Hi Julie, I use a product made for horses in a spray called "ENDURE" by farnam. It helps for up to 30 days and is totally safe. Sally PS: I write up the...
I am just wondering if anybody of you has a peahen laying eggs? Mine still not!!! ): Yours? Edgar ... Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase...
Not yet, but I have seen the males covering a few of the hens. It shouldn't be long. Iona McCormick Quiet Place Farm Jacksonville, NC USA Inside every older...
Yes, My peacocks go after them! but they run away!!!! is this normal? everyday seems to be the same way!!!! Thanks Edgar Iona <IMCCORMICK1@...> wrote: ...
It's really weird - I never get Edgar's mail and I am on individual mail for this group! I have a Black Shoulder hen that is laying like crazy, Edgar, but the...
Yes it is normal for the hens to not stand for breeding. The hens call the shots. If she isn't interested she just leaves the boy shaking his tail. LOL If...
Members, I need help. I live in San Bernardino, Ca. Animal control is saying my peacocks cannot run lose and they threaten to make me get rid of them. I also...
Call the County Animal Control office in the morning and find out what is going on. If that doesn't work call the County Extension Office. Good luck, Iona...
Here is how to join the Heart of America club great people and I have supported them for many yrs Glenda L Heywood frizzlebird6@... http://www.gkpet.com ...
I am in Maryland and have gotten 2 eggs from my opal hen since Friday . The boys are all displaying, including the yearlings. A few days ago I was watching a...
I am not up on CA laws either but in FL. even IF they rezone you should be grandfathered in....also here the peafowl are pretty much considered wild same as...
the other thing I thought about was: did they actually give you a WRITTEN warning or VERBAL? It might be a neighbor asking a friend to do him a favor as...
Thanks Iona for sharing your experience!! Lets wait what would happen to mine!!! hehehe Edgar Iona <IMCCORMICK1@...> wrote: Yes it is normal for the hens...
Can someone clarify 2 points for me... Does a WE Pied have to have ALL white eyes? Or just some? Then, I know Opal breeds true but what if you cross it with...
Wow! you havent receive messages from me? strange Julie!!!!! Thanks for answering me!!! and for giving me some points about the breeding behavior in peacocks....
Hi "neighbor"- I'm over here by Riverside. That does sound odd. Chickens not allowed to roam IN your yard? Hm. I agree with someone who said it could be a...
Haha, it is nice to see your excitement over your birds, Edgar. :) I don't know about the sunlight. I'm in nice mild sunny Southern California.. it seems folks...
Hi Kevin, good to see you posting again! And thank you for responding to Edgar's mail - as I only get a digest, I only see his mails if someone responds to...
OK you genetic wiz-kids out there. this ones for you. I have the Opal female that her mate was killed. she is 2 this year. She WILL lay eggs JUST BECAUSE...
Hi Sally, I am very enthusiastic about my peas, but two things come to mind when I read your mail. One is that I would be hard pushed to interfere with their...
OMG yes, I forgot LOL. well, it really is simple...I have a lot of chicks to feed so I make a 5# bag at a time LOL but you could start with 4 cups corn meal,...
Thanks Julie and Kevin for your sharing!!!! I will tell you then about what happened at the end fo teh breeeding season!!! Hope with some pics showing...
Thanks Sally, We have just candled our first four eggs - as we thought, at two weeks into incubation, they are clear. On to the next lot! Julie sally holcomb...
Well, we just pushed the button to purchase the Sportsman incubator (pity we dont have any fertile pea eggs to put in it though!). We are SO excited as we only...
hey Julie and congrats. as to the hens, take one out and pitch her in another pen so the other canbe a mum to the babes. I have had such good luck with my...
Julie, I have a Sportsman, and I love it. Don't pitch those styro's though. Use them as hatchers. If you let them hatch in the GQF, the hatching eggs will...
Val, do you have the 'automatic incubator humidity'? The plastic bucket (that Walmart sells for three bucks) with the hose coming out of it. It costs $31. ...
I do not have the Sportsman incubator, but I do have a bucket attachment for my incubator and would give a hardy two thumbs up. If you do not buy the...