Do peahens lay more than one clutch of eggs a season?

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Peacocks Australia · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2002 9:14 am **Posts:** 310755

tutty wrote:

Just wondering how many clutches of eggs a breeding season will a peahen lay. I thought one of my peahens had wondered off a few weeks ago and we had lost her. A few days later she returned honking nosily. We sneakily followed her into the bush and found she had a clutch of eight eggs. I let her sit until what I estimated to be about day 26 and when she got off we collected 7 of the 8 eggs to put into the incubator. They were already pipping!!!! A very anxious wait over the next 36hrs and we now have 6 little peahen chicks, very exciting. When she came off the nest today I went to check on her remaining egg and it was gone with no sign of a chick, we have had alot of goannas on the move latley so I guess we got the eggs just in time. I am wondering that if she does not have chicks to raise will she lay another clutch of eggs? Any info would be welcome as this is the first time I have raised peachicks, thanks.

Hi Tutty, IF you take the full round of eggs away from the Peahen she should lay a second round after 4-6 weeks, it will depend on the age of the Peahen and the time of season. We don't allow Peahens to incubate their eggs and therefore get 2 rounds out of most mature Peahens.

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