Peacock Ranch Update.

Cinder & peachicks day 14

There are no more new peachicks to announce since the surrogate chicken hen hatched the White Spalding peachick.

Again Ivory (the White Spalding peahen) has refused to sit on her eggs so all eggs where placed in the hen house for the chicken hens to tend.

Bogar (the peahen that nested on the metal roof) has abandoned her eggs. They where placed in an incubator. It is doubtful if they will hatched because Bogar was not very attentive to her nesting duties.

Cream (the last to nest) is still sitting on her eggs and we are hopeful that all her eggs will hatch. We check on her several times a day as she has nested in a precarious location in full view of a hawks nest and also vulnerable to snakes.

Peaches and Cinder’s peachick are about 14 days old and doing well. They are able to hop on their mother’s back and can now roost off the ground each night on perches.

Peaches & peachicks day 13