Peafowl people, teach me.

lilwanderer

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Apr 7, 2022
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I was given 3 peafowl eggs as bday gift, and boy was I excited, still am. But I was given 1 egg a week before the other 2, and the 1 hatched friday night. I think the little guy has imprinted and I don't think it's eating, just whistles until held or given attention. It isn't alone, It's with 7 guinea keets, but they don't care about it, and it doesn't care about them.
Some of y'all might say I should've done research. I'm not complaining, I love them! I'd just like to know what makes a happy peachick, is there any way to settle the guy down and get it to actually eat and hang out with the keets?
The other 2 eggs should hatch coming this weekend and it'll at least have more peachicks to be with, but I heard no matter how many they'll always be whistlers. Any tips? 🙏🏼
Here's the little guy:
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This is where you begin your education, https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/peafowl-sticky-topics-index.389059/

Congrats on hatching your first pea, most people can not.
About that.. I was actually surprised the little guy ended up being strong and healthy- It needed assistance hatching as the power went out for a whole day during lockdown. (Storm problems.) It was internally pipped at the time. It was put in my shirt where it externally pipped until we were able to get a generator running. Real early the following morning it still hadn't hatched, and i discovered the membrane was practically glued to the poor guy, so I helped it hatch out and it was definitely happy to be out.
So it had a rough hatch for sure, bunch of temperature and humidity fluctuations.
 

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