Should you own peafowl? The PROS and CONS of having peacocks on your farm
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 Published On Aug 28, 2021

So you want to own peafowl? There are a few things you should know.
Here is a link to our video on incubating peacocks!    • Incubating Peacock Eggs - Everything ...  

Here is a list of some of
The Positives:
Beautiful
Great Variety
Relatively easy and cheap to care for. Cat food for protein mixed with flock raiser
Weather Hardy
Curious
Keeping snakes away. They’ve be known to be used against cobras in india.

The Negatives:
Peacocks are loud
During mating season they have been known to attack their reflections in cars
Incubation: One of the harder types of birds to incubate
Fragile as young
Susceptible to diseases if mixed with chickens - blackhead disease
Dirty and smelly
Eggs and birds are expensive to purchase

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