Pictures of my peas and their barn.

[jenlynn4]

looks like they are being treated like kings! I'd live there! LOL

 

[doudini2]

I have a question. I want my peacock to sleep in a garage and we have rafters quite high like yours, and i got scared he might freak out at night or in the morning before I let him into the garden, and hit his head on the overhead rafters and die, but now I see your arangememt, and them sitting so high.
So Do you think I can make him sleep in the garage, and he will safely fly up and down the beam witho. ut hitting his head or
hitting overhead light fixtures? At this point I was ready to build a plywood box enclosure in one corner of the garage for him to sleep in at night.

Tell me what you think is better for his safety?
Thank you.

 

[Glenmar]

Here's what I did. Mine free range so I shut them up in the barn when I first got them.
When I turned then loose, they flew up high to get a better look at where they were.
I left them shut in there for 8 weeks. They automatically picked the rafters to sleep.
Now they spend most of their time in the barn even when I leave it open. They have their
favorate places to sleep in the rafters. They never freak out about anything.
So for you, you would need to pen them up in there, then they may come back and
sleep in there, but I am sure there are no guarentees. There will also be a lot of
poop under where they sleep.

 

[C&Rman]

Dont park your car under the rafters

 

[Glenmar]

C&Rman :

Dont park your car under the rafters

Right!!​

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

That's a very nice set up and barn....where in Va. are you?

 

[Glenmar]

Bowling Green VA

 

[doudini2]

Now, do peacocks find their perch even after dark?
My birdie, if I don't put him to sleep inside his fort every night (made out of cardboard boxes in the kitchen) he does not go to sleep and roams around, and seems to stumble and trip a lot. So if I put him in a garage after dark, do I leave the light on until he finds his perch, or do I let him stumble in the dark, and he will eventually find a place to sleep? What are their sleeping requirements in general, you said they like it high up at night?

Thank you.

 

[deerman]

nice barn ,but look like you problem if the feed, i see mostly corn......feed them a layer only about 18 to 22 % protien

 

[MinxFox]

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I am not sure about their vision after dark, but peafowl do not roost after dark. Peafowl will roost late in the afternoon when the sun is just about setting and the light is starting to quickly fade. They will start flapping around and stretch their wings and search for a place to roost for the night. Mine normally switch roosts a lot until they stay on one they feel is good. They will fly up to one, but if their friend doesn't fly up next to them they may fly down and keep doing so until they are on the roost with their friend(s). Sometimes it looks like musical chairs as they go from perch to perch and swap places, ect. I would give him some light to find the perch because they don't seem to try roosting after dark, it is more like before dark. Now sometimes they do roost later when it is darker, but not when it is pitch black. Yes they like high roosts. The higher the better because it helps work their flying muscles and free-range they roost over 10ft up in big trees so they like high roosts. 6ft. or higher should be good. Especially because you have a peacock so when he grows a long train you won't want it to touch the ground when he is perching so it doesn't get dirty, ect. That is just what I have observed from my peafowl.