Finnally getting with the program

Mapp the purple hen has finnaly gotten with the program is is building a nest for her eggs. Not the best nest and certainly not in the best location. It's the wettest...muddies part of the pen.


But at least she's nesting. Maybe no incubator
this year.....

As you can see peafowl eggs are twice the size of extra large chicken eggs.

Even more eggs

It's egg laying season in Kentucky. Birds, duck, and even peafowl. My blue hen (Lucia) has 9 eggs under her right now. Hope they all hatch. She's been setting for about a week now and the eggs should hatch right at Memorial weekend.

Mapp the purple hen has dropped 2 eggs so far and I do mean drop. One she laid from her perch (5 Ft drop) but the egg looks fine. Big pile of straw under the perch helps this time of year. Messy to clean up later but worth it to save her eggs. The other she laid in the peafowl yard. She's not "set" before but hoping she will get the urge otherwise the eggs are off to a chicken or the incubator for hatching.

Plenty of chicks for sale soon.