How to tame a peachick/peahen/peacock

[GingerRose]

I must agree 100% on the imprinting comment. It is a very heartbreaking moment when you are violently attacked by your little buddy.
Mine is ONLY still alive because I do love him. The young family I acquired him from, (at 1 y.o.), raised him from a chick that was given to them. They had a 3 y.o. son that thought JoJo was a pet.. well, now at 3 y.o., JoJo is a PAIN. He will never be a pet... One of them, or all 3, imprinted on him and he is extremely aggressive to the point we don't walk out of our home without a defensive weapon. Not to hurt him, to keep him from hurting us. At first, I wanted to unalive him. My husband was JoJos saving grace. Now, I put up with him because I know it's not his fault, I am ever aware of his whereabouts, I could never allow anyone else this stress of owning him and I really don't want to unalive him anymore.
Please be very careful in wanting your peacock to be a "pet". It's dangerous, for you and anyone he comes in close range with... not to mention dangerous for him too. Not many people will allow your or MY OWN peacock to stalk and attack them without seriously hurting or killing him.
Please don't take my blunt comment as mean. I just want you or anyone to understand that a peacock can be a very dangerous, large, force to be reckoned with.
Not to mention, they are really not intelligent at all.
The more "showy" they are, the less intelligent they are.
JoJo loves me, he just wants to be the dominant being in MY yard and it's ain't happenin...
LoL.
I don't know who is less intelligent... me or JoJo..
I look like a fool trying to keep him off of me over and over every single day...
Hopefully after mating season, he will calm down. If not, we will still tolerate him and be on high alert as long as we are all together..
Just please, be careful with your peacock.

 

[KsKingBee]

One thing you can try is to show him that you are the domanant bird in the pen. Your boy thinks he is the top bird and that is usually because he has been a lap bird, being 'on top' of humans he also has no fear of you. Making him fearful of you is not going to help but if you can make him respectful of you being the 'top bird on the pecking order' you may be able to change his behaveour. Start by having your husband catch him when he tries to flog him. Pen the bird down to the ground and straddle him like in a breeding stance, this makes hubby the top bird on the pecking order. Have him do this until he stops trying to flog, I have had some good results doing this so it may work for you as well.