My Peahen Lost her mate

[Teva]

Dilemma! My Peahen just started laying and has 4 so far.

Her mate just got hit by a car this morning and didn’t make it. (More to that in a later post)

Will Charlotte leave her nest to grieve? Will she return to it? I haven’t had experience with grieving peafowl so I don’t know how they process loss of a mate.

Should I look for a new George replacement right away?

 

[The Phantom]

I would get her a new mate asap. But she may not accept him. I would watch her

 

[KsKingBee]

More than likely she will continue to finish laying her clutch and go broody. Once she has and hatches out some chicks she will be giving all her attention to the chicks. If you want more young next year, by all means, get another cock this fall, if not you may have a replacement in the babies.

 

[Teva]

Thanks for your comments. She comes off the nest only once daily to call and look for him. She lets me feed her peanuts and then heads back to her nest, after about 15 minutes. We found another mate for her, we pick him up next week.