Those who need help in sexing peafowl

[AugeredIn]

5 out of 7 of my one year olds layed that i know of, it was my first time nest hunting with peas,none were fertile as my oldest male was a month into his molt.
The next year all 4 yearlings layed and all 7 of 2 year olds layed fertile eggs.

Also those 1 year olds only layed 1 clutch and stopped.

......if you live in warmer areas, one year olds develop faster and might lay some eggs of which some might be fertile.

I have definitely had some fertile one year old eggs here in NW Florida but very few. A lot of my one year olds will lay a few eggs after the primary breeding season when the males have lost their trains.

 

[zazouse]

Yea that is what i kinda figured and genetic also case as i posted earler i had 3 males from the same hatch that has the same few dinky feathers and then this year the 2 i have left have a beautiful full train and they will be hitting 3 in aug of this year.

 

[margaret8]

Yea that is what i kinda figured and genetic also case as i posted earler i had 3 males from the same hatch that has the same few dinky feathers and then this year the 2 i have left have a beautiful full train and they will be hitting 3 in aug of this year.

I am going to hatch 24 Guinnie eggs from a friend. The eggs are from 3-4 year old hens that I know are fertile. They will start laying next month. I am going to try out my incubator on them before I use it on your peafowl eggs. I have hatched before with great results, but never with a automatic incubator.

 

[casportpony]

Hope you get some babies Kathy!! *crossing my fingers for you*

Thanks, but I really don't *need* more, lol, still trying to sell the some of the 32 That hatched in 2013.

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

I am going to hatch 24 Guinnie eggs from a friend. The eggs are from 3-4 year old hens that I know are fertile. They will start laying next month. I am going to try out my incubator on them before I use it on your peafowl eggs. I have hatched before with great results, but never with a automatic incubator.

I have found Guinea eggs to be very very easy to hatch here, like i get 10 to 12 duds out of 242 eggs i incubate at a time if i remember right.

 

[Birdrain92]

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I was going to say it might be genetically or the area around you that helps. I will be suprised too if Calypso lays this year. I'm going to build an individual pen for Thor and Calypso when ever we're going to have a good long time of warm weather.

 

[margaret8]

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I have found Guinea eggs to be very very easy to hatch here, like i get 10 to 12 duds out of 242 eggs i incubate at a time if i remember right.

That's a bunch of eggs!!!

 

[margaret8]

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That's a bunch of eggs!!!

How do you keep up with all the eggs? I have found them on their house, on the patio and in my rose bushes!!

 

[zazouse]

My birds free range, guineas are communal layers like chickens they will sit together with other types of fowl also and i am real good at finding nest i collected those 350 plus eggs in 4 days, i have sence downsized cause i had a feeling winter was gonna give us a good spanking and i was right, i kept 35 but that 35 can put me back to 400 in one season and i do not have that much
winter forage, plus i kinda saturated the area

there are guineas all around this area i saw some running down the side of the road in our little town and figured they probably come from my place as they were a mixed flock .

 

[AnimalsRmyLife]

Thanks, but I really don't *need* more, lol, still trying to sell the some of the 32 That hatched in 2013.

-Kathy

Oh my! That's quite a lot of little ones!