Sexing Peachicks - India Blues

[zazouse]

this is what mine looked like at 9 weeks i will try and find a younger photo of them, i know i have one just not sure what file it would be in. lol

 

[Little Roughian]

Thanks Zaz!! If you can't find one its ok... I'll just have to wait a few more weeks to compare to this. To me Peyton is just like a little Sheldon. Acts just like the older 3 did, and is looking like them. Penelope on the other hand is quieter and a little trouble maker. Some days it seems like her feathers are darkening, others nothing. I think I've gotten to the point of over studying them!

Do you think I can put the wee peas in a big pen with Sheldon? With the age and size difference would they be ok?
They have been living next to each other in small pens with no problems. Its a very large pen with lots of roost bars and 4 boxes to hide out in.

 

[zazouse]

You should be able to put them together, i have all different kinds and ages mixed togeather and they are fine, as a matter a fact i think it is a good idea they get use to the fact that some things are little but not a threat as long as your pen is big enough for them to get away from each other they should be fine. my pen is 10 by 30 in an L shape and i have 7 peas from 6 weeks to 5 or 6 months but the older ones are a bit behind in growth because of previous situation they were in before i got them.
I also have guinea keets and some chicks that have been with the peas sence they hatched and all get along just fine. a few more weeks and the chicks and keets will be out of there just waiting till they are all roosting first and not needing the heat lamp on these chilly nights.

 

[Little Roughian]

Thanks! I kept their trainer chickens seperate from the big chickens in case I decided to put them in the other pen. So maybe tomorrow, seeing how it will be warm for a few days here, I'll put them in. I just didn't want Sheldon to be mean to wee peas as he's so much bigger. Guess I should have thought they would all be scared together as its a new space for all of them! I thinks its about a 20x20 and about 8 ft high. I put in roosts and boxes last year as the big pair that live there came inside the barn for part of them winter (negative temps and bad weather). I'll have to try it, worst thing that happens is I put in a divider for a little while! I'll post pics as it'll probably be exciting! (Sheldon is very dramatic about new things, he hates change)

You should be able to put them together, i have all different kinds and ages mixed togeather and they are fine, as a matter a fact i think it is a good idea they get use to the fact that some things are little but not a threat as long as your pen is big enough for them to get away from each other they should be fine. my pen is 10 by 30 in an L shape and i have 7 peas from 6 weeks to 5 or 6 months but the older ones are a bit behind in growth because of previous situation they were in before i got them.
I also have guinea keets and some chicks that have been with the peas sence they hatched and all get along just fine. a few more weeks and the chicks and keets will be out of there just waiting till they are all roosting first and not needing the heat lamp on these chilly nights.

 

[Little Roughian]

Ok I know I'm really slow this week but here's my darling children this week... Well Sheldon loved his dad more and refused to do anything but sit on his arm. Here's the boy at 14 wks! Starting to look more blue!!

 

[zazouse]

Very handsome boy

 

[Little Roughian]

The wee peas are now 8 wks old, and def not wee any more. Penelope may look small but shes a hefty and opinionated little thing. Open the pen door and shes off on an adventure while her brother cries and cries for her. Crazy birds!

Peyton - 8 wks











Little Penelope - 8 wks











And for size giggles... the dynamic duo!

 

[Little Roughian]

Thank you!! He's definetly turned into my child... I bought a big head of lettuce for all the birds the other day and he's on strike! The leaves are purple and green and he refuses to eat them if they are remotely purple! Mr. and Mrs. Pea and the chickies don't seem to mind but the wee peas and Sheldon won't touch it!! Spoiled kid!

Very handsome boy

 

[zazouse]

Thank you!! He's definetly turned into my child... I bought a big head of lettuce for all the birds the other day and he's on strike! The leaves are purple and green and he refuses to eat them if they are remotely purple! Mr. and Mrs. Pea and the chickies don't seem to mind but the wee peas and Sheldon won't touch it!! Spoiled kid!

Sometimes you have to try new things a few times before they will eat them, my peas are very spoiled, if their eggs are scrambled too dry they will hardly touch them and they have to be chopped up too, same with bananas they have to be cut up or they will just walk off and leave them, , but then they will wolf down the biggest grapes, when my red grapes are done barring i buy some green ones and they rubber neck them greens like they were boogers fixing to pounce, once a chicken or guinea takes one then and only then will they eat them

YEP PEAS ARE FICKLED

 

[Lil Zoo]

Sometimes I'm disappointed that they don't dig right in, but usually I go back and most things are gone. Lettuce and apple peels aren't their favorites. I have had to rake it up and give to the chickens. Watermelon and tomatoes never last long. I have been mixing crack corn in their feed and they seem to get a lot more excited about feed time lately. They really really loved the sweet corn this summer. I've been dropping a few dried meal worms. They fight over them.