http://www.farmingfriends.com/problems-with-peachicks-hatching/ Meet the animals and harvest the information without getting your hands dirty! Thu, 4 Dec 2008 01:44:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 http://www.farmingfriends.com/problems-with-peachicks-hatching/#comment-11629 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:14:05 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/problems-with-peachicks-hatching/#comment-11629 Hi Halima, Thanks for visiting and commenting. I don't have much experience with peahens but I have read that if a quail is wounded then it is best to isolate the chick or bird until the wound had healed. Isolating the bird will also prevent the other birds from pecking the injured bird. You have obviously witnessed your peahen pecking at your chick. I think that you are right to put it in a cage to isolate it. I think it is also a good idea to keep the cage with the other oeahens so that the mother can see the peahen and is less likely to attack the chick when it is re-introduced. I would check the limping chick for any injury or wound and treat that with a antiseptic spray. I have also read that if a quail is being feather pecked then rub some vapour rub on the area to stop the pecking. I don't know whether this helps but it may stop the mother peahen from pecking the limping chick. I hope this information is useful. Let me know how you get on. Kind regards Sara @ farmingfriends Hi Halima,
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
I don’t have much experience with peahens but I have read that if a quail is wounded then it is best to isolate the chick or bird until the wound had healed. Isolating the bird will also prevent the other birds from pecking the injured bird. You have obviously witnessed your peahen pecking at your chick. I think that you are right to put it in a cage to isolate it. I think it is also a good idea to keep the cage with the other oeahens so that the mother can see the peahen and is less likely to attack the chick when it is re-introduced.
I would check the limping chick for any injury or wound and treat that with a antiseptic spray.
I have also read that if a quail is being feather pecked then rub some vapour rub on the area to stop the pecking. I don’t know whether this helps but it may stop the mother peahen from pecking the limping chick.
I hope this information is useful.
Let me know how you get on.
Kind regards
Sara @ farmingfriends

]]> http://www.farmingfriends.com/problems-with-peachicks-hatching/#comment-11563 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:54:31 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/problems-with-peachicks-hatching/#comment-11563 hiya. i need help on how to look after my 3 peachicks. one was limping and the peahen started to peck at it so, i bought it inside and put it in a cage. after about 10 mins i put it back with its mother but left it in the cage. what shall i do and will the mother kill the peachick?? please answer bak, thank you! hiya. i need help on how to look after my 3 peachicks. one was limping and the peahen started to peck at it so, i bought it inside and put it in a cage. after about 10 mins i put it back with its mother but left it in the cage. what shall i do and will the mother kill the peachick?? please answer bak, thank you!

]]> http://www.farmingfriends.com/problems-with-peachicks-hatching/#comment-11275 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:53:13 +0000 http://www.farmingfriends.com/problems-with-peachicks-hatching/#comment-11275 Hi, Our proud mother peahen and two of her chicks were callously run over and killed. We are looking for some advice on how to rear the remaining three. They are four weeks old, had been raised outdoors; they are now in a run in the chicken shed, roosting in trees and were growing well. Should we now keep them confined until they are more resilient? Thanks in advance. Hi, Our proud mother peahen and two of her chicks were callously run over and killed. We are looking for some advice on how to rear the remaining three. They are four weeks old, had been raised outdoors; they are now in a run in the chicken shed, roosting in trees and were growing well. Should we now keep them confined until they are more resilient?
Thanks in advance.

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