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Subject: In my experience.... Author: gardner [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:55:02 06/25/08 Wed In reply to: Janet 's message, "Peahen leaves the nest" on 09:58:46 06/23/08 Mon I have free ranging peafowl... And I had two peahens with three chicks each, about month apart in age. I would find two of the chicks switching places often, and the hens would take to their new one with no problem. I asked about this and got this reply... The chicks mature sometimes differently.. and in one family one of the chicks was just a little slower maturing, and in the other family a chick was a bit older acting... so it is not uncommon for the hens to adopt each others chicks. I think the peafowl have different hierarchy when left to roam freely, even the males at different times would come over to the hens and show them some little tidbit of food they'd find... My main hen, her mate, her oldest a male 3 years old, and a sister one year old, and the last sister less then a year old all hang out together... well not now 'cause she's sitting on some eggs. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Peahen leaves the nest Author: Gloria [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:45:44 07/24/08 Thu >Neighborhood has a bunch of peafowl who have lived >here for years-- and thrive. A penhen nested in my >fenced back yard this spring and 2 peachicks hatched 3 >weeks ago. Plenty of bugs/worms in my backyard... I >supplemented with wild bird seed & water. Mama has >pretty well scoured the premises... wonder if there's >enough food for her here. >Then, this AM, I watched her take off, leaving her >chicks for the 1st time -- up to the roof and onto the >front lawn. She sat there for awhile, then took off. >That was over 4 hours ago (keep in mind the peafowl >roam our gated community freely). Would a mother >leave her chicks for that long at 3 weeks of age? >Needless to say, they are frantic. Any ideas? > >Janet We have a penhen who nested on the ground in long grass. Tonight when I came home she was gone and I saw two of her four eggs broken a short distance from the nest. Can't see what happened to the other two eggs. Any thoughts?

[> [> Subject: Re: Peahen leaves the nest Author: helen [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 04:06:04 07/26/08 Sat Janet and Gloria just putting you back above the spam - and just wanting an update,...what happened?

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Peahen leaves the nest Author: gardner [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:27:28 07/30/08 Wed Did the broken eggs look empty? like a chick may have been hatched? I know with my free ranging peahens... usually when they sit on a nest, and their chicks hatch - I find the peahen a bit away from the nest with her chicks in tow. I go check the nest and usually two or three of the four hatched egg shells are gone. No evidence of them anywhere. I just assumed the peahen ate the empty shell herself.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Peahen leaves the nest Author: Janet [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:09:03 08/19/08 Tue >Janet and Gloria just putting you back above the spam >- and just wanting an update,...what happened? Here we are in August. The "adoptive" mother (who originally had one chick of her own) is still with my two "abandoned" chicks. Her slightly younger chick disappeared shortly after she adopted "mine." Interesting (!!) update. The mother of the adopted chicks returned, and reunited with her chicks. She and "auntie" have those 2 chicks in tow... so they now have 2 mothers.

[> [> Subject: Re: Peahen leaves the nest Author: D C T --friendly poultry orthopedist [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:09:51 07/29/08 Tue >We have a penhen who nested on the ground in long >grass. Tonight when I came home she was gone and I >saw two of her four eggs broken a short distance from >the nest. Can't see what happened to the other two >eggs. Any thoughts? ====== Yes, but NOT happy ones. If a peahen and her eggs are not in a secure pen there are all sorts of varmints (predators) that will take advantage of the situation. I hope that this peahen escaped with her life. If there were no feathers there is some hope of that. ---- Even a well fed pet dog may eat eggs or kill poultry