Show off your Peas!

[margaret8]

I worm when I need to and I have the vet do fecals. As of a week ago according to the vet I have no worms or eggs!

 

[cajunfowl0]

Y'all wish me luck...will be cutting the peacock tonight it's looking even worse and it's obvious it won't come out unless I cut

 

[KsKingBee]

I worm when I need to and I have the vet do fecals. As of a week ago according to the vet I have no worms or eggs!

That is the way I want to do it, but after last year I may treat first and then confirm with the float. I don't know, I am kind of on the fence about it the closer we get to pre-laying worming. I guess I don't want the stress of laying to cause the worms to overtake the hens system.

I learned a lot last year and had a lot of clear eggs. It may have been to the hens condition or because I had too many yearling hens in with the breeders. This year will be different with all the new pens I have build and am building.

 

[zazouse]

Well, wish I had pic, or even better, video, to go with this story because I really think something visual would help it be better appreciated but...we loaded the tractor onto the trailer to go do something for his uncle, & of course the peas were all over & under everything (tractor, trailer, truck). I head to the gate as he pulls down the drive...I look back & Patch is chasing (like jogging) the trailer down the driveway lol. I couldn't believe it. I was half afraid he might try to follow, but he didn't.
Meanwhile, here's another shot of him from yesterday.

Ya can't say i did not warn ya you are lucky he didn't keep going but had you been on the tractor i bet he would have LOL he use to follow me everywhere, even when i did not think he was, he would take a short cut threw the wood while i went around on the path.

 

[zazouse]

I never worm and have never had a problem !

But do you have lots of other animals ? i do

 

[birdman55]

well down to seven peafowl now...I guess when they were being packaged for delivery...the guy did notice that one of the pied females had a crooked toes and was favoring one of the legs during walking so he didn't wanna send it...thanks for the honesty....right...that's when you know you have a good and honest breeder...he had 58 hatch...and has over 30 adult birds....I guess he puts them in pairs or trios in 6x12 dog crates inside a big barn and that's how he breeds them...I have never heard of anything like that ...to my understanding each bird is supposed to have 100ft2...well for my trios its going to be 10x30 each section...boy and I thought the work was done.....lol...right...hope everyone is having a great day...

when I was worming the birds yesterday I noticed that the young birds were flighty and the three older birds which I put into that greenhouse to make room for the new birds weren't at all and didn't even care that I was in there with a net....is this normal behavior due to them being mature....?

I know I shouldn't have moved them yet....this move is on complete faith
and on the good note mom said they were very healthy looking big birds....so I cant wait to get them...

 

[ellymayRans]

I had someone say that if my hen does start laying not to expect her to actually sit. Now I know their Peas are in a penned environment. Does it matter that mine are not? What is the likely hood that mine will? Is it really that uncommon? I've debated on collecting her eggs if by chance I have a broody chicken at the time. I just don't want to risk incubating myself.

Feedback?

 

[cajunfowl0]

I had someone say that if my hen does start laying not to expect her to actually sit. Now I know their Peas are in a penned environment. Does it matter that mine are not? What is the likely hood that mine will? Is it really that uncommon? I've debated on collecting her eggs if by chance I have a broody chicken at the time. I just don't want to risk incubating myself.

Feedback?

Peafowl are wild birds the chances of her setting on her eggs are very good and even if she does set you could still put the eggs under a chicken she might even lay a second clutch if you do that

 

[cajunfowl0]

well down to seven peafowl now...I guess when they were being packaged for delivery...the guy did notice that one of the pied females had a crooked toes and was favoring one of the legs during walking so he didn't wanna send it...thanks for the honesty....right...that's when you know you have a good and honest breeder...he had 58 hatch...and has over 30 adult birds....I guess he puts them in pairs or trios in 6x12 dog crates inside a big barn and that's how he breeds them...I have never heard of anything like that ...to my understanding each bird is supposed to have 100ft2...well for my trios its going to be 10x30 each section...boy and I thought the work was done.....lol...right...hope everyone is having a great day...

when I was worming the birds yesterday I noticed that the young birds were flighty and the three older birds which I put into that greenhouse to make room for the new birds weren't at all and didn't even care that I was in there with a net....is this normal behavior due to them being mature....?

I know I shouldn't have moved them yet....this move is on complete faith
and on the good note mom said they were very healthy looking big birds....so I cant wait to get them...

Wow 6x 12 is tiny idk how he even gets his birds to breed in that

 

[birdman55]

Wow 6x 12 is tiny idk how he even gets his birds to breed in that

he hatched out 58 so he did something right...right? lol...I have no clue...never tried to incubate them...but this year im going to