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what to feed peacocks/what kind of housing should they havedo they have to be kept warm2007-11-24 17:26:37

I have a male and female peacocks,and I want to make sure I am doing the right thing by them.

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honey, im afraid that peacocks are not good for keeping as pets. you'd do better by setting them free in florida or something. try greece.

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peacocks are fine as pets. i actually have a lot of them and they are friendly enough that they will take food out of your hands. get them some grain feed. the stuff that you would feed like wild birds. they also love leftover bread and any other food like that. they need some where where it is warm and away from the rain. have it be a nice bushy nesty area. they originally nest in trees, so something along the lines of that. you can always look it up on google. well good luck!

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Ok first off, NEVER release captive wildlife into the wild as suggested by the other user. It's extremely detrimental to the ecosystem and in many cases, illegal. Aaaaanyways.

Unfortunately I don't know where you live so I don't know your climate, but if the peafowl are to be kept outside and it gets cold in the winter where you are (aka below 50 degrees F at night) you will need some sort of a heated night house for them, pretty much like a chicken coop.

As far as what to feed them, in the wild fowl such as peafowl, grouse, chickens, etc would largely eat things like seeds, fruit and insects, so you'll want to provide a diet similar to that. I would think (though you may want to do some searching online to confirm this) that feeding a commercial diet that is made for chickens/quail/grouse supplemented with fresh diced fruits and vegetables would be a decent diet for them.