Yet another kind of chick has hatched

[MrBill]

A little over 2 years ago, we drove to Oklahoma City to purchase a couple of white peachicks. During the ice storm in January of 2007, they were killed when the netting crashed down due to the weight of the ice that had accumulated on top of it. We also lost our adult male peacock during the same ice storm, but he "flew the coop". We saw him one time a few days later and haven't seen him since.

Peafowl are not fertile until they are about 3 years old so we've been waiting for a younger male we had to mature. We were hopeful this year we would be able to hatch some peachicks.

Our first peachick hatched Saturday and my wife was thrilled to death. We have no white peafowl, but we have some that carry the white gene and our first little peachick is white. The little guy/gal, as happens with peachicks, has crooked toes and one foot was actually rolling over to where he/she was walking on the side instead of the bottom. We doctored him up with masking tape to try and help correct his toes. It seems to be working, but I had to redo the right foot because he was still walking on the side. I'm hoping the adjustment I made tonight will correct it so he walks on it normally.

Here's the little peachick with his doctored up feet. :)

[MrBill]

Success! Our little white peachick's toes/feet look normal now. :)

We had 4 more peachicks hatch Friday/Saturday. One has no toe problems, one has just 1 crooked toe and the other two were a mess. They should be straightened up in a few days....

[deepsea]

Amazing what a little tape can do. Very cute little PCs.

[MrBill]

Of the four that hatched this weekend, here's a picture with 2 hatched and 2 on the way. The one closest in this picture has some seriously crooked toes/feet.

[MrBill]

My wife removed one from the shell after he pipped a hole but then showed no progress for about 24 hours.

[MrBill]

The "removal" continued. It gets a little graphic.

[FelixDeSouze]

Cool! My mums cockateil had eggs but abandoned them, she put them in the incubator and one of them hatched and is still alive now.. The sack underneath their mouth is just a sight for sore eyes!!!

I got some pics (i'm back at my mums now :( ) so I'll stick em on when I have a minute.. I'll have to get you chatting to her, you'd get on like a house on fire (because I'd set it alite ;) )

Oh, btw.. is that tape u put on their feet? If so... Why?

[LIN]

Success! Our little white peachick's toes/feet look normal now. :)

We had 4 more peachicks hatch Friday/Saturday. One has no toe problems, one has just 1 crooked toe and the other two were a mess. They should be straightened up in a few days....
Excellent. :)


LIN

[MrBill]

We had 7 more peachicks hatch today. We got another one white one in this batch. 5 of the ones in this group have crooked toes so we "bandaged" them up. The masking tape has been working out well so far. :)

We have about 15 more peafowl eggs in the incubator that should hatch over the next three weeks. The peahens have quit laying so whatever hatches out of these is all we'll get this year. We're up to 13 hatched with the 7 from today so it's already been a good year for us compared to previous years.

[Mr TRiot]

You're hatching peacocks? Now that's something you don't read about everyday....

[MrBill]

You're hatching peacocks? Now that's something you don't read about everyday....Yep... peacocks, pheasants and ducks this year. My wife is bird crazy! :D

[Mr TRiot]

That's cool. I got green onions, cucumbers, cherry tomatos and dill. Not quite animals, but still a good season :)

[SweetDragon]

we used to have a beautiful male peacock living at gemini springs but for some reason he disappeared a few months ago. do they just come and go or what.