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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: wonderpupp on June 11, 2012, 09:49:53 am

Title: Peachick
Post by: wonderpupp on June 11, 2012, 09:49:53 am
Out of 4 peafowl eggs, I had one successufl hatcher, Kevin. He's only a day old now, and sounds pretty lonely.
 
Any ideas / tips to help stave this off? He has a toy in with him, but only really stops cheeping when he can see me/ people from his safe broody box. Problem with that is, the dog wants to play with him too... :-\
 
Or is it like a puppy and just gets used to being alone eventually (granted, a  puppy gets way more attention I think)
Failing that, anyone got a spare peachick I can buy in the Dorset / Hampshire area that I can put with him?
Title: Re: Peachick
Post by: Henstock on June 11, 2012, 10:22:53 am
It wouldn't have to be a peachick, any chick would save it from being lonely!
Title: Re: Peachick
Post by: Mays on June 11, 2012, 10:31:34 am
where are u, my freind has a lonely duclay
Title: Re: Peachick
Post by: wonderpupp on June 11, 2012, 03:48:36 pm
I'm in Bournemouth, well, near Hurn Airport. Happy to travel pretty much anywhere on a saturday to collect...
Title: Re: Peachick
Post by: Sylvia on June 11, 2012, 05:15:53 pm
A couple of turkey chicks would do. They would encourage him to peck and keep him company.
Title: Re: Peachick
Post by: lizto on June 11, 2012, 06:24:13 pm
My lonely guinea-fowl chick also peeped pitifully all day and night until we got him 3 large fowl chicks for company. That was 4 weeks ago and he hasn't looked back.
Title: Re: Peachick
Post by: jaykay on June 11, 2012, 07:17:57 pm
Yes, get him/her some friends, chicken chicks probably most likely and suitable.
Title: Re: Peachick
Post by: Womble on June 11, 2012, 08:56:10 pm
Hiya,

Unfortunately we lost two of our own pea-chicks this week, so I can't help you on that score.

However, I'll second sylvia's suggestion of some day old turkey chicks to keep him company - should be easy enough to source at this time of year?