[afraidfortherepublic]

The peacock wing is pretty hurtful too when arroused, and their beaks are sharp. Also they scream soumething that sounds like "Rape" all the time when intruders come around.

[Xenalyte]

Buddy of mine who grew up in Memorial (a very tony part of Houston) had peacocks wandering near his house.

The first time I heard one of them shriek, I almost jumped out of my skin. Scared the hell outa me! He'd been in that house all this life, and he said he was in his early teens before he got used to 'em.

[capt. norm]

My wife and I were dumb enough to raise three peacocks. We bought them as chicks but were warned that they were finicky eaters and had a bad chick survival rate.

In one of my few plans that worked out, I bought some baby mallard ducks at the same time and raised the picky eaters (peacocks) with the glutton mallards and it worked perfectly.

We didn't find out until they got full-size that they would go up in the trees at night and make horror-movie-quality screams at night until it was almost too late.

They were excellent pets though. The male was a real exhibitionist and would put on his show at the drop of a hat.