PEAFOWL MAY/JUNE HATCH ALONG!!!!! COME JOIN THE OBSESSION!

[Yoda]

Blue Creek, first off only on one occasion has it taken 28 days for any of my peacock eggs to hatch. And the time it did happen was once we lost power for over 6 hrs. This year mine for the most part pip around day 24-25 and are out by the next day. About the same as last year. But by the 28th day my chicks are hatched and fluffy and out of the hatcher.
I don't and won't own green species of peafowl so all my peas are genetic mutations from IB. I'm once again fighting the dreaded Charcoals at Pea Palace. This color is a constant struggle here and although I know the issues associated with this color mutation as far as premature aging, reproduction is an issue here. My male is 3 years old and the fertility rate is less than 50% and quitters with this color is at 100% so far. I'm just hoping my male is like his father was, and that is once he gets another year older I will start to get consistant fertile eggs that indeed hatch. This color really hurts my statistics of the entire flock in terms of everything except number of eggs laid by the hens. Cameo is another color I'm having issues with but this trio was new this spring and are supposed to be 3 years old but the hens egg size looks much more like a 1 year olds. I know next year the Cameos will improve but I'm still in doubt about my Charcoals.

Frenchy mine is the opposite, my charcoals are hatching like crazy and every egg is fertile. He now has 2 hens in with him. I got my first ever charcoal pied and so far looks like a male

I also have one that I think is going to be a hen.

 

[casportpony]

Here is egg number 7 at about two weeks old.




-Kathy

 

[Angelak]

I see several know peacocks n incubating,so can someone help me out....
I got shipped eggs on thursday,settled them pointy end up,now ready to be moved to incubator..genesis air digita auto turners...eggs on peacocks go on side but not sure how to place in turners on sides can someone post a good pic showing me...also do I wait 5 days before I plug up turners?
On duck n ckn eggs does pointy end go dwn in turners or up....I have had only 2 geese hatch out out of about 20 total,but believe I had humidity wrong for days prior to hatchings..

 

[Angelak]

how can u tell what color pea baby is when hatched,when u get a surprize order of colors?

 

[Heidisgran]

I guess I'll join...so excited about hatch day! July 8th!! down to 3 out of 6 eggs but they seem to be going strong

 

[bugglesmommy]

I posted this in another thread but got no responses. Can anyone help?

Ok guys. This is my first pea egg attempt. I got 7 eggs from someone an hour away. 6 were fertile.

I incubated them following all of her suggested guidelines as closely as possible. in a Brinsea octagon 20. The temp stayed between 99.8 and 100. (Suggested temp. 99.9) Humidity at about 35 ( suggested 30-40) I hand turned them longways 2-4 times a day on top of the auto turners turns.

On day 23 I candeled and observed heavy shadows in the air cells. I admittedly panicked and got the hatcher ready. I moved them that evening. Hatcher temp about 99. Humidity at 65. ( as suggested) Yesterday there was some rocking and cheeping. Today there are still no pips but still movement.

When should I really panic? How long do peas normally take to pip? Any ideas as to why they started early? I incubate chickens and quail in there all of the time and they are always on schedule.

 

[casportpony]

Okay... will someone please tell me if eggs should be stored pointy end up or down?

-Kathy

 

[Angelak]

Casportpony if your asking about peacocks you place them on sides

 

[casportpony]

I guess I'll join...so excited about hatch day! July 8th!! down to 3 out of 6 eggs but they seem to be going strong

for you! I have ten eggs under two different hens due 7-5.

-Kathy

 

[Angelak]

Oops if storing them pointed end up is what ive been told,incubating place on sides