Rural Gardening: I have a new peacock!, 0 by terri_emory

terri_emory wrote:
Very pretty, dessaree! Congrats on your new addition. I hope you get some very pretty babies from him!

I know that some people are turned off by the noise peacocks can make, but by two peacocks are very quiet in comparison to others, with the female making the most noise. My male, Mr. Chicken, just seems to go about doing his own thing. He doesn't really call much at all. There seems to be another male peacock somewhere off in the distance who makes alot of noice, and Mr. Chicken will occasionally answer. But not much. We think he is going for a Rat Pack, jazzy cool kind of a vibe. He has his own routine, he swings on this swing, is pleased with Mrs. Chicken--who pointedly ignores him--and is now happy that the evil hen is not pulling out his tail feathers any more. We find the female to be developing her own personality now. She is starting to be a little comedienne and honks like a hoarse bugle. Mr. Chicken will let out an alarm call, but seemingly only for coyotes. They really are in my flock because they make me happy! And I guess they a weird because they don't make much noise.

Here is Mr. Chicken with what is left of this tail feathers.