Peafowl on The Hideout!

[JB]

I was sitting here gazing out the window and wondering what it will be like when both of my eyes work correctly. . .or at least the same as each other. . .when this large bird strolled across the pasture.

Clearly not a turkey, but about the same size. White underside and a small "crown".

On an inspiration I Googled up Peafowl and, sure enough, there before my eyes was a peahen!!

Not at all tame. I poked my head out the back door with my camera and she ran like the devil was after her. Couldn't get a pic,

I am now wondering if some of the bazillionaire horse ranchers in the area are populating their "estates" with peafowl. As soon as a peacock perches on their roof and starts to call they will regret such foolishness. One can easily hear those birds from a mile away. When I lived in Memphis my home was about a mile from the Overton Park Zoo, and even at that distance the calling peacocks were a nuisance when the breeze was right.

The silver lining to all this is recollection of eating peacock in what was then French Indo China. They are tasty birds.

 

[Bob_VT]

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I have heard that there were communities that had them and they would wake people at 3 am with their mating screech!

 

[angus63]

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Peacocks are becoming very popular around my area. Just something trendy like potbelly pigs and ferrets, I hope.

 

[FBPirate95]

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Don't know which is worse....peacocks or guinea hens.

 

[DECK SWABBER 58]

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Here, believe it or not, our nuisance birds are seagulls.
At least in town.

 

[ezmobee]

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I encountered one in the middle of the road exiting my neighborhood one day on my way to work. I was like am I at the zoo?

 

[CN Spots]

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There's a group of peacocks over around my mother's place. PO moved off and let them fend for themselves. They quickly found the corn that she was putting out for her ducks. Now, everyday around 5:00 they come to her back door and she throws out bread for them.

This one checked himself out in my truck's bumper for like a half-hour...

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[jay_merrill]

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No peafowl here, but my neighbor has a bunch of chickens. I think she's a "city slicker" in disguise though, because she couldn't understand why one young chicken was being ignored by most of the other chickens and the Rooster was being down right ornery towards it. I laughed and told her .... cause its not a hen! Sure enough, there's more than one rooster crowin' in these parts, now that he has grown up!

The "girls" are starting to warm up to him and the formerly, lone rooster is gettin' mad as can be! Roosters crowin, roosters fightin' and hens clucking - I'm begiining to feel like "Farmer Jay!"



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[SS MAYFLOAT]

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I had one on my property several years ago. It stuck around due to the Mrs feeding it. (I thinks she would fed a rat if it looked hungry) Finally after a couple of weeks, a friend of mine said it proabably came from a botanical garden a few miles away. I called them up and they came and took the bird back. They are no doubt one of the more colorful birds there is.

 

[dave11]

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They may be trendy, but they sure are noisy.

 

[Bob_VT]

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If it get's too noisy.......here is a recipe http://www.ehow.com/how_2066631_cook-peacock.html

 

[dave11]

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There are also good recipes for nutrias.