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Subject: Re: Wounded peahen/Newbie owner

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johnintally

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Date Posted: 14:35:18 09/18/08 Thu
In reply to: D C T --friendly poultry orthopedist 's message, "Re: Wounded peahen/Newbie owner" on 07:54:20 09/13/08 Sat

Queen fancy feathers is doing well. The vet has her on antibiotics for another 2 weeks since she had a chest full of maggots and bugs before the surgery. She stay in the large dog crate and doesn't seem too miserable but I would like to fix a larger pen for her to stay in. My wif is looking at elaborate designs for an "aviary". We agree she can't run around the yard as there are dogs and foxes and coyotes int his area and without the wing she can't go up, which I presume is her primary form of defense.

She eats like a little piglet but lost weight. We chalked it up to the amputation as the previous weight was taken before the amputation. We go back in 2 weeks.

I am afraid to get her a buddy as one of them would have to be the dominant of thepair and I fear that, being handicapped, she would be the underdog.

Question: Would she be happy with a bird of another species? Perhaps a chicken or a pheasant? Do they socialize?

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helen
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Date Posted: 01:22:58 09/19/08 Fri

Great news! I believe it to be the case that peas can catch diseases from chickens, that they have less of a natural defence too??? Therefore, i think that when people keep both; some keep them seperately - but only some; i know loads of people that keep them together with great success. Indeed, some people use chickens to hatch out peas. My peas are free range and LOVE my chickens (that are penned). They spend a lot of the day lying down next to them (separated by wire). Becasue i keep peas, chickens and cats, i am very particular about wormng them all regularly.
A partucularly helpful and knowledgable man - DCT - i know keeps both, so he wil be able to help you here more than me. The other place to look / ask is the international peafowl association. Go to the bottom of their homepage and click on the link to their forum - there are loads of people there who keep peas with chickens and pheasants - that would be a great place to ask your question - good luck!