Three year old peacock calls but never displays his train...?

blondie34 said:

I have a three year old IB peacock with a beautiful train who I've never seen display. He lives with two other 2 year old peacocks and three 2 year old peahens. He recently started doing his mating call but still is not displaying his tail feathers.

Could he be depressed? Are there some peacocks who just don't display?

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Birdrain92 said:

Could be two things. First it could be that if he's not alpha he might not fan in fear of another male. Is the call just a single holler and then a space then followed by another call or is it a series of calls back to back?

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blondie34 said:

It's a series of calls ... like a "wahhhhhhh ahhhhhhh ahhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhh"

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blondie34 said:

It's a series of calls ... like a "wahhhhhhh ahhhhhhh ahhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhh" 

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barkerg said:

He's practicing his big boy voice, depending on your weather, within weeks he'll really ramp the hollering up and probably be showing off. Please keep us posted.

Gerald Barker

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blondie34 said:

Interesting.. it was unseasonably warm a few days these past two weeks.. it's back down to the 20's now in OH though. Yuck! I hope he does display.. he's got the most beautiful train!

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