AIBU to want a peacock?

[Velvetdarkness]

First post but I'm a long time lurker and know the etiquette is to explain if your first post is in Aibu, especially in the holidays.



I love peacocks (peafowl really I suppose). You only see them at stately homes or estates but I'd really like one.

I've been reading up on it and apparently they roam a bit hence not usually being in built up areas, but they come back home like cats do.

I think having a peacock would be amazing, and there are ways you can stop them screeching (not cruel ways). You can also buy a cock for £55, or £115 delivered. (Hens are more expensive.)

OH thinks I'm mostly joking and that next door's cats would kill it.

AIBU to be seriously considering this? I live in a town but it's a quiet road.

[OhGodWhatTheHellNow]

They're not noisy all the time, but enough if it, between them and the neighbours donkeys it sounds like the end of the world some days!

Still, I quite like the homicidal maniacs fowl, and the donkeys, despite the ruckus. And my cat would have a go, but would probably get a good pecking.

[Flumplet]

I don't reckon a cat could take down a peacock. That's not to say that some fucker might try to rob it. I say go for it. They're not noisy all the time. I'm jealous. And looking forward to seeing pics.

[HatePaperDoll]

I think they used to be a real delicacy centuries ago, but fell out of favour for some reason

Probably because by the time you'd plucked the fucker, you'd died of starvation.

[MrsUnderwood]

It's not all stately homes with peacocks. I knew someone in North London who had some in his small back garden- he lived in a ground floor flat. I bet he was popular with his neighbours.

[allthecarbs]

Yanbu I love peacocks!
Fell in love when we stayed in a lodge on a big stately home thing. We threw a piece of bread out and a peacock came running over to get it, then about 7 other peacocks came chasing after it. The first one dropped it and another picked it up and legged it, again they all went chasing. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen!

[ZippyNeedsFeeding]

I think they used to be a real delicacy centuries ago, but fell out of favour for some reason.

[ComputerUserNotTrained]

Are they tasty?

[acasualobserver]

Why not get one and, if doesn't work out, roast it?

[Cinnamoncookie]

I've done a few summers working on a seasonal project in a park that has them. Ridiculously loud, pecky, evil fuckers. We had to have supersoakers to get them to move.

[OhGodWhatTheHellNow]

My MIL has three, they just turned up, one by one, so clearly will piss off somewhere better if it suits them. They live with her chickens.

I believe they came from a colony in a nearby village - the rest met a mysterious end when somebody finally snapped .

[VanillaSugar]

Thank you. About the duck poo, I mean.

[molyholy]

leave the house fat fingers

[molyholy]

Sorry OP, not rtft, but no. Do not get a peacock. If I lived next door to one, I wouldn't lreave the hpuse. They are terrifying. We have them at one of our local parks which has a kind of zoo type thing. They follow you round with their evil eyes. I have a fear of anything with wings plus they are so noisy

[RedOnHerHedd]

Not unreasonable to want one at all. I want a polar bear but DH thinks I'm being unreasonable. He's the unreasonable one, they're so cute and cuddly!

[blinkowl]

These neighbours certainly aren't keen!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-28195226

[Flowerfae]

There is a peacock in the village my parents live at, he used to live in the castle nearby, got bored of the castle and moved to the village, he now struts around like he owns the place and gets fed by lots of different people (he has a name). He is quite noisy even if he is at the other side of the village, its not all the time though, but from what I gather they need quite a lot of space so couldn't just have one in the garden.. well not unless you have a really large garden and even then they don't stay put.

[NapQueen]

Love this thread!

[Fruitbat1980]

My parents neighbour has 3. Bloody nightmare always wandering off for days and screeching all night.
But a meerkat. Apparently they also tear up garden but don't screech. 😉

[ZippyNeedsFeeding]

I hatched quite a few peachicks a few years ago. they were really interesting- they hatch with some of their wing feathers already in place, and they can fly pretty much immediately. They are also very good for killing rodents (when bigger!).
They are noisy buggers and you can't just give them chicken feed and hope for the best, but the hatching eggs can go for up to a tenner each, much more if you have white peafowl.

[SpecialAgentFreyPie]

The Next Big Reality Show....

[HatePaperDoll]

I like the peacock wig on a more amenable bird. There are pheasants in the trees in my garden. I'll offer them up for a bit of peacock pimping.

Pimp my pheasant.

it'll save me running the fuckers over when they block the lane, apparently struggling to remember that they're avian and have the power of flight

[SpecialAgentFreyPie]

Whoever said they're attractive thugs pretty much summed it up
Still getting the giggles over the chicken raping

[zwellers]

How about this op a peacock pheasant. Easier to house and quieter

[MiddleClassProblem]

I once saw a programme about a family in the uk who had a pet wallaby. A FREEKING WALLABY! Like a house rabbit, just bigger

[Sagethyme]

Oops to slow at typing and just seen your update. Geese are great though!