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| The picture on the left is of some pheasant eggs and some peacock eggs in the incubator. The picture on the right is of the chicks hatching in the incubator. Peacocks lay every two to three days and will continue to lay if you take their eggs away. They lay 30 to 40 eggs a year. Eggs are collected in the evening and placed in the storm cellar to keep them cool or around 60 degrees until they are ready to be put into the incubator. Once a week I set the eggs in the incubator. They are in there for 24 days with an automatic turner that turns every two hours. They are then moved into a styrofoam incubator with a turbo fan where they hatch and get blasted with humidity. |
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| The top left is a picture of day old chicks after they have fluffed up and dried. They are then moved into a brooder cage with quarter inch wire for one week and then they are moved into a cage with half-inch wire. (top right) This helps to prevent disease and keep them out of their own waste. A heat lamp is hung over them to keep them warm with a 100-watt light blulb. After a month they are moved into a building with a wooden or cement floor that is covered with wood shavings. By the time they are two months old they usually no longer need the heat lamp. They are fed 20% protein feed and vitamins are put in their water for the first month and then once a week after that for two or three months. They are usually inside for eight to ten months and then by spring they are in the flight pen. |
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