Are peacocks and Rheas good pets?
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just a hyperthetical query as to keeping pets like this... Blame this thread:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
If I had a huge garden (a few acres) I thought it would be interesting to keep birds like this wandering around the garden instead of dogs... they look beautiful and are very good at keeping pikeys out...
http://www.birdtrader.co.uk/birds/zoobirds-for-sal...
They dont see that expensive and surely (other then the noise) they would be quite a nice feature?
Or are the satan in the form of a bird and should be left well alone
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
If I had a huge garden (a few acres) I thought it would be interesting to keep birds like this wandering around the garden instead of dogs... they look beautiful and are very good at keeping pikeys out...
http://www.birdtrader.co.uk/birds/zoobirds-for-sal...
They dont see that expensive and surely (other then the noise) they would be quite a nice feature?
Or are the satan in the form of a bird and should be left well alone
I used to work in a pet shop where they kept a peahen and peacock, they were pretty easy to feed, didn't need any specialist seed. And even more than ten years later the peahen still recognises me and comes up to the wire for some peanuts!
They are pretty big animals and could be quite a bit of trouble if they wanted to be but overall I had no worries being in an enclosed space with them as well as other birds.
I like them and would have some if I could, you can squawk back at them and they'll "talk" to you, if you feed them with peanuts from the hand theyll love you forever!
They are pretty big animals and could be quite a bit of trouble if they wanted to be but overall I had no worries being in an enclosed space with them as well as other birds.
I like them and would have some if I could, you can squawk back at them and they'll "talk" to you, if you feed them with peanuts from the hand theyll love you forever!
Google [bot] said:
I think the posters in both threads are largely unaware or downplaying the sheer level of noise peacock's make. They are beautiful but don't think the sound that comes out of them is not astonishing.
Ha ha! Oh man...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKx58Tftl0Y&fea...
Galsia said:
How do you stop them from flying away? Do they ever get mauled by foxes or anything?
They need somewhere raised to sleep. The comment about them attacking reflections/cars is true too!
These guys the best we found when looking for information http://www.browfarm.co.uk/hens_ducks_peafowl/peafo... that should answer all of your questions.
Famous Graham said:
Don't polish your car too much.
Peacocks can get a bit aggressive towards interlopers and some poor sod on the S2000 forum had the side of his scratched to buggery when a peacock had a go at his reflection
I have seen a few cars damaged by peacocks, just as above. I wouldn't have any just for this reason.Peacocks can get a bit aggressive towards interlopers and some poor sod on the S2000 forum had the side of his scratched to buggery when a peacock had a go at his reflection
Do foxes get them? We seemed to be riddled with foxes at the moment.
Google [bot] said:
I think the posters in both threads are largely unaware or downplaying the sheer level of noise peacock's make. They are beautiful but don't think the sound that comes out of them is not astonishing.
True enough. The male pheasant around here are bad enough, they can yell for England.When I bought my house almost 15 years ago, it came with a white peacock, "Mr. P". He was very easy to look after, friendly and would give us an immediate warning if anyone came up our drive. He didn't damage our cars.
So far so good. However, he did make a horrible racket, shat everywhere and pecked at the plants.
When a fox finally got him after about three years, we looked to replace him. What you find is that peacocks are free to good home because they annoy people and they generally want rid of them. However, they were free on the basis that you come along and catch them - they are a bugger to catch. Finally when you have them, they won't necessarily stay. Mr P was actually our neighbours but he liked our garden better.
After a couple of months we gave up.
So far so good. However, he did make a horrible racket, shat everywhere and pecked at the plants.
When a fox finally got him after about three years, we looked to replace him. What you find is that peacocks are free to good home because they annoy people and they generally want rid of them. However, they were free on the basis that you come along and catch them - they are a bugger to catch. Finally when you have them, they won't necessarily stay. Mr P was actually our neighbours but he liked our garden better.
After a couple of months we gave up.
bonsai said:
I define a pet as something that will recognise and like its owner.
I doubt those birds do this, so therefore they will make s
te pets.
You are quite wrong.I doubt those birds do this, so therefore they will make s
te pets.I have a number of pheasant who come to my garden for breakfast, and they recognise me to the extent that when they see me in the garden they come running up to the house. They also (if they are here before I am up) will sit on the wall outside our utility room and when they see me come into the utility room then they move off the wall to the area of lawn where I feed them. One of the males will also stand on the lawn, flap his wings and yell his head off - this is if I haven't fed them yet in the morning. Once the food goes out, he shuts up and struts around watching the females eat.
I know it is ME they identify because when other people (including my OH) are in the garden they don't come running over.
Jasandjules said:
bonsai said:
I define a pet as something that will recognise and like its owner.
I doubt those birds do this, so therefore they will make ste pets.
You are quite wrong.I doubt those birds do this, so therefore they will make s
te pets.I have a number of pheasant who come to my garden for breakfast, and they recognise me to the extent that when they see me in the garden they come running up to the house. They also (if they are here before I am up) will sit on the wall outside our utility room and when they see me come into the utility room then they move off the wall to the area of lawn where I feed them. One of the males will also stand on the lawn, flap his wings and yell his head off - this is if I haven't fed them yet in the morning. Once the food goes out, he shuts up and struts around watching the females eat.
I know it is ME they identify because when other people (including my OH) are in the garden they don't come running over.
I did think about wanting peacocks (my mums neighbour had some) but came to the conclusion it was something extra to look after and they do make a hell of a din.
Edited by markh1 on Wednesday 23 June 15:41
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