Peafowl Green Health Information

Java Green Peafowl will usually need to be wormed twice yearly with a commercial wormer in order to ensure they are in prime health.

Breeding
Java Green Peafowl select mates by displaying their tails and choosing the bird with the loveliest feathers. In late summer when the breeding season is over, males will molt their tails. By three years of age, a male Java Green Peafowl has reached sexual maturity and can service up to five hens. Some hens may lay eggs as early as one year of age, but usually are not bred until they are three years old. Beginning in April, Java Green Peahens will lay seven to ten eggs in nesting boxes. If the eggs are removed, they may lay up to 30 eggs. Generally, they scrape out depressions in the ground, lining them with grass, though in an aviary, a nesting box filled with hay will usually be utilized if provided. The eggs should be incubated at about 100 degrees Fahrenheit and will hatch in 27 to 30 days. They may also be incubated by the mother, or they may be incubated by a chicken or duck! After the eggs have hatched, the baby Java Green Peafowl should be kept warm. Begin at 95 degrees Fahrenheit and decrease the temperature by five degrees for each week that the young birds age. After the 4th week, the peachicks should be living in a daily temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and if this is the normal daily temperature in the location they are living, they should no longer need the heat lamps. Wire bottomed nursery aviaries work well, and they should be lidded. Teach the baby peafowl to eat or drink by placing a chick into the enclosure that already knows how. This may be another Java Green Peafowl or a young chicken or duck. Also, a marble placed in the food or water bowl may be helpful, as the young birds will peck at it and thus the items in the bowl as well. Medicated starter feed is generally used, mixed in with a bit of lettuce or grass in order to interest the chicks.