Okay- but I'm still a little clueless as to which are the hens your talking about? Any chance you can tag the pics? Sad, the one I had my eye on in the top pic is a peacock. Would love a spalding hen. Bronze or white is good- but confused by the other letters and splits.
Three years ago, both my peahens chose to nest in the middle of the construction site when our patio was rebuilt! I mean there were chain saws, cement mixers, pik axes, and lots of workers with wheel barrows. we had to go dust the stone dust off one of the birds a couple times, she got so covered.
Well atleast she chose it in my barn up high but the only predators that I've seen in my barn is this little mouser cat but I wouldn't think that that thing would hurt a peahen but my chicken was down in the bales were any thing could've gotten her and still she has hatched all of her babies and I have a duck behind some wood on the outside of the barn and she hasn't had any issuesThree years ago, both my peahens chose to nest in the middle of the construction site when our patio was rebuilt! I mean there were chain saws, cement mixers, pik axes, and lots of workers with wheel barrows. we had to go dust the stone dust off one of the birds a couple times, she got so covered. It was crazy- the workers were having to work around them! Both birds hatched 6 out of 6 eggs that time. One of the nests was on stone gravel, no grass or hay! I couldn't believe it, and then an old timer told me the peahens chose that noisy location because it would keep predators away.... and it did! This is a pic of the chicks in the gravel nest!
Well, the reason I told that story is so you wouldnt worry that the sound of your neighbors tractor would disturb her. Doubt you have to worry about the cat- she may actually help keep rats and possums away, (until the chicks hatch, that is). Don't take food or water to her- mine would get really annoyed when I did. Attracts other predators to the nest, like raccoons etc...
yes mallard duck
