My Grandma was really excited about my buying 4 chicks for eggs and she decided that she wanted to buy me a Peacock from a local breeder. Now I would like to have a Peacock but I know absolutely nothing about them! Will they mix with my other chicks(Barred Rocks and R.I. Reds)? Do they eat the same feed? I need just genral Info. Laralinda
It has been my experience that peafowl general will not stoop so low as to even acknowledge chickens. They know they're superior, and will have little if anything to do with them.
I have had an oppisite experience. My Chantilly Snowman (or white peacock) doesn't mind my chickens at all. They roam together in the yard, shows his fan, eats and sleeps with them. My birds eat the same food, the peacock prefers corn.
Hi. I had three peafowl (one cock and two hens) and two chickens. They stay, in the day, in a large fenced-in orchard. The peafowl are in the habit of flying up into a tree at night to sleep. Usually, when I get up in the morning, they have gotten down from the tree outside the orchard, and I let them into the orchard and all is well. Sometimes, if I don't get out early enough, they go off and roam for the day- generally returning at evening to get up in the tree.
By liz armstrong (Liza) on Wednesday, June 16, 1999 - 11:39 am:
Peafowl like to roam - it can be difficult to find a happy medium between penning them in a coop and constantly retrieving them from the next county - one of the better solutions is to let them have run of the yard and provide them with a mirror. Seriously! I don't know if it's vanity or company, but they love to see another peafowl.
They love bugs. An owner once related to me that her peacock would rush up to the car whenever she came home to pick all the dead bugs of the grill. She gave him free run of her garden and never had insect pests. There are foods that contain nutrients that enhance feather color, but they can eat chicken feed, too.
They are capable of roosting on branches 10 feet off the ground - so be careful.
Peafowl are a much bigger commitment than chickens. Putting one in a coop is not unlike keeping a large dog ina a city apartment. I am also not sure what communicable diseases may pass between chickens and peafowl. Do some more investigating before you decide.
By Trimman on Sunday, February 13, 2000 - 10:08 pm:
Depending on the size of your pen or coop, your bird should do fine. Once my peacock was use to me and I had had him about six months, I let him out to roam the yard. He comes up on the porch and will most often stay in the yard. At night, he follows the chickens back to the roost.
By the way, I am looking for a white or other peahen. If anyone knows where I might find one, please e-mail me at buntinldc@netzero.net.
By Prez2008 on Saturday, February 10, 2001 - 01:19 pm:
Anyway, a few weeks back, the peafowl went off roaming for the day. When they came back that evening, there was a peahen missing. She has yet to return.
Do you know any tips for finding a lost peafowl? What are the chances that she is still alive? I live out in pretty heavy wilderness. The other two used to call for her sometimes, but they are starting to forget about her or something. What scenario would have one peahen straying from her two friends during the day? I have tried to figure out what occured or where she might be, but to no avail. Does anyone know a good way to encourage her return, or have tips on how to go about looking for her?