Peacocks in neighborhood

[RubyNala97]

Another solution is to only keep roosters under 2 years old .... or ... spalding .... or green peacock !

Do they not start making their loud call until they are two yrs old?

 

[Dany12]

Yes, there are not really sexually active!

 

[ganellderek]

Thanks for the info!! What do you do with them after 2?

 

[Birdrain92]

Do they not start making their loud call until they are two yrs old?

My penned peafowl only call during breeding season and rarely only during the day. My yearlings don't call at all. 2 years old is when peafowl are sexually mature.

 

[RubyNala97]

Yes, there are not really sexually active!

My penned peafowl only call during breeding season and rarely only during the day. My yearlings don't call at all. 2 years old is when peafowl are sexually mature.

I did not know that! That's great to know. Maybe I will keep mine till they are a little older then!

 

[KsKingBee]

I did not know that! That's great to know. Maybe I will keep mine till they are a little older then!

 

[DylansMom]

My penned peafowl only call during breeding season and rarely only during the day. My yearlings don't call at all. 2 years old is when peafowl are sexually mature.

My yearlings call almost as much as my adult males, my 2 year olds also call a lot. They all call 24 hours a day, luckily my neighbors are okay with it. They call outside of breeding season as well, if they hear a loud noise that they feel they should respond to, like every time our garbage truck pulls up and hits the air brakes. I think the fact that I have 20 males here may increase the calling somewhat, but don't count on them remaining quiet until maturity.

 

[Birdrain92]

My yearlings call almost as much as my adult males, my 2 year olds also call a lot. They all call 24 hours a day, luckily my neighbors are okay with it. They call outside of breeding season as well, if they hear a loud noise that they feel they should respond to, like every time our garbage truck pulls up and hits the air brakes. I think the fact that I have 20 males here may increase the calling somewhat, but don't count on them remaining quiet until maturity.

Mine though get locked up at night inside a barn. Then I let them out in the morning. I wonder why mine would be quiet but yours would call more often. My free range peacock calls all day but not my penned ones.

 

[RubyNala97]

LOL! I hatched my peachicks out for someone else. But he said I could raise them as long as I like. I don't know how my neighbors would feel about the calling. But the chicks are very imprinted on me, so I'd like to keep them as long as possible!

 

[KsKingBee]

You have the best of both worlds. If the neighbor complains the birds go home, if they don't they get to stay!