My peacock

[Biddy Kay]

I have a peacock who arrived uninvited in my garden, he comes everyday and l feed him to prepare him for the winter. I have nowhere to house him, will he be able to survive if we have a bad winter here in Devon England.
He is molting but should he have white downy feathers showing all the way up his back. His tail feathers are begining to grow but he keeps to be pecking at the white down an awful lot, could this be a sign of mites.

 

[N F C]

I don't know what your weather is like in Devon, but members on the UK thread may be able to give you some advice:
U.K. thread

Best of luck to you, thanks for joining us!

 

[DobieLover]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

@rebrascora ?

 

[Abriana]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Biddy Kay]

I don't know what your weather is like in Devon, but members on the UK thread may be able to give you some advice:
U.K. thread

Best of luck to you, thanks for joining us!

Thank you for advising the UK thread, l wouldn't have known about it otherwise.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Biddy Kay]

Thank you. I've been advised to post in the UK site as I live in England which was very helpful as l didn't know about it.

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC! Does he look like this? If so, this is normal, but the pecking at the down could be a sign of lice or mites. Can you catch him and check?

 

[alexa009]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens! We are glad you joined the flock! BYC is a helpful site providing all the information you need to know about poultry! There is always space for more members on the BYC roost! I hope you have luck in the thread @N F C just provided for you! Hope you enjoy it here as much as we all do!

 

[Biddy Kay]

Welcome to BYC! Does he look like this? If so, this is normal, but the pecking at the down could be a sign of lice or mites. Can you catch him and check?
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Oh my! it's just how he looks, so to my relief he may be OK. But l can't catch him to find out for sure, he's very timid yet and not been here very long but when l take his food out he's begining to come a bit nearer to me, in time he'll realise I'm no threat to him then maybe l can get close enough to take a picture. Thank you for your very helpful picture.