Can chickens be caged with Peafowl?

[Knock Kneed Hen]

I've been thinking about asking a neighbor who used to have chickens if she wants a few of mine because it's taking so long to get the run built. She has a pair of Peafowl already. She may have three because they had a chick last year and I'm not sure she's found home for it yet. The neighbor has a nice coop about 6 x 8 and a pen that is about 8 x 8. Seems to me that it might be too small to add three chickens, assuming you can keep them all together.

What do you think?

 

[NateinFL]

Well your neighbor can still get some of your chickens, but give them (the neighbor) time to build a coop for them first as anyone will tell you its just not smart to add in chickens with established peafowl.

 

[texascowboy1979]

ive tried to keep other birds with peafowl, and Ive had NO luck... the peafowl alwasy bully the chickens and pluck them...

 

[Pampered Chicken]

Do you have to keep peafowl penned once they know where they live? If they are from peachicks will they still become agressive to the chicken's?

 

[texascowboy1979]

if they are free range animals.. they will get along fine... if there penned up.. it may be a problem...

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

Ours share a common area and do fine, the pea's actually rule the roost. If you tried to put them in to small of an area I could see problems from that.

Steve

 

[deerman]

Trouble is with harm to the peafowl from disease that chicken carry.(blackhead) chicken can be carriers without harm to them.Keeping them wormed would help.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

"blackhead" has to be present in the soil for the birds to get it. If you do a search on blackhead there are more cases on BYC each year than are reported to the USDA for the entire USA. I do agree that it can be passed from chickens but it's not given as people say.

Steve