The BEST advice

[Paganbird]

Hello!
I have just ordered my first ever peafowl eggs. I should be getting 6 opal eggs on Thursday or Friday. So... I read a lot of the past threads on BYC regarding peafowl and hatching AND I used just about every search engine online to reasearch peafowl.
I am a reader. I like books. I had a hard time finding books on peafowl. There don't seem to be very many.
I was just wondering...
For all of you that already own peafowl...
What is the best advice you can give to someone just starting out?
(Any tips on hatching, raising, or owning peafowl)
Thanks!

 

[DANNY]

It's best to use a broody chicken to hatch them. As far as raising them keep them on wire till they are 6 to 8 months old. Keep them wormed and keep metranizadole on habd for blackhead.

 

[deerman]

I set mine under broody hens first week ,then move to a incubator, peachicks start on medicated starter 24% use hard boil egg yolks to help peachick find food. Yes I raise mine on wire for 3 months.

Link to lots of info.

http://www.peafowl.org/

 

[Paganbird]

As luck would have it, not a single one of my hens is broody right now. Unless one goes broody in the next 2-3 days, I'll be using an incubator for the whole hatch.
I'll be setting 6 shipped eggs, maybe 7 if the shipper's birds cooperate. I hope for 2 peachicks. Two chicks would make me happy. Any more than 2 and I'll be elated!
They should arrive on Thursday, I'll put them in on Friday.
I guess I'll go out to the barn & get the wooden eggs to see if I can "persuade" and of my ladies to sit!

 

[deerman]

Have hatch many without broody hens, but think that first week get me a better hatch.