently that they sometimes do this in the wild too. It is something to do with attracting predators away from the real nest location or something. Anyways eventually she should start laying several eggs in one place then sit on them so leave each egg she lays in the pen for a few days until you are certain she is not using it for a nest. It is good you took out the first egg. It sounded like she wasn't going to use it since she laid in a new location then rolled the first egg away. They will keep laying with rain. It has been pouring here recently and I have a peahen on a nest of four eggs and she was soaked but they will still stay on the eggs even with the rain. I think the rest of my peahens have stopped laying for this year. I don't know how it is elsewhere, but I know that a local large peafowl breeder told me that they already have some peacocks dropping their trains already! So I guess my season is ending and yours is beginning!

 

[chickendeal]

Normally the first eggs they lay they do not sit on. I read recently that they sometimes do this in the wild too. It is something to do with attracting predators away from the real nest location or something. Anyways eventually she should start laying several eggs in one place then sit on them so leave each egg she lays in the pen for a few days until you are certain she is not using it for a nest. It is good you took out the first egg. It sounded like she wasn't going to use it since she laid in a new location then rolled the first egg away. They will keep laying with rain. It has been pouring here recently and I have a peahen on a nest of four eggs and she was soaked but they will still stay on the eggs even with the rain. I think the rest of my peahens have stopped laying for this year. I don't know how it is elsewhere, but I know that a local large peafowl breeder told me that they already have some peacocks dropping their trains already! So I guess my season is ending and yours is beginning! She is not two yet but I checked her first egg and it was fertile and she hasn't been setting on the egg she is on her perch at night so should I take it to this is my first eggs so im scared to mess things up

 

[MinxFox]

No don't take it. They lay 4-6 eggs before they sit on the eggs at all. They lay them all and then sit on them so that all of the eggs hatch on the same day. Leave the egg there for a while and if she lays another egg next to it she is probably making a nest. If you want to incubate the eggs yourself you can though. This year my peahens laid a whole lot of eggs without sitting on them. One peahen started sitting but an egg broke so she stopped. That is one problem that sometimes happens. If one egg breaks they will give up on the whole nest even if the other eggs are still good.

 

[Yoda]

Minx I have one or two young hens (2 yr old) hens that will lay an egg in the rain, the rest won't. Rain screws up my schedules LOL In my charcoal pen I have 2 hens one lays on odd days the other even. When it rains I end up getting eggs from both hens the same day after the rain stops. Then one doesn't lay for 3 days so she is back on schedule like she knows LOL. I was told it has to do with the low front coming through. Today it rained and I should've gotten 6 eggs but I got 2. Tomorrow I will get eggs from everyone except those 2 hens. Then my hens who lay on even days will not lay for 3 days to get them back on track. Sounds strange but it is true. I write the date the egg is laid on everyone. I can look at the eggs and tell you what days we had bad weather LOL

Chickendeal
When the hen starts laying her first egg or two she doesn't do it on cycle. She can miss a week then start laying regularly. For me rain or a heat wave will trow the hens off schedule. Heat waves are the worst cause most of my hens will stop completely until the heat wave passes.

 

[MinxFox]

Chickendeal
When the hen starts laying her first egg or two she doesn't do it on cycle. She can miss a week then start laying regularly. For me rain or a heat wave will trow the hens off schedule. Heat waves are the worst cause most of my hens will stop completely until the heat wave passes.

Oh wow they can stop laying during a heat wave!? Well maybe the season isn't over for me just yet! It has been really hot with no rain and now we finally got rain so maybe my peahens will still be laying because my peacocks are definitely all displaying although Peep does not allow the white male, who is Peep's age, to display. It is pretty lame because when the white does start displaying (which is rare for me to see) I hardly get to enjoy it before Peep runs over and kicks at him to make him stop.

My nesting peahen Ice has all of her crest feathers picked off by someone, which has never happened before and they are in a 40x50 ft pen that is very high so I don't see space being an issue. I wonder if Peep is doing that. He doesn't really care about peahens. Peep likes people more.

 

[zazouse]

My peahen on the conex box is hatching her eggs as I type, I wasn't sure they would hatch it has been raining and her belly has stayed soaking wet for at least the last three days I have seen her up, but I did notice she would stand up for a period of time over the eggs as if to air them out.

 

[kuntrygirl]

YEA IT WORKS but the smilies don't I don't care , I got pictures , this is my littlepied, it probley won't be here long my add comes out tomorrow.

TOO CUTE !!!!!!!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

The white chicks will be 1 week old tomorrow. No, I don't have BS. You're not confused. I was hoping though. lol That's just Kathy starting trouble in trying to get me to get some BS peas. LOL

You can have some if you want to take a road trip? LOL This one got poo on it and I did not notice til after the pictures were taken LOL Right now I have 2 BS this one and the one that got cut by the incubator fan. They are from Eros which means he has to be split BS as well as white The mother is purple BS hen split white. It's hard to to tell what your bird is until it breeds for you when you purchase them from someone as chicks. Always ask the seller what the back ground is on the birds your buying. I have a bronze hen I purchased this year and she has white on a wing but the breeder says she has nothing white in her pure bronze. We will see when the eggs hatch LOL

Adorable!!!

 

[casportpony]

My peahen on the conex box is hatching her eggs as I type, I wasn't sure they would hatch it has been raining and her belly has stayed soaking wet for at least the last three days I have seen her up, but I did notice she would stand up for a period of time over the eggs as if to air them out.

I'm waiting for some pictures!

-Kathy

 

[kuntrygirl]

My hens are going through so many cycles. The 1st cycle, they laid 4 eggs. The 2nd cycle, they laid 10 eggs. The 3rd cycle, they laid 3 eggs. Now they have started again. I collected 1 egg under the roost. I think she layed it on the roost because their usual place to lay is in the corner inside of their covered area. Not sure what that was all about. So, now I"m up to 4 eggs this go round . They have layed a total of 17 eggs this year.

How much do you all sell your pea chicks for? I think people think that peas cost the same as a baby chic. NOT !!!!!!!!!!! As if I would sell a day old pea chick for $2.00. NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!! And they also think the fertile pea eggs cost about $1.00 per egg. NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!