What Peacocks are eating?

Peacocks will, like barnyard chicken, snap flies from the air or pursue butterflies. The India peafowls are often given protection for religious and sentimental reasons across southern India, and in those areas it turns out to be tame. The tail grows in length as the peafowl's age proceeds. See what peacocks eat.

The peacock's display of its majestic train is portrayed in the ornithological literature as composed of extended tail coverts, fairly decayed with eyespots. Peacocks are often found in proximity to the human settlements which is primarily possible when they are unprovoked. When peacocks are pursued, they will disappear into the forest woods and avoids confrontation; their plumage offers a natural camouflage to keep them out of sight.

Both these peafowls are also known to hybridize in captivity, the offspring looking like the Indian parents. The green peafowls present black and turquoise outlook, with the whole plumage exhibiting metallic appearance. Although peahen displays brush-like crest but it surely lacks that sweeping train which males possess.

The length of the peacock measures around 7.5 feet (2.3 meters), including two-third of the tail. The peafowls are 6 - 7.5 feet (1.8 - 2.3 meters) in length, while peahens measure around 3 - 3.5 feet (0.9 - 1 meter). Nevertheless, the real beauty lies in its tail exhibiting greenish color which is mainly made up of elongated tail coverts.

The head, neck, and the breast of peacock displays a shiny blue description, relieved only by white blotches, painted above and below the eyes. The Indian peafowls have long been admired for being kept in captivity for more than 2,000 years ago. Of all these, green peafowl inhabits all along the farther east ranging from Myanmar (Burma) to Java.

Baby birds can be started on a starter mix if desired or need be. Expect the chicks to stay with their mother for at least 2 months. Unfortunately we cannot devocalize birds like we can dogs. The birds are noisier in the mating season.

If you are going to attempt to use the night enclosure method, we recommend that you accustom the birds to this exercise from the chick stage, if possible. By allowing them to eat what they can in 15-20 minutes twice a day, is usually a minimum amount for adequate food consumption (and keeps them hungry so they will want to return at night). These birds required a fairly large area to roam.

Raccoons still can open and destroy the hen houses and the peafowl eggs. We recommend that you have a tree where the birds can perch at night to be safe from most predators. The white, pied and the black winged (also called black shouldered) varieties are color variations of the Indian peafowl.

The blue peafowl originated in India and Sir Lanka. The sharp spurs of the males can be a problem. The Javanese, also called the green peafowl, originated in Java and Burma.

The Javanese (Pavo muticus) and the Indian (Pavo cristatus) are the more domesticated species.