Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Peacock Bird Food

The peacock is a very large bird known for its massive plume of colorful feathers. Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl as peahens, though peafowl of either sex are often referred to colloquially as "peacocks." The two Asiatic species are the blue or Indian peafowl originally of the Indian subcontinent , and the green peafowl of Southeast Asia; the one African species is the Congo peafowl , native only to the Congo Basin Male peafowl are known for their piercing calls and their extravagant plumage. 

Another hypothesis is sensory bias, in which females have a preference for a trait in a nonmating context that becomes transferred to mating. Once the breeding season begins, the males collect several females into their harem, and protect them from other males.

Small populations of feral peafowl (wild peafowl descended from domestic stock) live in parts of Hawaii, southern California, and Florida. If I correctly phrase the question to, "Can you eat the egg of a peahen?" well, then the answer is, "Of course you can!" Penelope the Peahen lays between 4 - 8 eggs each year and because we don't have a peacock, they are not fertile.

The Indian peafowl forages on the ground during the daytime, eating just about anything it can fit in its beak. Along with profit, people usually keep various types of birds for the purpose of producing fresh food. Green peafowl live in Southeast Asia, including China, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Java.

It wasn't my first rodeo with poultry though-here's some things you could do with older peacocks, or any birds really. Peafowl are large birds with males measuring up to 2.3 metres (7.5 feet) in length and females being smaller at 86 centimetres (34 inches) in length.

Their female counterparts are called peahens, and their babies are called peachicks. Peacocks suffer from the threat of a few predators such as dogs, tigers, cats, raccoons, and some medium-sized mammals. The IUCN classifies the conservation status of the Indian peacock as "least concern." The bird enjoys wide distribution across Southeast Asia, with a wild population over 100,000.
Females are peahens, and together, they are called peafowl. My mother had a covey of about 10 birds (males and females). During molting season, the males shed their train feathers and their grey quill feathers are more obvious. Peacocks will also eat seeds, grass, plants and flower petals and berries as part of their diet.

Male peacocks are known as peacocks and female peacocks are known as peahens (in a similar way to chickens and pheasants). Peacock feathers are used in many goods. If your feed supplier does not stock game food, feed your peafowl on turkey and duck food. In the wild peacocks eat fruit, berries, grains, small mammals, reptiles, small snakes and insects.

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