Portuguese peafowl
In the Brooder
Hello to everyone
A stray peacock has arrived on his own and has stayed on my home farm since early October. He has taken up residence during the day on the patio chairs and table outside the window of my living room as a roost and wanders around the farm gardens from time to time. I began feeding him a couple of times a day - he has a bowl of grain put out as well as a little sliced tomato and fish. He likes these more than anything else I have tried him on (egg, leafy vegetables etc which he has ignored) At night he roosts either on the driveway wall of the farm house, or on the top of the roof.
I would very much welcome some help how to keep looking after him, as its very much a taking it slowly approach with him and talking gently to him and giving his little meals. A main concern is the wetter weather and much cooler nights which have just arrived and trying to give a wild bird some shelter as he is sitting out in wind and rain currently. With winter to come I wonder how to give him shelter and how to get him to use it (and much more besides in terms of his health an welfare). Also he is alone and does not have other peafowl for company.
Lots of help required please as this is a crash course in learning about such a beautiful bird!!
A stray peacock has arrived on his own and has stayed on my home farm since early October. He has taken up residence during the day on the patio chairs and table outside the window of my living room as a roost and wanders around the farm gardens from time to time. I began feeding him a couple of times a day - he has a bowl of grain put out as well as a little sliced tomato and fish. He likes these more than anything else I have tried him on (egg, leafy vegetables etc which he has ignored) At night he roosts either on the driveway wall of the farm house, or on the top of the roof.
I would very much welcome some help how to keep looking after him, as its very much a taking it slowly approach with him and talking gently to him and giving his little meals. A main concern is the wetter weather and much cooler nights which have just arrived and trying to give a wild bird some shelter as he is sitting out in wind and rain currently. With winter to come I wonder how to give him shelter and how to get him to use it (and much more besides in terms of his health an welfare). Also he is alone and does not have other peafowl for company.
Lots of help required please as this is a crash course in learning about such a beautiful bird!!
