Want Some Peafowl?

[ColbyNTX]

I want to get some peafowl eggs this year. I raise chickens, guineas, quail, pheasants and turkeys. After they hatch, are they like any of these birds as far as care goes? I always hatch guineas with my turkeys to teach them how to eat and drink. I feed all my gamebirds purina gamebird startena, 30% protein. I have 2 cabinet bators that run from March to August and a cabinet hatcher. I had also read that you can not put their eggs in a auto turner, is that true? If I plan to free range some, are they pretty good about sticking around if raised from hatch here?

Thanks and sorry for the peafowl newby questions.

 

[Choctaw Valley Farm]

just like hatching and raising turkey poults.

 

[drdoolittle]

Darn it! I saw your post and thought you had some peafowl to re-home and anted to know who wanted them!!!

 

[Wisher1000]

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[ColbyNTX]

I did this post late at night and I guess I should of said I want some peafowl. Thanks Choctaw, I have got the poults down pretty good. What about the incubating part, do you have to hand turn? My Dickey's and my Sportsman do tilt the eggs at a pretty good angle.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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[bluegoose]

everyone that I know that lets them free range has never had any to leave. the farm next to mine has about 10 and the only time I see them is when I go to the house and see them hanging around the barn.

 

[CORNISH_MAN]

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Bluegoose, where in south central Ky are you located? Im in Lebanon.

 

[ColbyNTX]

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Start them under a chicken for a week! That would be suicide here in the back piny woods of chicken country East Texas!

There is a 6' chicken snake everywhere you look out here. Broody hens is not a good idea for us because the eggs allways get eaten before hatch. Except the turkeys and guineas in the field but i'm not taking that chance.