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I've had some luck keeping squirrels off my flower bulbs with chili powder. I would assume if you use flakes, they can eat around it maybe? Did the chili increase your egg production? Sorry i don't know what is a normal amount for peafowl to eat.

He is also standing more upright on the photos. I would decide based on which has the nicest character once older, whichever is best with the hens and with humans. Seems like the best move both for yourself and anyone you might sell extra chicks to.

Of the last 2 eggs, one hatched overnight and the other didn't make it :( I just did an eggtopsy and it looks like it was foot over head, and had almost fully absorbed its yolk before suffocating. Because it had a blue shell, I didn't notice any bruising... And I didn't expect it to pip before...

3 good eggs hatched pictured below. 2 remaining eggs had shadowing yesterday but no pip this morning yet.

Got 3 healthy babies, 2 remaining eggs are due a bit later. I'll post photos in the june hatchalong when i get a chance to take some without stressing out mama :)

mh, thanks, maybe doing a switcheroo is the best bet indeed while I figure out what the issue is and deal with it / add the appropriate protections.

Would a mouse remove the shell but not harm the chick? It finished hatching just now and looking it over, it does not have a single wound. I only use the kind of traps to mice can enter but not leave, so no risk to any of the birds! I'll see what I can do for extra protection but the coop is...

So eggs have been disappearing from under mama broodie... I started with 7, 3 appeared (laid by others) but also I had 4 of the good eggs remaining yesterday, and I am down to 3 today. No trace of anything so I was assuming snake was taking one per week. I heard peeping this morning and checked...

I hear peeping under my hen. Should have some babies within 24hours!

Broody was off the nest taking a break when I let the birds out this morning, so I candled all eggs / gave the sniff test to the blue ones and they all look great. One maybe seemed a tad cloudy but still had healthy movement inside. They look to be about day 15. I transferred the whole nest...

So cute! For what its worth, anyone I bought eggs from for hatching, I asked if they wanted me to pay a bit more and they all said "no you buy them they're yours" and then replaced some eggs with better/fresher ones before giving them to me... So I'm with you on this!

I will have to move mama out of the nesting box (which is over 2ft above ground) and onto the coop floor in the next couple days. I've set up a pen below the nesting boxes, hopefully she'll enjoy the privacy and accept the move. When to do it is the question now :p

Also agree with keeping membrane moist with coconut oil or vaseline, and cornstarch if needed to stop the bleeding. It still has a good chance to hatch, since the hole doesn't look tooo big. @New duck mommy 2021 might have great advice

Glad to see Peggy is starting to recover, i'll be following along and rooting for him!

All look like pullets to me, but if others think roo I'll be curious to hear why so i can learn from this too!