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| Nicholas |
 Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 11:46 am |
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I have been thinking about getting a few peafowl. I mentioned this to a
neighbor (who also has a hobby flock) and he said that peafowl are a
pain in the rear. His main complaint was that they liked to sit either
on his door step or on the hood of his new truck.
Anyone have any thoughts of peafowl? Would they get along with my ducks
and chickens? Are they susceptible to disease and needy of special care?
I wonder if Storey's has written a Guild to Raising Peafowl? <grin>
Thanks,
Nicholas |
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| Jill |
| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:21 pm |
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Nicholas wrote:
Quote: I have been thinking about getting a few peafowl. I mentioned this
to a neighbor (who also has a hobby flock) and he said that peafowl
are a pain in the rear. His main complaint was that they liked to
sit either on his door step or on the hood of his new truck.
Anyone have any thoughts of peafowl? Would they get along with my
ducks and chickens? Are they susceptible to disease and needy of
special care?
I wonder if Storey's has written a Guild to Raising Peafowl? <grin
Thanks,
Nicholas
They eat EVERYTHING !!!!!
They are noisy
They sit on your house at night
They make lousy mothers
They are beautiful
We don't have any but friends do
!!!
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regards
Jill Bowis
Pure bred utility chickens and ducks
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| Grizzly |
| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 7:07 am |
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Nicholas wrote:
Quote: I have been thinking about getting a few peafowl. I mentioned this to a
neighbor (who also has a hobby flock) and he said that peafowl are a
pain in the rear. His main complaint was that they liked to sit either
on his door step or on the hood of his new truck.
Anyone have any thoughts of peafowl? Would they get along with my ducks
and chickens? Are they susceptible to disease and needy of special care?
I wonder if Storey's has written a Guild to Raising Peafowl? <grin
Thanks,
Nicholas
I love my peafowl, and they free range my property. yes they love to
sit on the deck and watch the people in the house. Yes they roost on
the truck, but then a farmer shouldn't keep a truck in such pristine
condition that they are bothered by a few scratches. Besides, the money
spent of truck payments could be better spent on improvements around the
farm. The only thing bothersome about the peas is that they can be
noisy during breeding season, and they will raise an alarm virtually any
time of the day or night if something bothers them. Even that is
something you get used to. They fly up on the roof of the house and
knock on the bedroom window if you fail to wake up at around 5 AM to
throw them some catfood, but other than that they are truly magnificent
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| shiver |
| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:13 pm |
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Quote: They fly up on the roof of the house and
knock on the bedroom window if you fail to wake up at around 5 AM to
throw them some catfood, but other than that they are truly magnificent
birds.
Now that would be a sight to see. |
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| a_l_p |
| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 4:24 pm |
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shiver wrote:
Quote: They fly up on the roof of the house and
knock on the bedroom window if you fail to wake up at around 5 AM to
throw them some catfood, but other than that they are truly magnificent
birds.
Now that would be a sight to see.
You'd think they'd get discouraged eventually, being bombarded by catfood tins
every day. Do you get many direct hits?
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| Nicholas |
| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 9:29 pm |
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Grizzly wrote:
Quote: I love my peafowl, and they free range my property. yes they love to
sit on the deck and watch the people in the house. Yes they roost on
the truck, but then a farmer shouldn't keep a truck in such pristine
condition that they are bothered by a few scratches. Besides, the money
spent of truck payments could be better spent on improvements around the
farm. The only thing bothersome about the peas is that they can be
noisy during breeding season, and they will raise an alarm virtually any
time of the day or night if something bothers them. Even that is
something you get used to. They fly up on the roof of the house and
knock on the bedroom window if you fail to wake up at around 5 AM to
throw them some catfood, but other than that they are truly magnificent
birds.
I am going to have to rethink this since Jill said they eat EVERYTHING,
and are such early risers. I don't wake up until 6 AM myself, and I
have enough trouble keeping my duckies out the cabbage!
Thanks,
Nicholas |
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