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dheltzel said:
Yes to everything you mentioned, LOL. Ours are less than a year old. There are some experts that can give a better perspective.

They are expensive to buy and maintain, prone to diseases like blackhead. Obnoxiously loud at times, brutal to other birds they don't like, and too stupid to roost inside until you remove every roosting place from their outdoor yard.

And we love them. Go figure.

Our hens will never free range, we have too many predators. The spare male might get let loose when we separate the pairs for breeding, unless we can sell him, but not that many people have accommodations suitable for a peacock, so the market is small.
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well, okay...after all that..i guess the market would be small! hahaha..they sure are beautiful to look at though..
I have a friend of a friend ..hahaha, they have a farm and raise peacocks. It looks so neat, they just hang out on the fence, out the big-top barn window and there are outside steps going to the second story of the barn..they lay/roost all over them..I know nothing about peacocks, only that when you pull in they all start screaming...hahaha..their neighbors are far enough away that it is not an issue...
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The woman is the one who is really doing all the raising, she has bundles of peacock feathers everywhere...she sells them to craft and fly fishing places...
 
I got a kick out of watching my gals today..............

they loved sunnying themselves............and I sooooo wish I could have a picture of them doing this because on at least 3 separate occasions I see them peeking at food in their food bowl and then lying down ...........keeping their face in the bowl and lying on their side with their wing out to catch some sun! 2-3 birds with heads in bowl and sunning themselves!

maybe somewhat like humans on the beach..............lying around with a cooler right next the them................

it just seems a nice soft grassy spot would make for a better headrest???? but what do I know!

plus they all found a way to sneak under the temp fencing I have up to give them a little grassy area to graze...............they clearly wanted to FREE range and knew they could squeeze under the silly fence!

lots more antics................and it sure is fun to just sit and watch their shannanigans!
 
LittleMissPurdy said:
well, okay...after all that..i guess the market would be small! hahaha..they sure are beautiful to look at though..
I have a friend of a friend ..hahaha, they have a farm and raise peacocks. It looks so neat, they just hang out on the fence, out the big-top barn window and there are outside steps going to the second story of the barn..they lay/roost all over them..I know nothing about peacocks, only that when you pull in they all start screaming...hahaha..their neighbors are far enough away that it is not an issue...
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The woman is the one who is really doing all the raising, she has bundles of peacock feathers everywhere...she sells them to craft and fly fishing places...
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They are absolutely the most gorgeous birds in the world. They are long lived, I think 20 years is not exceptional. We have guineas free ranging and their noises are far more obnoxious than the peas, though we haven't had them in a breeding season yet. Noises are not a problem on the farm, but if you are someplace that roosters are frowned upon, I don't think guineas or peas would be welcome. Maybe think about ornamental pheasants, the easy ones, like goldens and lady amhearst. You can't free range them, but they are a much more reasonable pet for sound, size and cost.
 
Blarneyeggs said:
[COLOR=0000FF]LMP so far we have Eva for the lil girl and Egan for the little boy, the big boy hasn't been named, but I'm loving all the suggestions I'm getting here, THANKS! [/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF]So for you turkey experts... Here are the 'Royal Palm' poults that aren't looking much like Royal Palm. I feel really bad for MsLadyHawke as I think she really wanted a Royal Palm for a friend. Any guesses here? MLH thought perhaps Red Bourbon...[/COLOR]
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They don't look like bourbon red to me. Or Spanish, or narras. Or slates. Does that help narrow it?
 
Good evening all:

Could somebody with a bit of knowledge set me straight?

Well broody #1 set, I push about 1/2 doz eggs under her ......at some point her sister, started pushing her out of the nesting box and laying extra eggs....I let this happen figuring the eggs were always covered and warm...well, later on, one chick was found dead on the coop floor and another didn't make it out of the shell correctly....this morning I found about six eggs pushed out of the box and laying on the coop floor...and, now both broody #1 and her sister (aka broody #2) sitting in the same box...I move the six remaining eggs to a different box and put broody #1 on the remaining eggs....fast forward a couple of hours...all the eggs have been moved back to the original box and both girls are sitting in the box....of my six adult laying chooks, two are broody, two are laying and the other two have just quit for the past month or two...
 
Not sure what your question is ....but there is something to be said for separating a broody from the others if you don't want her to be bothered by all the other girls.
 
stake said:
Good evening all:

Could somebody with a bit of knowledge set me straight?

Well broody #1 set, I push about 1/2 doz eggs under her ......at some point her sister, started pushing her out of the nesting box and laying extra eggs....I let this happen figuring the eggs were always covered and warm...well, later on, one chick was found dead on the coop floor and another didn't make it out of the shell correctly....this morning I found about six eggs pushed out of the box and laying on the coop floor...and, now both broody #1 and her sister (aka broody #2) sitting in the same box...I move the six remaining eggs to a different box and put broody #1 on the remaining eggs....fast forward a couple of hours...all the eggs have been moved back to the original box and both girls are sitting in the box....of my six adult laying chooks, two are broody, two are laying and the other two have just quit for the past month or two...
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Some hens just prefer to set together, or for some reason in their little brains the box they have chosen is the best box available... you can try moving them (prefer at night) to a separated broody box which is big enough for both of them to set comfortably. Problems with eggs crushing or accidental ejection from the nest can happen easier when they are in a confined area.

If the broodies don't want to move to another area entirely then try to provide them with a larger nesting box or even just a floor nest in a quiet area of the coop and see if they will set there instead. I am beginning to wonder if broodies are the best thing about having chickens or the most nerve wracking!
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chiques chicks said:
Does this mean that soup company will get all the spent hems from layer houses? (sorry, but what do you think they do with them after a year? Mcdonalds and Campbell, although I think most go for soup)
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We were just talking about this with a few of our neighbors today (the whole 'hood is excited for our chickens... they've come out of the woodwork to "make friends" lol), I was educating them on the differences between egg layers and broilers/friers/meat chickens. They were all surprised, as was I when I first learned this stuff, that there is such a difference in the way their "food" is treated before it is turned into actual food!

I told them that our chickens will be utilized for their egg laying abilities and then will be retired to our freezer once we're sure they won't lay any more, then we'll adopt some more young and healthy egg layers and our retired girls will feed us very well. That is the proper cycle of life and we will appreciate every morsel of nourishment they give us in a way that few people know these days. Even the chicken you buy in the store is not what we are led to believe it is, it's a shame really. It's why I started my garden last year when I finally had space to do so and now this year we'll have our chickens.

Best of all, we are a living example to our friends, family and neighbors that anybody can do the same with just a little space and some out-of-the-box thinking. A little knowledge can go a long way in becoming more self sufficient in an increasingly dependent society!!


Ok, stepping down off my soap box now hehehe.
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