calychicken
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- Mar 5, 2024
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10 months ago, we got 4 peafowl eggs from a friend. All 4 ended up being infertile, but then our friend's peahen laid 3 more eggs. All three of those eggs were fertile, but a few days before they were supposed to hatch, the incubator broke! We had to transport the eggs to yet another place, where they hatched. We raised the peachicks, but when they were a few months old, two of them got sick and died, leaving one lonesome peafowl. Over time, he eventually became accustomed to just hanging out with chickens, dogs, and people. He sleeps in a garage, and one time we had 8 chicks that we put in there. The peacock seemed to enjoy the company, and when the chicks moved into the big chicken coop, the peafowl tried to follow. All he does all day is pace at the chicken's coop, trying to get in, and when we let the teenage chickens out, he follows them around. Sometimes he comes into the house to "help" with the dishes. (He throws them on the floor). When it's time to go back to bed, he sits by his mirror friend, then perches on the ping-pong table for the night. It makes me a bit sad to see how much he wants a flock. Can peafowl get depressed and lonely without other peafowl?
