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Poisonous plants: Cornell University has a informational database for Poisonous plants. You might surf around the below listing. http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/db2www/plants.d2w/report1?ispecies=poultry

Worming your breeders once then follow up 10 days later will insure the birds are healthy and fit for the breeding season. Checking each bird for clean plumage will help identify any problems. Sand will give your birds a place to dust. We burn the shed floor, removing litter before adding new sand. We also use this time to check netting, and fence…adding or removing sight barriers. We will add several 25 x 75 foot flight pens for last years birds… giving them the space they need to run, fly and horse around. With the spring rains, you might also consider planting rye grass.

Order wing bands…there are a number of options for you to consider. There are color bands, brass bands; you could even have your name or special information printed on them. We would suggest double bands…and to check the bands to make sure there are no duplications and the information is correct.

If you use incubators, brooders you might want to have them cleaned, as well as testing to make sure they are running correctly before hatch season begins. Going to www.peafowl.org check to see what breeders are in your area to visit as well as contacting for information that would be helpful to you.

African birds:

We have a number of breeder groups of Vulturine Guinea fowl. The majority of our breeders were wild caught imported birds. When we mention wild caught or imported birds, we consider only the birds that were actually bought or picked up from Sam Chupp by ourselves as wild caught and imported. There are just too many people saying they have imported birds when actually the birds are domestic. A catchy phrase but, how do you verify it.

I need to post more pictures of the Vulturine guinea fowl. We do very well with this species. Very easy to raise, requiring more room than what you would normally offer a pheasant. They do require some type of protection for temperatures 35 or below. Without some type of protection for the feet... first the toes drop off, and then the feet will actually fall off at the joint. If you’re lucky, walking around with just stumps.

Quite personable birds. While we have limited knowledge of water fowl and such, this is the only species that I have raised that will accept any age or gender from a different flock with no hostility. Internet articles site the Vulturine Guinea fowl as aggressive towards its own. We find just the opposite.

I did notice some early hatch yearlings being aggressive toward other species.

Vulturine guinea fowl, Domestic guinea fowl, Kenya Crested, Mozambique guinea fowl have all done well group together.

We do have Kenya Crested guinea fowl but we no longer have the Mozambique Crested guinea fowl. Pictures below are great to help identify the difference.
Kenya crested guinea G.p. pucherani Kenya # 1

Kenya crested guinea G.p. pucherani Kenya # 2

Mozambique crested guinea G.p. edouradi Mozambique # 2

Birds for sale:

Call, or email. Make sure you place peafowl on subject line. Adding a name and or email will help encourage a response. We don't respond well to, "how much are your birds" Which of the 900 did you want. Currently our best selling color is Bronze. We would have breeder Bronze, Blackshoulder silver pied, White, Charcoal, Charcoal Blackshoulder, Spalding split white, bronze spalding, bronze blackshoulder, and so on. If your needing or desire a color or pattern not listed, please email us your wish list. We would have other birds listed but, if we can help locate the birds your looking for we would like to help in your search. We really want to help you with your selection more than just sell you a bird... so help us help you by narrowing your selection. If your free ranging birds some of the above would not be a wise choice... if you pen your birds you might consider a pen that would show off your area, climate as well a few unusual birds.

Pheasants:

We sold off most of the pheasants, but we do have Lady Amherst, Golden, Yellow Golden... very nice birds. Some types of pheasants can be found with a little time spent searching your area... saving you shipping and box fees.

Incubators for sale:

We have spent the last few years collecting antique redwood incubators, as well as several newer conventional systems. Several old redwoods need fans, 100 each if you pick up. .