Would you like egg pictures on the Peafowl Image Database?

[Birdrain92]

I have witnessed a peahen laying an egg standing up and was 100% mobile during the process. Maybe your assessment of peahens being paralyzed is true with new first year lating hens,or hens passing an unusually large egg but several times when I collect eggs in the evening i've actually seen peahens walking,stop,and drop an egg then fly on a perch,as if they just casually took a poop and moved on.

It was my 3 year old peahen that got egg bound. I'm just telling what her symptoms were like.
This was the day after she was suppose to lay. She laid the day after and couldn't stand without falling over.

 

[casportpony]

I found this at http://www.alltech.com/sites/default/files/egg-shell-quality-poster.pdf



-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Sorry it came out so small... Click on link to see full size or do a right mouse click on picture and open in new window.

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

I don't supplement any calcium, but it looks like I may need to cut back on it.

 

[casportpony]

Guess where I found two eggs last night?

Two eggs were laid in the bowl of oyster shell, lol.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

peahens being paralyzed is true with new first year laying hens,or hens passing an unusually large egg but several times when I collect eggs in the evening i've actually seen peahens walking, stop, and drop an egg then fly on a perch, as if they just casually took a poop and moved on.

-Kathy

 

[new 2 pfowl]

I'm not sure if any of you want to contribute pea-egg candling pictures for the database? (thanks @Birdrain92 !).
If you do, that would be excellent! But could you please include some commentary explaining what the images show?
This way they can be more helpful to people who are having trouble understanding what they see when they candle.

Thanks for that chart, Kathy, it looks really helpful. I think I see @KsKingBee 's bumpy egg there...

 

[DylansMom]

Guess where I found two eggs last night?

Two eggs were laid in the bowl of oyster shell, lol.

-Kathy

Sounds like those girls have a sense of humor.

 

[casportpony]

Quote:

-Kathy

Sounds like those girls have a sense of humor.

It made me giggle when I saw them.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Egg on right was laid after a week of being semi-egg bound. Egg on left is the normal egg color for this hen. Anytime I see one really dark like this I assume it's been inside the hen way too long.


-Kathy