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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 314814" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>This is the first year in over 25 years that we do not have peafowl. We sold offspring or ate them. Real tough no matter how young you eat them - I boil them & make dumplings.</p><p>Yes, they are noisy, especially during spring. Male screams and sounds like a child or women yelling "help me" "help me". Can be heard for a mile around.</p><p>Yes, they will get on your truck, and they have LONG claws - deffinately will scratch especially if you "shoo' them off. The males LOVE to look at themselves in anything that will reflect. You ever hear of the expression "proud as a peacock" - well it's true. We always kept an old mirror propped up against a tree, he would spend hours prancing in front of it - or flogging it - thinking it was a competitor!</p><p>They LOVE colorfull things to eat - like your flowers & tomatoes. You can't FENCE them out, although mine would stay out of a string about 12 inches high. thought it was HOT.</p><p>Yes, they FLY. They don't like to really get up & fly, but they have been seen (all 5 foot tails & all) going over the top of the woods.</p><p>Yes, they roam a great distance - better have friendly neighbors within 1 mile.</p><p>Yes, they can be hard to teach "this is home". I sold many pairs that went wild with the turkeys.</p><p>Also, have had guineas - many of them. Very noisy as "watchdogs". Never was able to keep for long, coyotes would kill them pretty regular. Only time they would kill Peahens would be when they were nesting.</p><p>Peahens always raised their chicks. Guineas NEVER did. Chicks were way too fagile for our heavy dew each morning.</p><p>Can't say if they kill snakes - we have very few, although some. NEVER saw them after a snake (peafowl or guineas)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 314814, member: 968"] This is the first year in over 25 years that we do not have peafowl. We sold offspring or ate them. Real tough no matter how young you eat them - I boil them & make dumplings. Yes, they are noisy, especially during spring. Male screams and sounds like a child or women yelling "help me" "help me". Can be heard for a mile around. Yes, they will get on your truck, and they have LONG claws - deffinately will scratch especially if you "shoo' them off. The males LOVE to look at themselves in anything that will reflect. You ever hear of the expression "proud as a peacock" - well it's true. We always kept an old mirror propped up against a tree, he would spend hours prancing in front of it - or flogging it - thinking it was a competitor! They LOVE colorfull things to eat - like your flowers & tomatoes. You can't FENCE them out, although mine would stay out of a string about 12 inches high. thought it was HOT. Yes, they FLY. They don't like to really get up & fly, but they have been seen (all 5 foot tails & all) going over the top of the woods. Yes, they roam a great distance - better have friendly neighbors within 1 mile. Yes, they can be hard to teach "this is home". I sold many pairs that went wild with the turkeys. Also, have had guineas - many of them. Very noisy as "watchdogs". Never was able to keep for long, coyotes would kill them pretty regular. Only time they would kill Peahens would be when they were nesting. Peahens always raised their chicks. Guineas NEVER did. Chicks were way too fagile for our heavy dew each morning. Can't say if they kill snakes - we have very few, although some. NEVER saw them after a snake (peafowl or guineas) [/QUOTE]
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