Peacock House!!

[DukesDucks]

I could actually measure but at a guess the bottom of the feeder is about 16" off the ground. Peacocks have no problems feeding from it and it could probably be higher if needed. You will need to make sure it is not close enough to a wall, roost, etc that the rats can climb because I have found they are also good jumpers. Mine is attached to top of barn roof so a very long chain. You need to make sure the rats can't get to top of chain and simply climb down.
Fingers crossed haven't seen a rat in months. Mind you I think the neighour is using poison.

 

[SolarDuck]

In the peacock coop I have one of those feeders which you fill from the top and it drops into saucer bottom as they eat. Had a problem with rats thanks in part to a neighour who is careless with his feed and garbage. Starting hanging feeder from a rafter. Miscalculated the athletic ability of rats so had to keep increasing height but got that worked out now. Have two barn cats who happily bring me home an unending supply of dead mice and voles, sometimes with parts missing. I have seen them watch a rat walk by. I guess they know their limits.

how high did you have to put the hanging feeder for it to be properly rat proof? I was thinking about a hanging one but I wasn't sure if its possible to have it low enough that the peacocks can actually access it, without the rats being able to.

 

[SolarDuck]

I just use the round feeder pans you can get at any feed store and set them out in the morning and again in late afternoon. I just pick them up at dusk and tuck them into my henhouse for the night so critters dont come up and chow down. Of course that takes a bit of time and effort but then that's how I like to spend my days. LOL

I would do this, but there is no one at the Peacock house for most of the day we just stop by a couple times a day to feed them so we wouldn't really be able to keep the rats out during the day, there is a rat problem there because the last owner just put out massive piles of birdseed, I assume they just bought 40lb bags of scratch or birdseed and just dumped out the entire bag, at least that's what it looked like. Those birdseed piles have attracted tons of rats and squirrels.

 

[Lulu-Dixon]

Hard to keep the mice at bay in the barn honestly other than only putting out enough food that they can finish it within a few hours so it's not always sitting in there. We have a large deer feeder on stilts in the pasture that slings out mixed feed. We have the base wrapped in hardware cloth to help keep squirrels from eating thru the thick plastic. Works great for auto feeding away from the barn area.

 

[Davethebirdman]

I would do this, but there is no one at the Peacock house for most of the day we just stop by a couple times a day to feed them so we wouldn't really be able to keep the rats out during the day, there is a rat problem there because the last owner just put out massive piles of birdseed, I assume they just bought 40lb bags of scratch or birdseed and just dumped out the entire bag, at least that's what it looked like. Those birdseed piles have attracted tons of rats and squirrels.

Peacocks are exciting to have. Hanging feeders work great.
Sounds like its time to invest in a few rodent traps. I put mine under the henhouse. They go inside the trap and eat the poison. The birds can’t get to it.