Those who need help in sexing peafowl

[Birdrain92]

Tether isn't what killed the chick. It was actually the chicks fault. She didn't want something on her leg and so she fought against me and I just waited for her to tire out didn't think she was willing to pull her legs out of socket to get out of the tether. If you're wondering how she pulled both legs out of socket that's because I tethered both legs. For the Canyon County Fair you must use a choke collar on your dog or you're disqualified and when I was working with my dog my dad started the four wheeler and my dog tried taking off he figured out what choke collars can do. My dog kept jumping wanting to be with the other two dogs running. My dog hated being a show dog. Kathy what do you do if a horse bucks you off or gets in a fight with you ( not kicking just not listening or trying to bite you)? Us we tie them to a post and let them tire out eventually they learn their lesson. Just like Spirit in the cartoon. Let them fight themselves and let them tire out. When I put Thor on a tether guess what Thor did. Tried flying off but when he felt the tug from the tether he came back to my arm. It only takes a few times before they get it. Our horses after being around an electric fence we don't even turn it on and they know not to touch. What happens when a kid cuts himself with a knife trying to carve or cut something. They won't do it again. I only use one tether now which you can use hopefully the bird will figure it out before it's to late. How else would you suggest me to keep a bird on my arm. I know they can get heavy but it's kind of like a bow it's hard pulling the string back at first but you will build muscle and be able to pull it with ease. That's why I keep my arm close to my body doesn't tire out as fast.

 

[casportpony]

Tether isn't what killed the chick. It was actually the chicks fault. She didn't want something on her leg and so she fought against me and I just waited for her to tire out didn't think she was willing to pull her legs out of socket to get out of the tether. If you're wondering how she pulled both legs out of socket that's because I tethered both legs. For the Canyon County Fair you must use a choke collar on your dog or you're disqualified and when I was working with my dog my dad started the four wheeler and my dog tried taking off he figured out what choke collars can do. My dog kept jumping wanting to be with the other two dogs running. My dog hated being a show dog. Kathy what do you do if a horse bucks you off or gets in a fight with you ( not kicking just not listening or trying to bite you)? Us we tie them to a post and let them tire out eventually they learn their lesson. Just like Spirit in the cartoon. Let them fight themselves and let them tire out. When I put Thor on a tether guess what Thor did. Tried flying off but when he felt the tug from the tether he came back to my arm. It only takes a few times before they get it. Our horses after being around an electric fence we don't even turn it on and they know not to touch. What happens when a kid cuts himself with a knife trying to carve or cut something. They won't do it again. I only use one tether now which you can use hopefully the bird will figure it out before it's to late. How else would you suggest me to keep a bird on my arm. I know they can get heavy but it's kind of like a bow it's hard pulling the string back at first but you will build muscle and be able to pull it with ease. That's why I keep my arm close to my body doesn't tire out as fast.

You killed your chick, period. As for horses, if I get bucked off it's my own fault and the answer is *never* tying them up until they tire out or "learn" their lesson. You obviously have much to learn about horses, too. Please don't even try to offer *any* horse training tips to me. Peafowl are somewhat new to me, but horses are not.

-Kathy

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Tether isn't what killed the chick. It was actually the chicks fault. She didn't want something on her leg and so she fought against me and I just waited for her to tire out didn't think she was willing to pull her legs out of socket to get out of the tether.

I only use one tether now which you can use hopefully the bird will figure it out before it's to late.

It's hard to know what to say about this.
It's one thing being stubborn about whether your pea is a hen or not.
But endangering peas is something else altogether...
...perhaps a call to the SPCA?

 

[Birdrain92]

What's SPCA? I've been around horses all my life. What happens when you put a halter on a foal do they like the halter or do they want to try and get it off.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: It's just more crazy rationalization. He killed the chick, period. I originally ignored the first post about this, but now I'm ticked off. He knows nothing about sexing or handling peafowl and needs some horsemanship lesson, too.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

What's SPCA? I've been around horses all my life. What happens when you put a halter on a foal do they like the halter or do they want to try and get it off.

You can do damage to their neck if it's not done properly.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Birdbrain, read this:
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/10152/foal-handling-and-restraint

-Kathy

 

[Birdrain92]

If you don't halter the foal properly it can hurt the foal's neck? I know if you have it too tight it can hurt them.

 

[MinxFox]

Well then you at least need to mention on your site not to tether both legs, but still, I think it is an accident waiting to happen. Thor is more used to your handling. Not everyone realizes that peafowl, while domestic, can still be more flighty and wild than other birds like chickens.

It doesn't sound like it was the chick's fault though. The chick was just using its instincts and instincts are not a bird's fault. That is like saying it was the tiger's fault for killing the lady who wanted to get a photograph with it. Big cats have instincts and if you are going to be around them, you need to know the risks and what their behavior means.

That is just my thought on this though, and I don't show birds but then again I don't need a tether to have one on my arm or hand or to hold one. This is Peep when he was younger.

 

[casportpony]

For those that might be interested, while I wouldn't call myself an expert in horses, I have had over 300 of them since '76 and many of those I have trained from the ground up and re-sold.

-Kathy