Neighbors want to get rid of the peafowl :(

[morrison7368]

My husband and I bought a rural home almost 2 years ago. The previous owner of the home had 3 peafowl. They abandoned them but they have been doing really well on their own. I feed them and so do some of the other neighbors. I live along a long dirt road with four other homes. All of our properties are about 6 acres each. One of the neighbors wants to get rid of them because they are ruining her landscaping. Even though I am living in the home that originally owned the peafowl, they are not technically mine. There are now 3 males and 3 females and they free range along a few of our properties. The adult female has now disappeared, I assume she is nesting since it is that time of year. So there will probably be a few more on the way. I would really like to keep them around but I don't want to upset this neighbor. Is there a way I can get them to stay away from her property. Or teach them to stay closer to "home". They have been free ranging for at least the time we have been here. I don't really want to pen them up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would really like to keep these beautiful around.

 

[KsKingBee]

I am afraid that penning them is the only real option to keep them from eating the landscape.

 

[Birdrain92]

My husband and I bought a rural home almost 2 years ago. The previous owner of the home had 3 peafowl. They abandoned them but they have been doing really well on their own. I feed them and so do some of the other neighbors. I live along a long dirt road with four other homes. All of our properties are about 6 acres each. One of the neighbors wants to get rid of them because they are ruining her landscaping. Even though I am living in the home that originally owned the peafowl, they are not technically mine. There are now 3 males and 3 females and they free range along a few of our properties. The adult female has now disappeared, I assume she is nesting since it is that time of year. So there will probably be a few more on the way. I would really like to keep them around but I don't want to upset this neighbor. Is there a way I can get them to stay away from her property. Or teach them to stay closer to "home". They have been free ranging for at least the time we have been here. I don't really want to pen them up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would really like to keep these beautiful around.

Penning them up would work. Just grow them some grass in the outside part of the coop and they will be happy peas. This is the outside of my coop inside the pen.

 

[discerning]

My husband and I bought a rural home almost 2 years ago. The previous owner of the home had 3 peafowl. They abandoned them but they have been doing really well on their own. I feed them and so do some of the other neighbors. I live along a long dirt road with four other homes. All of our properties are about 6 acres each. One of the neighbors wants to get rid of them because they are ruining her landscaping. Even though I am living in the home that originally owned the peafowl, they are not technically mine. There are now 3 males and 3 females and they free range along a few of our properties. The adult female has now disappeared, I assume she is nesting since it is that time of year. So there will probably be a few more on the way. I would really like to keep them around but I don't want to upset this neighbor. Is there a way I can get them to stay away from her property. Or teach them to stay closer to "home". They have been free ranging for at least the time we have been here. I don't really want to pen them up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would really like to keep these beautiful around.

You will eventually lose them to predators if you don’t pen them

 

[AOrchard]

You could try to teach them to come for treats when called. I use this method for my friendly barn cat - now she wanders way less far because she's keeping an eye on my house for when I might come out and give her a treat and pets! She pretty much exclusively stays within earshot now that she is used to getting spoiled, greedy little thing It doesn't solve the problem, but might reduce it. Or along those lines maybe try a bird feeder and water station on the opposite end of your property away from the neighbor? They'd still be free range but might want to make regular trips to the easy source of food and water, so may decide to use that as "home base" and spend less time at the neighbor's.

 

[KsKingBee]

This post is six years old. Maybe @morrison7368 can tell us the outcome.

 

[AOrchard]

This post is six years old. Maybe @morrison7368 can tell us the outcome.

Thanks for catching that - I always check dates for the post before me but not always the posts before that.