Spoke to a women today who keeps 27 ducks 25 females 2 males
For God's sake don't let peacocks loose!Peacocks might be a more attractive proposition
a rifle fired out foxing at night would set off the nearest roosting peacock, then the cry would be taken up successively by every other roosting peacock until the whole estate was in an uproar of Maayo Maayo
I hear they are quite tasty, never had the chance to find out, but a young lad in the next village shot one out of the oak in the grounds of a care home and said it was lovely tucker...For God's sake don't let peacocks loose!
Headkeeper friend of mine,many years ago now,was asked by the boss to incubate and rear a few " to beatify the estate".
Fast forward maybe 5 years, they drove the boss nuts
It got so bad that on a designated night, carefully chosen for ideal weather conditions, the headkeeper,2 under keeper, myself and my under keeper all took to the woods with 22's and a pocketful of subsonic rounds.
We ended the night with nearly 40 of the damned things,the only employer sanctioned shooting birds off the roost that I've heard of
RIP Vince Westmoreland, the craziest headkeeper I ever knew.
Tell your local taxidermist you've got one, you may be surprised at what you're offered for it
Flytying folk also use peacock herl (which is the tail feathers) for various "nymphs".Tell your local taxidermist you've got one, you may be surprised at what you're offered for it
Trim flight feathers,15 seconds a wing.
