If the peahen does not sit on the eggs after 10 days the eggs are no longer viable. So at 10 days the eggs are placed with chicken hens in hopes the chicken can hatch the egg.
Eggs abandoned after partial incubation are usually not able to develop; but are placed with surrogate hens in the unlikely chance the eggs were not abandoned for too long a time.
Because eggs are placed with the surrogates at different intervals; the eggs hatch at random intervals. As the eggs hatch the peachicks are relocated to an indoor cage to be hand raised. The surrogate hen returns to her duty of sitting on the remaining eggs.
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| Two surrogate hens sitting on peafowl eggs. |
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| A jealous and curious black hen investigates the new hatching. |
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| The Hen House. |
