UltraKibble

[zazouse]

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I posted the question on Facebook to Kelly Wheelbarger about UltraKibble but don't know how to use Facebook so have no idea if I did it right.

I bought 2 White chicks that had been from wild stock and they have never warmed up to me. I personally don't like the chicks imprinting on me. Makes me feed more responsible for them and I have a hard time selling them especially when they've become adults. Many of my peafowl eat from my hand and are ultra tame, others aren't crazy wild but prefer I not get to close to them.

Did you post a comment? i do not see any new post on his wall

 

[bdfive]

Did you post a comment? i do not see any new post on his wall

Yes, think it said "comment here". LOL, see what I mean.....I totally don't know how to use facebook. It's so confusing to me.

 

[zazouse]

I decided to look again and your comment is there you can see it to the left of their page, guess you can view the post and decide weather to allow it on their time line.

 

[bdfive]

I decided to look again and your comment is there you can see it to the left of their page, guess you can view the post and decide weather to allow it on their time line.  

What does that mean "allow it on their time line"? One of these days I'm going to have my daughter visit just to give me lessons on using facebook. She's on it all the time.

 

[bdfive]

That's going to be some nice space to work with. I'd have preferred not to use netting for the top of my day courtyard which is now being used nights too but love standing in there and feeling like I'm outside. The birds don't fly into it unless the high percentage spalding male is chasing the other with "kill" on it' mind. That seldom happens because as soon as I see the aggression due to breeding season I seperate them. Darn....and they are brothers. I can see they eat UltraKibble. They are stunning looking with shiney thick lushious feathering. All of them are gorgeous but those guys are eye catchers. Anyway....I bought the commercial bird netting from www.pacificnettingproducts.com Have the 2 by 2 inch so predators can't walk on it (feet fall through) and if you're in area where snow piles up the snow falls through the netting. I paid about $300 for a 100 by 100 foot piece and used about half of it. It's attached to an 8' fence and hoisted up by two 12 foot steel poles in the center. I have a 22 foot roost, 6 to 7 feet off the ground between the 2 poles that is steel with 2 by 6 inch cedar mounted on top for their feet. It's looks really nice. There was only 1 better netting then this but the price was really high. I'd say that half the people that purchase chicks want the company I bought the netting from.

 

[bdfive]

That's going to be some nice space to work with. I'd have preferred not to use netting for the top of my day courtyard which is now being used nights too but love standing in there and feeling like I'm outside. The birds don't fly into it unless the high percentage spalding male is chasing the other with "kill" on it' mind. That seldom happens because as soon as I see the aggression due to breeding season I seperate them. Darn....and they are brothers. I can see they eat UltraKibble. They are stunning looking with shiney thick lushious feathering. All of them are gorgeous but those guys are eye catchers. Anyway....I bought the commercial bird netting from www.pacificnettingproducts.com Have the 2 by 2 inch so predators can't walk on it (feet fall through) and if you're in area where snow piles up the snow falls through the netting. I paid about $300 for a 100 by 100 foot piece and used about half of it. It's attached to an 8' fence and hoisted up by two 12 foot steel poles in the center. I have a 22 foot roost, 6 to 7 feet off the ground between the 2 poles that is steel with 2 by 6 inch cedar mounted on top for their feet. It's looks really nice. There was only 1 better netting then this but the price was really high. I'd say that half the people that purchase chicks want the company I bought the netting from.

Zazouse, thought I clicked "quote" to address this to your building plan.

 

[zazouse]

Did you post a comment? i do not see any new post on his wall

If you are not their friend the comment remains on the side till they allow it i think that is why it is there.

 

[bdfive]

If you are not their friend the comment remains on the side till they allow it i think that is why it is there.

Don't see on their facebook page how to ask to be a friend but think I just sent a message directly to them. LOL, I need to take classes on "facebook".

 

[MinxFox]

I had great success breeding 100% Green but believe to be healthy they do need much more room and each male needs to be by himself. They don't fight a little with one giving way to the more dominate, they fight and do bodily harm. Worst aspect of having them is finding good homes for the chicks. Most people want to free range and Greens can't be trusted to stay home. Most people have aviaries/pens too small for India Blue species so totally inadequate for Green species. Also I believe they need to eat better then the India Blue species. Many aren't calm and I prefer to have my peafowl friendly with family and friends. I still have my 2 five year old males, 75% Green I raised from chicks. With breeding season coming 1 has already trapped the other in a corner and pecked a bloody patch on it's head. Had I not seen it happening and stopped it he could have been hurt badly. They are now in seperate pens.

I am glad to hear you had good success breeding them. You know some people say they are really hard to breed, while others seem to have no problems breeding them.

There was an article in the UPA magazine showing the nutritional requirements of green peafowl and India Blue peafowl, as well as other birds. The green peafowl it showed need more protein so I guess more cat food than India Blues. What do you do to feed them differently just the ultrakibble to make them look nice? I am not sure anymore about if I will have any this year, but eventually when I do have some I want to feed them right so that they will have bright faces and good coloring.

I think Kev on here (who used to post a lot more in the peafowl section) said to me years ago that he once free-ranged green peafowl. He said they do wander much more, but he also mentioned that when they fight, they are way worse than an India Blue. He said they are like ninjas and would even fight in a tree! I stopped free-ranging his because the neighbors got too interested in them and he got nervous about someone taking them because not many people have seen greens and so were overly curious about them.

I have thought the same things about selling birds and have thought about what you said when it comes to selling greens as well. People don't realize just how big peafowl are, some don't even realize that they can fly! I was lucky that the last bird I sold was to a lady who already had experience with peafowl. Then not too long ago I sent her an email just to see how Smarty was doing. She said he is doing fine displaying for the peahen she got him. I think from now on I will try and print out some information for buyers so that they will know some general information on peafowl just to make me feel a bit better. They can say they have researched but it will make me feel better to know that they have the info. If only we all could have huge, landscaped aviaries...

I want the KL Bird Park...

MinxFox, my males don't bother the hens when they are on eggs. I have corner shelves they hatch eggs on. I do need to put barriers between the pens so the male don't fight through the wire. Once in a while I'll have a peacock limping ..... has hurt a foot. It's so hot here in Texas the birds need air flow. I tried shade cloth to keep them from seeing each other on one pen last year and it worked but doubled it. Hoping I can use a single so air can flow through better. I need to get started on that.

I agree with you on the perches. As much as I'd love to sell these 3 Emerald Spalding I'm going to pass. I'll be haunted knowing they are in too small of a pen. They are pets...........how could I do that to them. )-:

I know some people are against giving the peafowl a water dish big enough for them to get into, but I like providing a big plastic water dish for them so that in the summertime they can jump into the water and cool off. I keep the water in the shade of the bamboo. The water comes up chest high to the peahens, and mid thigh on the peacocks. They really enjoy it. This is the old water pan I used to use. I now have a black plastic one.


Yeah if only all peafowl we sell could go to Pinola Preserve - http://pinola.net/ & https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pinola-Conservancy/753493974706135?sk=timeline&ref=page_internal

They don't have peafowl but told me they had considered getting some. They have just about every other bird! I would love to sell peafowl to them someday just to know that my for sale birds were going to a way better & beautiful place than my setup.