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We've had a lot of strays show up here over the years. Nothing as fun as peafowl but still. We have several stray cats hanging around lately. One we've decided to call Creeper because it sits at a window on our back deck and stares at us through the window like an absolutely creepy stalker.
I do suspect the neighbors will hate us because of our bamboo...well, maybe not because of the bamboo specifically but it'll be one of the things on their list.
I don't particularly care. We bought our house primarily because of the 100+ acre forest next to us and had an agreement with the old man who owned it that he'd give us "first refusal" if he ever decided to sell. But then his kids put him in a home and sold the land to a timber company, who sold it to a developer. Now instead of looking at 100 yr old hardwood trees we have a big tacky house as the view from most of our windows. And neighbors from NJ. BUT, I worked with a bamboo grower who helped me pick bamboos that only shoot once a year. They may end up popping up all over the place but they're all edible bamboo species and any new shoots that we don't want can get harvested or stepped on. It shouldn't be as bad as the Golden Bamboo that can take over a backyard in a season. And I agree, Moso is a very cool bamboo! I can't resist petting the new Moso culms when I go out to check on them. They feel like velvet! We have some black bamboo and it's velvety too.
30 acres and I'm surrounded by woods but the neighbors dogs...I should be able to have my chickens free range but noooo. Night time should be my worry not broad daylight. If I had no neighbors dogs to worry about I would have a peacock and more free ranging ducks. They killed my last pekins. I love the sound peacocks make..hubby does not 
Now my phone is too outdated and the fun peafowl sound effect app isn't compatible anymore so no more peafowl calls for me. I kind of feel like the noise from peacocks wouldn't be as bad as my other "dream bird". I'm a total quackhead and have felt like my flock isn't complete because I don't have call ducks. I keep telling myself that I can't get any because they really are too loud. At least peacocks are only supposed to be extra loud during breeding season. My ducks are loud all year so I'd expect that call ducks are extra loud all year.
It was sooooo cute. My chickens are fenced and locked up at night too but they have a big fenced area..I'd love to have more pekins though..but that would require more fencing and another house..and I have turkeys (4 and 5 weeks)..chicken math
who would of thought I would have a 100 percent hatch rate my first go on turkey eggs (thank God). Actually sold some of those suckers and bought feed (and gas) with the cash.
Thankfully my chickens aren't as prolific breeders as the ducks are because my darn chickens pretty much only produce roosters.
After searching our area for PP pretty much all day, and talking to neighbors asking if they'd seen her, we found out that PP wasn't the only peahen that had gone wandering last week. One of our neighbors said they saw a peahen that looked like PP early last week, before PP found us. The peahen our neighbor saw had been hit by a car and was dead on the side of the road. Another one of our neighbors saw PP heading up the road in the direction where her "sister" had been killed. Sadly, the last time I saw peafowl in our area was about 10 yrs ago when a peacock had been hit by a car and left in the road. Apparently we have some terrible, heartless drivers around here.
duck babies are sooo cute. I loved watching mine swim in there little pool. And I loved the little noises they make...
