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Post by Giffen Farms » Thu May 12, 2016 9:13 pm

Lost another peahen today 3rd since last September, :gaah: :pull_hair: she was active all afternoon (like they all have been before...) went to lock everyone in tonight dead in the doorway, any ideas?? Getting to be a costly venture
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Post by windwalkingwolf » Fri May 13, 2016 12:13 am

If it is all female birds that are suddenly dropping dead, I would suspect egg binding. Peacocks often do not show any signs of illness at all. You can always necrospy her and see if there's anything obvious wrong inside. If there's scarring or adhesions on the oviduct, you've got a flock-wide problem.
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Post by Doug The Chickenman » Fri May 13, 2016 7:29 am

Have you been deworming as last year we lost two due to worm load.
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Post by Robbie » Fri May 13, 2016 10:50 am

windwalkingwolf wrote:QR_BBPOST If there's scarring or adhesions on the oviduct, you've got a flock-wide problem.
WWW what do you mean by that, all diseased, or a genetic thing?
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Post by Epona » Fri May 13, 2016 12:25 pm

I would look to internal parasites. Worms are a particular problem for these birds. My go to resource and highly regarded info site for peafowl breeders is http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/Peafowl%20Articles.htm
They certainly are a fragile group. I find getting them over the first 8 months of life the trickiest. I feel for you. My worse hang up has been respiratory with any I have bought in. My home grown ones appear to be quite hardy. Best of luck.
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Post by Giffen Farms » Fri May 13, 2016 10:00 pm

Doug The Chickenman wrote:QR_BBPOST Have you been deworming as last year we lost two due to worm load.
Yes I do twice a year, in they're water and sprinkle some powder on the floor
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Post by Giffen Farms » Fri May 13, 2016 10:04 pm

Epona wrote:QR_BBPOST I would look to internal parasites. Worms are a particular problem for these birds. My go to resource and highly regarded info site for peafowl breeders is http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/Peafowl%20Articles.htm
They certainly are a fragile group. I find getting them over the first 8 months of life the trickiest. I feel for you. My worse hang up has been respiratory with any I have bought in. My home grown ones appear to be quite hardy. Best of luck.
I'll check that site out tonight, very delicate creatures
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Post by Epona » Thu May 19, 2016 12:38 pm

How are you doing with your hen? Thought of you today when I was cruising UPA site.( a weekly habit / addiction) You might find this article helpful. http://unitedpeafowlassociation.org/art ... f-peafowl/
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