How loud is one Peafowl raised from a chick?

[DukesDucks]

I am, frankly, shocked to read that someone would consider keeping a lone peacock in a room with just a window. I worry that this is more of a status symbol than thinking of the health, mental and physical, of the bird.
1. They are flock animals. It will be lonely. You are not a replacement for their own kind.
2. Mine are used to me being in their run but I wouldn't want to be attacked. Their beaks, feet, and powerful wings can do serious damage especially in a confined space.
3. They are large birds and require a huge flight area and high perches. How would you provide this.
4. They are very loud. From what I have read here some are quieter but you can hear mine from a kilometer away. Both the male and females call out.
5. Have you considered their food, water, bedding requirements?
6. Is there an avian vet in your area if needed.

Please reconsider. There are lots of other bird species suitable for apartment living.

 

[Alagirl]

How loud will one Peafowl raised from a chick be? Which peafowl breeds are silent?

they sound like somebody is torturing a cat or small child.
Very loud!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I am, frankly, shocked to read that someone would consider keeping a lone peacock in a room with just a window. I worry that this is more of a status symbol than thinking of the health, mental and physical, of the bird.
1. They are flock animals. It will be lonely. You are not a replacement for their own kind.
2. Mine are used to me being in their run but I wouldn't want to be attacked. Their beaks, feet, and powerful wings can do serious damage especially in a confined space.
3. They are large birds and require a huge flight area and high perches. How would you provide this.
4. They are very loud. From what I have read here some are quieter but you can hear mine from a kilometer away. Both the male and females call out.
5. Have you considered their food, water, bedding requirements?
6. Is there an avian vet in your area if needed.

Please reconsider. There are lots of other bird species suitable for apartment living.

I agree, our Peacocks free range their respective neighborhoods and are enjoyed by the neighbors.

They are both lone Peacocks, there are no Peahens in their neighborhoods.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

@jenbright9999 Why the angry faces? The people in the 2 neighborhoods in New Orleans like their feral Peacocks enough to have zoning changed in their respective neighborhoods to keep their Peacocks. So the neighbors must like the sound of a Peacock.

 

[DukesDucks]

our Peacocks free range

An important point in your post that differs from what jenbright9999 is thinking, is that these peacocks are free range. Sounds like they are cared from by the community and living in an open area where they are able to be peacocks.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Both neighborhoods are old New Orleans neighborhoods with houses very close to each other. But the whole neighborhood in both areas care for each Peacock and they freely range to see who is feeding what or who is hanging out on the porch. The Peacock usually watches from up in a tree or just walks the streets. there isn't a lot of traffic most of the time, but they have been known to hold up traffic.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

In the late 1970's I lived in Baton Rouge. I worked about 2 blocks from the capital building and about 2 blocks in the other direction, sat a small white house. The house was owned by an elderly lady, who had 2 very large cages in her front yard that each held a beautifully colored Macaw. They were large birds, I guess 3' or more long.
The cages were never locked. One day while admiring the birds and chatting with the lady, we asked why she never locked the cages, wasn't she afraid someone would steal her birds.
Baton Rouge is a college town, home of LSU.
The lady explained that once, some frat boys thought it would be funny to take the birds back to their frat house. One boy opened one of the cages and attempted to grab one of the birds and the bird bit the boy's finger off.
She said she never had any problems after that.

 

[Alagirl]

In the late 1970's I lived in Baton Rouge. I worked about 2 blocks from the capital building and about 2 blocks in the other direction, sat a small white house. The house was owned by an elderly lady, who had 2 very large cages in her front yard that each held a beautifully colored Macaw. They were large birds, I guess 3' or more long.
The cages were never locked. One day while admiring the birds and chatting with the lady, we asked why she never locked the cages, wasn't she afraid someone would steal her birds.
Baton Rouge is a college town, home of LSU.
The lady explained that once, some frat boys thought it would be funny to take the birds back to their frat house. One boy opened one of the cages and attempted to grab one of the birds and the bird bit the boy's finger off.
She said she never had any problems after that.

those birds can crack Brasil nuts with no effort.....a finger is nothing!

 

[tripletfeb]

OP, why don't you get a domesticated bird that can live inside happily? A budgie or a cockatiel might be good for you. They love their humans, don't need another bird to be happy, and are much quieter than peafowl. Spend lots of time with it and it will love you forever. I have had my cockatiel for 18 years now

 

[Lor]

Cool story, bro.

Just explaining how they act, not whether they can make bombs other than the stinky kind

and male (peacock) poop is very, very stinky.