I heard someone refer to a pied peacock as 40-60 and another as 10-90? What does that mean? I assume blue to white ratio, but which is which? Is 40 the blue, or the white? Thanks in advance.
Two years ago I bought this pair of young adult smooth-breasted Sebastopol geese. They were sold to me as young male and female, but I'm beginning wonder if they're two males. I've vent sexed them and think I did see male apparatus on both, but am not quite sure. Though they hang around...
I have a tom turkey who is showing similar symptoms to chickens I've seen with mycoplasma galliseptum. Can turkeys get this too? Looks like his nose is runny, he's got his head pulled in a little, and his head looks a little swollen (not much). He's still walking about and eating normally...
Yay! Thank you! I've had these a few months so raised them from little babies. These are only our second and third turkeys we've ever had, so just getting familiar with how the different sexes look.
Thanks again.
These two were sold to me as hens, based on a ring on a string test done as I watched. Curiously enough, the sellers say they interpret things the exact opposite way of what most people do. I knew them a little before, but I'm hoping they weren't just trying to get rid of toms (I wanted hens)...
That is so sad about the battery hen. I know they don't all look like that. Is it any wonder that chalky-yolked, light yellow-yolked, tasteless eggs come from a bird who looks like this?
We have 2 turkey poults, about 3 months old, that are in pen in the barn. We also have a young adult jake (male turkey) who free ranges 24/7. He does not leave our farm. Are the poults old enough to start free ranging with Felix yet, or should we wait till they're bigger? Felix knows...
Oh yes there lots of ROOM around her. Problem is that my husband was a bachelor till he met me (at age 53) and has lived in the same place all his life...so as a working farmer he has not thrown much out. The peahen has made her nest against an old unplugged-in fridge (where hubby keeps farm...
I have a peahen sitting on 5 eggs in our Quonset. This is her second nest. Her first got destroyed by who-knows-what. I was able to salvage 2 of the eggs from that nest, and now she's built this new nest in a much safer location that she chose. She's been on it for about a week and a half...
Thank you. I thought the temp had stabilized but I guess it hadn't. Guess the only thing I don't understand is why it didn't move away from the heat. Too tired from the hatching maybe? Gads. I will strive never to make this mistake again. That baby just looked and acted so perfect. :(
So I've got 3 peafowl eggs in the incy (put in at different times). The oldest one hatched successfully last night all by itself (no helpout from me). It didn't peep any that I could hear while it was in the shell (as my chicken chicks do), but it pipped and then zipped itself all the way out...
Thanks much; I've decided to stop turning the one with the bigger air sac. I think the other one might be a couple days behind so I'll keep turning that one for a couple days yet and recheck.