To cage or free range

[zazouse]

What kind of wire is that on the sides? it looks a bit thin and it is welded not knoted, if you can bend it with your hands a coon or canine can break into it, i use hardware cloth over my chain link pens for the first 32 inches then i cover the rest with chicken wire, this keeps snakes out and a dog or coon is not able to grab the inter links and tear them apart

Of course if you have dogs on patrol like i do it won't be an issue.

 

[jjpeacock]

There are 2 roosts under the covered area. One is about 4.5 feet. The other is 6 ft. Inside the covered area the ceiling is 12 ft tall. Then there is a third one which is outside. It is also around 6 ft. AND So Far THAT Is where they have been sleeping. It is 14 gage wire, but I think I'll ad the small stuff around the bottom like in your picture.

 

[zazouse]

Mine are not penned unless they are real small but i noticed that when my peas root high in the trees and it takes about 3 feet flying out for every foot they are up in the tree, say you peacock has a train and he is 6 feet up on a roost ..to clear that roost with his train and land safely he needs around 18 feet, this is why i question how far the bolders were from the landing area and how high your roost were.

 

[jjpeacock]

I have a couple questions for the experts out there

I'm interested in planting a Trumpet Creeper on one end of my aviary and am wondering if it will harm the peafowl if they munch a few? Also, my peahen keeps eating/biting off the Peacocks top feathers on his head. Any Ideas why &/or what to do about that? Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[DylansMom]

I have a couple questions for the experts out there

I'm interested in planting a Trumpet Creeper on one end of my aviary and am wondering if it will harm the peafowl if they munch a few? Also, my peahen keeps eating/biting off the Peacocks top feathers on his head. Any Ideas why &/or what to do about that? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Not sure what a trumpet creeper is, if it's a trumpet vine like this it should be okay. I have them all over and the Peas don't really seem to bother with them.


As far as the crest picking goes, there really is nothing you can do. That is where the term "hen Pecked" comes from, sometimes the males will just bow their head and let the girls give them a buzz cut. My Fred has never had a crest!

 

[casportpony]

He's handsome!

-Kathy

 

[jjpeacock]

Thanks so much for your response. That's the same vine. Thought it would look pretty on windy side and give them a little more shelter. And now I know, my young man (as yet unnamed) must prefer the 'buzz' cut

. Fred is defiantly handsome. I'm so hoping mine will be a green one as his mother has produced both blue & green ones. Thanks again for your help.

 

[jjpeacock]

I currently just have 1 peahen with my peacock. Would he like having another girl around? Would she? Or do birds think that way?

 

[DylansMom]

I currently just have 1 peahen with my peacock. Would he like having another girl around? Would she? Or do birds think that way?

He would love another hen, her........not so much. The hens will have to jostle for position in the pecking order, one will end up dominant and the other will be low bird. If they appear happy as they are, there is no real reason to add another unless you want to. I have several pairs that are quite bonded and are content with just each other.

 

[MinxFox]

Thanks so much for your response. That's the same vine. Thought it would look pretty on windy side and give them a little more shelter. And now I know, my young man (as yet unnamed) must prefer the 'buzz' cut

. Fred is defiantly handsome. I'm so hoping mine will be a green one as his mother has produced both blue & green ones. Thanks again for your help.

I just wanted to clear something up. If the mother produces blue and green peafowl that means the green peafowl are not greens they are spaldings (a spalding is a hybrid cross between any blue peafowl variety and any green peafowl subspecies). So the peahen is either a spalding herself and that means all of her offspring are spaldings just showing different coloration (Some spaldings are greener looking than others even in between brothers and sisters) or the peacock is a spalding, etc.

I just had to say something to prevent any confusion because DylansMom's bird Fred is a green which is different from a spalding and sometimes you find people selling spaldings as pure greens because they A) want more money and don't think the buyer will know the difference, B) They don't know what they have or C) They were originally sold the wrong thing and so just keep selling it as what they were originally told. This creates a lot of work for the buyer because you have to be able to know the difference for yourself and you have to do a lot of searching for someone who knows what they are talking about. So I am not sure what you meant, and I am not getting on you for anything, but I just want to try and clear up this misconception.