Tethers and Why They Should Never Be Used on Peafowl

[destinduck]

I got your point entirely Trefoil.

 

[casportpony]

If tethering done properly is so safe, why did the peachick die?

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

"Many rural communities have FFA and 4H to help train our young to properly handle animals and showing is one of the tools used. Done properly, tethering for show won't hurt the bird." "Bragging about it not happening yet is akin to the old "my child will never act like that", you're asking for it."
"One of the purposes of this thread is to help everyone else learn from our mistakes, so they don't personally have to experience them.

A bird died as a direct result of the tethering, so I'm guessing it was not "handled properly". If this is how FFA and 4H train our young people something is wrong.
I did not see anyone bragging about anything.
I have learned from his mistake, I will not tether a peacock, nor do I intend to catch them by grabbing their legs anymore. He, on the other hand has no intention of quitting the tethering.


These are simple facts and I saw no bullying going on. Nobody called him names, or threatened him in anyway. I personally just do not understand why anyone would continue to repeat an action that has already resulted in a very undesirable consequence. He seems to care about his birds, but this just goes in the opposite direction IMO.

 

[destinduck]

Did the bird die at a FFA or a 4H event?

 

[DylansMom]

Did the bird die at a FFA or a 4H event?

I have no idea where it died, it was a young bird, so I would assume it died while he was trying to train it to accept the tether. He said it was the bird's fault because it kept fighting him and trying to fly and it pulled both legs out of the sockets and then died a week later. He posted that right here on this forum.

I do not know a lot about the workings of either FFA or 4H, but I cannot believe that if he went to the people in charge and told them what had happened they would not allow an alternative method of showing, such as the chain link kennels, they use them for Peafowl in our area.

 

[destinduck]

Gotcha. Just sounded to me that if you do the shows you have to tether them. so Im assuming there is a right way and a wrong way.

 

[casportpony]

Gotcha. Just sounded to me that if you do  the shows you have to tether them. so Im assuming there is a right way and a wrong way.

He's been in 4H/FFA, so he should have known how to do it, IMO.

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

Gotcha. Just sounded to me that if you do the shows you have to tether them. so Im assuming there is a right way and a wrong way.

I honestly cannot imagine tying something around one of my bird's legs. They would go absolutely berserk, even my tamest ones. He says to do shows he must tether around here they don't.

 

[DylansMom]

There are a lot of people on this forum with a lot of years of experience. Has anyone actually seen Peacocks shown successfully using tethers???????????? This just has me very curious now, I've never seen it.

 

[casportpony]

There are a lot of people on this forum with a lot of years of experience. Has anyone actually seen Peacocks shown successfully using tethers???????????? This just has me very curious now, I've never seen it.

Don't quote me on this, but I don't think there are peafowl classes at poultry shows.

-Kathy