Anna, It will be April or May before the pea hens start laying. They are seasonal layers so it takes long warn days for them to gear up for production. ...
I dont want to stir anyones feathers, but my peacocks are mating early. I actually have three eggs already from an unexpected juvenile (8 months old). Yeah I...
I have an 8 month old java (thought it was male) that began laying eggs on the 29th of January. She has layed 3 now every other day, and I do mean day (9:30...
You have a hot blooded little girl. LOL I think just the sight of grown males get the hens in the mood. Hens will hang around the fence when one of the big...
Sorry just had to comment on the guineas in the dogs yard. I thought I was the only one. I lost nearly 40 chickens to the same thing. Here is a large 130...
that's funny. all my yearlings are strutting to beat the bnd too (males and females) but I think if they lay this early unless they keep it up for a few weeks...
Hi - do you have a name we can use? I dont think we have met. I am Julie and live with Ralph in Arkansas. I have never lost peachicks - I think the dog would...
OMG Julie, that is sooooo sad. Of all the guineas I raised most or all were very smart about staying out of harms way EXCEPT the batch I hatched in ...
Hello! Where are you located in Minnesota? I live in Northern Minnesota and know of a few people in the area who raise peafowl and of an auction where you can...
hi folks i have 5, 8 month old pea chicks for sale 2 b.s. and 3 pieds , is there a place to put them on our board or do you just post them like this and try...
Theresa, You can also list your birds here http://www.ovabid.com/ this is a great auction site without all the restrictions and baggage that some others have. ...
hi everyone i live in oswego ny and have 2 b.s. pea chicks and 4 I.B. pieds for sale i would like to get 75.00 for each i also have a older I.B.male for sale...
Yes, I did find eggs that I am waiting on from a wonderful person.:) I am not going to get them until after we get moved out to the farm, I hadnt planned on...
How do you get a hen to sit on the eggs? Do you just stick them under her one day? Or does she have to be laying on her own eggs already? Ivan From:...
Hi Ivan, OOOO how I wish it were so easy!! actually a hen will lay for a while and if you leave her eggs alone within a couple weeks she will probably go...
I'm having problems with my Internet connection-not sure if the last one made it off or not. Anyway, thanks, Sally for the info on the hens. I didn't figure...
Does anyone out there know what the protein content of a whole sunflower seed? My peas eat the sunflower seeds (hull) and all like they are candy. I'm...
... Googling for "sunflower seed hulls protein content" turned up a few scientific article abstracts with the info. The hulls are low in protein, about 4%. As...
Now, this makes me wonder... Most song birds crack the sunflower seeds and leave the hull behind. Since I am sure that the peafowl eat the whole thing, is the...
the whole seed and hull is digested. the color of the seed will determine even the shade of their stool if fed enough of them. all seeds and grains are ...
The gizzard in fowl breaks the hull of the seeds so they can be digested. In seed cracking birds like canaries and parrots the gizzard is not necessary and...
HI Does any one have any Peacock traveling Carriers For ... Some one told me on another Group to Get a Feed Bag Cut a hole in the top for there Heads and then...
I STILL HAVE THE SHIPPING CARRIER I USED TO SHIP THEM IN BEFORE THEY WENT TO ALL CARDBOARD SHIPPERS. i THINK i QUOTED 25.00 PLUS SHIPPING. SALLY ... ...
there are not many left out there. I looked for one for 3 years and then only got to use it 1 yr. before the postal service went to all cardboard boxes. Mine...
I am in the prosses of purchasing the matereal I will need to build a nice size pen as soon as the weather permits. I have 5 peafowl, one dark pied cock, 3...
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