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Re: Peahen leaves the nest

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D C T --friendly poultry orthopedist

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Date Posted: 09:09:51 07/29/08 Tue
In reply to: Gloria 's message, "Re: Peahen leaves the nest" on 20:45:44 07/24/08 Thu

>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?
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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.
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Even a well fed pet dog may eat eggs or kill poultry

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