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Peafowl in the Aviary When a Few Months Old only one brood per year. The hen may not utilize a prepared straw nest and eggs are often scattered around the pen so that only a few may actually be prop­ erly incubated. Chicks hatch in approxi­ mately 28 days, young start developing crests at one month ofage and wifl take on plumage resembling their mother Peafowl in the Aviary when a few months old. Males obtain ., color after their first year and will de­ by Nancy Vigran velop their full trains by three years of with Bernie Teunissen age. and Peter Frank Indian Peafowl do have a distinctive call, used when alarmed and during the courtship ritual. During the breeding season the call can be troublesome to neighbors and should be a considera­ otorious for their freedom to length including the train. tion before purchasing breeding stock. Nroam zoos, bird parks and ar­ In captivity, peafowl are usually kept Peafowl are not welcome, mainly for boretums, Indian Peafowl Pavo cris­ in pairs orone cock to two orthree hens. this reason, in most urban areas, and are tatusare often allowed the same privi­ The larger the pens the better, 12 ft. by60 betterkept in rural environments. leges in villages of their native India ft. is recommended, although they can Peafowl do not require an elaborate and Sri Lanka. Considered sacred in be kept in smaller areas, 24 ft. by 30 ft. diet. Some caretakers simply feed all­ much of their native habitat, they are Peafowls can be kept with other avian purpose poultry pellets. Breeders may protected and roam in small groups of species, but should be introduced at the add turkey-grow pellets or trout chow; one cock with two to five hens and same time and kept in a large enough greens and fruit add a relished variety to their offspring. But in other areas they t1ight to allow for individual territories, their diet. Some breeders have found are hunted for their iridescent, elon­ nesting sites and feeding areas. Some that young left with their mothers have a gated tail plumes as well as for food breeders allow their peafowl to run faster growth rate than those raised in ar­ and there they have developed an freely on their property. Peafowl nor­ tificial brooders, although when fed aversion for civilization. mally won't wander too far from food equivalent diets they seem to manage to Peafowl rarely take a t1ight, but often and water, but can be a nuisance to develop to the samematurity. choose to run ti-om danger. The courting neighbors if they t1y overthe fence. India Peafowl are bred in many mu­ dance ofpeacocks to their hens is com­ The peafowl group should be estab­ tations including the black-shouldered, monly recognized. The cock raises his lished at a fairly young age, prior to sex­ albinos, pieds, cameos and lavenders. upper tail coverts into a quivering fan, ual maturity oftwo to three years ofage Most peafowl mutations are recessive, framing himself. The 14-inch tail other­ and introduced to a pen together. It is but the cameo is the one confirmed sex­ wise trails behind him, much like a difficult to add more birds to the group linked mutation. Strikingly different bride's train. The brown-mottled-col­ later, although offspring are accepted from the original peafowl in coloration, ored hens are rather plain compared to into the group. the cameois a chocolate-milk brown. their sparkling blue and green clad Hens may pick anywhere in the pen Java Peafowl Pavo m. muticus are mates, but both sexes have a delicate, to lay theirfive to seven, cream-colored larger, stouter birds, and are much more erectile crest. Hens are relatively small, eggs. If the eggs are removed for artifi­ rare in captivity. 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