Getting a pair of adult Peafowl locally, What do I need to know??

[r4eboxer]

Will they fly away? What do they eat? Should I clip wings? Anything y'all care to share, I have not researched at ALL. OFF to google and read now. Happy Happy Dance

 

[BYC-user-174785]

http://www.peafowl.org/ARTICLES/

There is some good information in those articles. Are you going to keep them penned up or free range them?
Please post pictures of them and congratulations on your new peas!

 

[r4eboxer]

http://www.peafowl.org/ARTICLES/

There is some good information in those articles. Are you going to keep them penned up or free range them?
Please post pictures of them and congratulations on your new peas!

Thanks for the link, I'm going to pen them with a net until they know home, I also want to get their eggs but after breeding season I want them to roam my pasture.

 

[r4eboxer]

The male is a blue pied and the female a cameo, anyone have any idea what their babies will look like?

 

[BYC-user-174785]

I do not quite understand where you will be keeping them? They need an area for now that is enclosed and covered so that they don't fly away. I would recommend keeping them penned up for at least two weeks before even letting out.

Sounds like you have nice birds! But no I do not know what color peachicks you will get. All I know that cameo is a sex-linked color.

 

[kuntrygirl]

If you don't pen them up, yes they will fly away. Do you have predators in your area? I would say that being as though you didn't raise them, they will eventually fly away. They will not be familiar with you or their new home, so no reason to stay. They will venture off. You may think about building a safe aviary for them.

 

[kuntrygirl]

This site has some great information.

http://www.texaspeafowl.com/index.html

 

[r4eboxer]

I do not quite understand where you will be keeping them? They need an area for now that is enclosed and covered so that they don't fly away. I would recommend keeping them penned up for at least two weeks before even letting out.

Sounds like you have nice birds! But no I do not know what color peachicks you will get. All I know that cameo is a sex-linked color.

I will be keeping them in half the poultry barn with an 80' x 40' netted run, the stall is 20' X 20'. I will pen them until breeding season is over, so that should give them time to adjust and know that this is home, I did read a little about cameo

This site has some great information.

http://www.texaspeafowl.com/index.html

Thanks for the link

 

[BYC-user-174785]

That sounds like a very nice area! They will enjoy having that much room. So even after breeding season once you begin to free range them, you should trim one wing on each bird because there still will be a chance of them flying away.

 

[casportpony]

I do not quite understand where you will be keeping them? They need an area for now that is enclosed and covered so that they don't fly away. I would recommend keeping them penned up for at least two weeks before even letting out.

Sounds like you have nice birds! But no I do not know what color peachicks you will get. All I know that cameo is a sex-linked color.

X2!

If you don't pen them up, yes they will fly away. Do you have predators in your area? I would say that being as though you didn't raise them, they will eventually fly away. They will not be familiar with you or their new home, so no reason to stay. They will venture off. You may think about building a safe aviary for them.

X2!