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Good bugs on that firewood maybe? The peafowl in this area completelyignored broken up pumpkins. Maybe they didn't know it was good?

Lol, We're hoping Andy's savvy about traffic but definitely the kitten is guilty. The guy in the truck tried to stop, laid about 15' of tread on the road, and was terribly sorry he had hit Andy, a real softy - he could have just driven on, uncaring. Instead, the driver stayed with him, blocking...

He's doing great - and can even still fly! Andy, though, has gone through about 3 of his 9 lives. It's complicated raising abandoned/injured peachicks to adulthood in a neighborhood on 1/3 acre, but as much as we love them, we figure every day they survive is one they wouldn't have if we...

Deplumed while pea-bowling, to be exact. Not recommended.

We live in an area of northern California where there are about 60-70 free-ranging peafowl, so they already have a pretty good selection of peahens, when the time comes. We thought they were both hens when we found them, and actually hoped they were because we're read the blogs about cossetted...

Here are some pictures of our two Indian blues: Astro and Andy. Andy has always remained a little more aloof, but will accept grapes by hand. Astro has been hand raised and trusts us implicitly. This is actually a problem because he thinks all people will just love him, and he has...

We have had really good luck tempting our two tame males,first with blueberries, and when that became too expensive, with cut up grapes. Our two less than 6 month old "pea dudes" eat from our hands, and always know when we have (red or black) grapes in our fists. We give them a couple of...