Show off your Peas!

[MinxFox]

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Yes that other member's peacock did cut his legs up from breaking the mirror. There are other forms of enrichment that you can give peafowl and that is mainly treats like mealworms and things.
I have just heard of to many bad run ins with peacocks and mirrors or reflective things. You don't want them obsessing on attacking the "other peacock" in the mirror.

 

[zazouse]

The pas are happy to have their ol dump truck back home.

 

[furbabymum]

If I were you I think I would get that mirror out of there asap. On 5/18 another member posted about their male attacking a mirror that was in his pen with him, I don't remember all the details, but I believe he had smashed the mirror and cut his legs all up in the process. Some of my males are not allowed to free range during breeding season because they will attack their reflections in my glass patio doors, thinking it is a rival male they are looking at. He is a beautiful bird and it is a cute picture, but please be careful.

Interesting. I'd hoped to get him to stop getting on my husbands tractor. It's driving my husband a bit nuts. He gets up there and looks at himself in the windows. That mirror is a broken one from the house. If it'll harm my birds I'll remove it.

 

[MinxFox]

What a pretty white peachick! I am not used to seeing white peachicks so clean around here!

 

[zazouse]

The only dirty whites i have around here are the laying peahens.
Sidney and MR.Tubbs are happy to have their dump truck back

 

[PeepsCA]

Sidney and MR.Tubbs are happy to have their dump truck back

LOL, Smiling Whities, too cute!
Looks like they are Thanking the dump truck gods

 

[msmolly]

I have plexi Mirrors in with my Peacock and he has stopped leaving home! I got an Auto glass place that sells plexi mirrors- to sell me some seconds/damaged peices. THey cut me big rectangles and even drilled holes in the corners so I could hang them up on the chain link. My gates are open all day- the birds free range, but now that I have that mirror- he stays close to home. A couple times when my male left home,I found him at neighbors houses staring at himself in their glass storm doors. So, there you have another opinion. Plexi glass mirrors are also sold for riding arena s, etc...


Originally Posted by furbabymum

 

[msmolly]

Mamma, Dad and chicks infront of the Plexi mirror But if you want to keep them off cars- I found that putting up a tall pergola(sp?) at the top of the drive- see white structure in back ground- offers them the higher perch they seek. I had a lot of problems with Blue- sitting in peoples trucks etc... the plastic pergola seems to satisfy him.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Mamma, Dad and chicks infront of the Plexi mirror- But if you want to keep them off cars- I found that putting up a tall pergola(sp?) at the top of the drive- see white structure in back ground- offers them the higher perch they seek. I had a lot of problems with Blue- sitting in peoples trucks etc... the plastic pergola seems to satisfy him.

You got such a nice pied chicks from this pair, congrats

 

[msmolly]

ZAZ- those are gorgeous Birds, trees,and pictures. Love the truck too.