Peacock as predator

[tn_artist]

I think I will end up on your husbands side on that one! That can be a nerve jolting call in the middle of the night. We have twin 11 mo. old girls. I think if they were awakened by that there would be no more sleep!

 

[melissastraka]

If i was closer i would release my kids on them...they would never be back..especially the twins

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

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Twins! What fun

My hubby and I talk about having more babies. Twins sounds good but then I think....Two of my 2 yr. old?? I would be a mad woman with NO hair! LOL

 

[ruth]

I would suggest feeding, taming, and keeping the peacock. Since it is already used to freeranging and surviving on its own - just put out some food for it. Peacocks are not only beautiful, they are GREAT livestock guard dogs, well LGB "livestock guard birds". I have six and though they are still young at almost one year, they freerange with our 200+ chickens, chicks, ducks and ducklings and they sleep way up in the highest trees. They stalk any new dog or cat we get just to be sure it's not going to hurt the flock and they sound the alarm if something amiss is going on. They even seem to break up rooster fiights and don't like the chickens getting too carried away.

Once the peacock calls your place "home" and your flock his own, he will be a great protector. Until then, yeah, he might get a baby chick or duckling so keep them locked up till then.

By the way, best I can tell, they aren't like chickens who can't see in the dark and can be easily picked off their roost - so before you try and grab a grown wild peacock, be warned, they bite and have sharp claws and are very strong and....well, let's just say mine are tame, hand raised, hand fed, and I wouldn't want to make one mad.

 

[LynneP]

Wow, I'd love to rehabilitate a peacock. Most areas have bird rescue centers, I'd called natural resources to ask to contact for a bird refuge facility- most are run by volunteers and and likely to assist you in safely catching the peacock. Peacock chicks here sell for $25-50 here. Properly cared for, the centre might recoup its expenses.

 

[tn_artist]

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Twins! What fun

My hubby and I talk about having more babies. Twins sounds good but then I think....Two of my 2 yr. old?? I would be a mad woman with NO hair! LOL

They are soo much fun and Soo much work. We don't have any others, so we have nothing to compare it to. Is it worse as they get older? We are enjoying their mobility, but everyone that hears that they are about to start walking any day says,"That's when the *fun* begins!" How is it worse than crawling and pulling up on everything and getting into everything including the diaper pail?

 

[tn_artist]

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I don't think I would ever want to grab one in the dark without gloves and gear for a hockey goalie! Just to be beat around the head by those wings makes me cringe!

If we can't net it somehow, we're thinking of seeing how it tastes. Should be an adventure. Growing up in Atlanta I thought I was exposed to lots of thing, but since moving to TN I have tried lots of things that were not available. (wild turkey, deer, boar, bear and my favorite- groundhog)

 

[Polish Chickens]

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I don't think I would ever want to grab one in the dark without gloves and gear for a hockey goalie! Just to be beat around the head by those wings makes me cringe!

If we can't net it somehow, we're thinking of seeing how it tastes. Should be an adventure. Growing up in Atlanta I thought I was exposed to lots of thing, but since moving to TN I have tried lots of things that were not available. (wild turkey, deer, boar, bear and my favorite- groundhog)

Why would you want to kill such a beautiful bird? It would be best if you can catch it in a wide enough squared like net and just capture it. After you do catch it call a zoo if they'll accept it. If they don't accept the Peacocks then take them to a far enough park and let them free there

 

[DawnSuiter]

Polish... I don't think it's well advised to "relocate" the peacock.. you must understand we already live in the Smoky Mountain National Park and the Cherokee National Forest... and since we're neighbors I can say, if that thing ends up over here its just going to get shot anyway. Most of my neighbors wouldn't think twice about doing that, myself included.

We don't have many zoos and such and so they are overrun themselves and cannot accept any wild animal we come across because there are hundreds of thousands here and honestly we're the intruders

The only place I can think of to take it would be the local hunting preserve... but why relocated it for others to shoot & eat?

 

[rhondapiper]

Catch it and put it on Craigslist. They're so expensive someone is bound to take it and give it a nice home.