chicken+peocock=peachicken?

[bobthebunny]

Is there anything in Texas that not only is able to survive the heat but kill a peacock? What do you mean sure...?

 

[MeepBeep]

Is there anything in Texas that not only is able to survive the heat but kill a peacock?

Yes, lots of predators in Texas... Hardly all inclusive, bear, badger, misc large cats, coyote, ferret, weasel, skunk, fox, mink, possum, raccoon, ringtail, and predatory birds among others...

What do you mean sure...?

Yes...

 

[MinxFox]

What if I had a pea cock and fowl and they had babies could I release the babies to free-range once they were full grown?

What do you mean a peacock and a fowl? The female peafowl is called a peahen and the peacock is the male. The babies are called peachicks.

You can release the peachicks once they are fully grown but like we have stated, there are things out there that can and will kill an adult peafowl.

I had a beautiful fully grown peacock that was killed at night by a raccoon. Several weeks later a peahen was killed by a raccoon. Raccoons are terrible predators. I think I once even read that someone's free range peafowl lost an eye to an owl. Anything can happen. Dogs can even kill peafowl. Also there are things like blackhead and worms that peafowl can get which can kill them. Therefore you must treat them a few times a year to keep them healthy.

A lot of your questions are very basic and have been answered before a ton. I think you should do some of your own research to find some of your answers, because many of these questions can be found multiple times. Use the search bar at the top of the page to find info, and the peafowl stickies really explain just about everything. I had to research a lot on my own before I was allowed to get peafowl. I would Google "Peafowl" or start here at the UPA website for info and links to other peafowl sites: http://www.unitedpeafowlassociation.org/

Peafowl are different from chickens and will not always want to go into a coop for the night. In the wild, peafowl roost in large, tall trees. Free-range peafowl will do the same thing finding a huge tree and flying and jumping until they have reached the tippy top or near the top of the tree. They love getting up high for the night, so if they have the chance they would rather not go inside a small coop for the night. The peacocks need a tall roost when penned just so that their trains do not touch the ground and get dirty.

 

[MeepBeep]

I think I once even read that someone's free range peafowl lost an eye to an owl. Anything can happen.

I know someone locally who witnessed a nighttime owl attack on their full grown roosting in a tree peacock... They went outside when they heard all the noise, saw what was happening, tried to scare away the owl but, needless to say the peacock didn't survive...

 

[MinxFox]

Oh my gosh! Wow! That is scary!

My dad's friend was sitting in a tree stand and an owl came flying up and took his hat off and left a big scratch mark across his face near his eye.

 

[DylansMom]

I know someone locally who witnessed a nighttime owl attack on their full grown roosting in a tree peacock... They went outside when they heard all the noise, saw what was happening, tried to scare away the owl but, needless to say the peacock didn't survive...

X2, I have a friend who free ranged a flock of Peas for almost 20 years, she would lose one here and there to the usual predators, Fox, Coyote, Raccoon, etc.... and then 3 years ago a large owl moved in and started killing her full grown male Peacocks. Every other night it would take one out of the huge tree they liked to roost in, in the morning they would find the headless body laying under the tree. She has kept the flock penned up in the barn for 3 years now, once in a while she will try letting them out and within a week or two the owl will return and take one, and back in the barn they go.

 

[DylansMom]

Is there anything in Texas that not only is able to survive the heat but kill a peacock? What do you mean sure...?

If you are asking this as a serious question, you really do need to do some reading before you decide whether Peafowl are right for you. Predators as small as a weasel can and do kill full grown male Peacocks. As will fox, coyote, bobcat, puma, badger, weasel, raccoon, owls, eagles, hawks, scorpions, poisonous snakes, gators, the neighbors dog, the neighbor who's car they scratched, etc.......Peafowl do not make good guardians of property or other birds and animals, A rooster is actually more well equipped to guard the barnyard than a Peacock is. They may be bigger, but they do not have the aggression or attitude of a good roo. I have 40-some Peacocks and 2 roosters, and the roosters are much better at keeping watch. I do not free range any longer because I have lost too many Peas to predators.