Sue; here is my experience with free ranging peas, and only my experience. I kept mine for a year before I let them free range but i'm sure others will tell...
Thanks everyone for your suggestions about training peafowl to come back into a protected area at night. It wa really helpful. Now I need to get the proper...
For the past few days my peacock is limping on the right leg. I also noticed a some dried blood and an area on the top of that leg that looks like the leg was...
Mine were only fed inside their coop and had high secure roosts, the pen I have now is 12 feet high so they can get up and feel safe. It has always worked the...
All 3 eggs were clear when candled at 10 days. I figured it was too early for the eggs to be fertile. Iona McCormick Quiet Place Farm Jacksonville, NC USA ... ...
Do you know that Cupples Farm is going out of the peafowl business? I don't know if he is going to sell other products or not. Iona McCormick Quiet Place Farm ...
I seen on there website about that. Boy I sure hope they still sale there wormer feed for peafowl though cause it's working great for me. I think I'm going to...
well, 2 out of 3 of these ARE fertile and the parents are sire: IB and dam:BS so they should bea lot of BS out of this pair I will sell these chicks at hatch,...
Good, Good, Good. Glad some of your eggs are fertile. It won't be long before I will have fertile eggs, and fertile eggs, and fertile eggs. LOL I will have...
We have four in the incubator from the same white hen. We will candle them at 10 days also, but like you, I will be surprised if they are fertile. I will let...
I had two beautiful pea delivered yesterday. I got them from Cupples Farm. The Oaten hen, 4 years old and Cameo male, 4 years old were delivered by a young...
Congratulations Iona! Do you know why Cupples is finishing up with the peafowl? Is it because of the new shipping rules etc? After the rains with the 20 foot...
He said he is tired of working 16 hour days. Sorry to hear you are washing away. And snow!? Oh my. We didn't have a flake all winter. I like that. Today it...
I am still just a newbie and I am not used to what is normal yet. I woke up in the middle of the night to hear one of my peafowl meowing loudly. I have heard...
Hi Everyone, Boy am I glad I came across this Yahoo group! I have been doing a lot of online research about breeding my India Blues. The male is turning...
Buff Orpington x New Hampshire Red For Sale I have 12 of Them they are about 4/1/2-5 weeks old All Look to Be hens But NOt Perfect On The sexing of the...
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh! Our girl finally laid an egg late this afternoon. She's been trying to for two days - the heavy rains came in, then three inches of snow, so...
Hi Lisa, Sounds like your peas are entering the breeding season - where do you live? A few of us are finding the peas are coming into breeding season early...
Hi Marlene and welcome to the group, I assume the female you lost had nested in the open? They are very vulnerable when they are setting eggs. I make a point...
Julie, I can see where the hen might not want to bare herself to the elements so to speak. LOL Some of my birds are old enough to know about snow, but since...
I have 8 Buff Orpington x New Hampshire Red cross left for Sale All where Hatched in Jan. $5 Each I also have 50 lbs of Pen Pal Chicken Lay mash (Crumble ) $10...
Occasionally a yearling will lay a few eggs, a 2 year old will lay 6 or so, but the hens really kick into production as 3 year olds. Iona McCormick Quiet Place...
Roxxy, With her being hatched so late in the year she probably will not lay this year. It is hard to wait for them to start producing. Last year I had a 2 year...
-Ok thanks For the Infor , My Hens are in A pen So they Can't Escape or Be harm by wild Animals So if she did Lay eggs they Would be in a Area Where i Could...
I need to re-home my two big India Blue Peacocks. They are just 2 years old and need a home with females. I don't feel safe letting them out since I am backed...
Roxxy; How old is your male?? Last year my hen was 2 but so was the male. The hen laid a dozen eggs over the course of the summer but none of them were...
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