Wild Michigan Peacocks

[Scorcher214]

Okay so there are no native peacocks in Michigan (At least that nobody knows of). But about a month ago I was talking to my aunt and uncle while boating and they were telling everybody about their peacock. A peacock had wandered into their yard, and decided to make it his home. I'm thinking he was attracted to the turkey feeder. He's been there since about the 4th. He is always around, whether wandering around the backyard or chilling on the front porch. They feed him mainly bird feed, with the occasional banana. I finally got to see him today while doing some work at their house. I found out he likes to play too. They have a cat and some cat toys and the one that he likes the most is a stick with a colorful string on the end. He'll watch you twirl it and peck at the glass and follow it around. At night he sleeps on the roof to get away from coyotes and any other possible predator. A really beautiful bird and just crazy that it wandered into their yard out of nowhere. From the way it looks, he is there to stay.

They are not sure how old he is but from the size of his plumage they think he is the equivalent of a teenager. Also, his name is Kevin, like the bird from UP.

[Lund Explorer]

Not native, but could be well on the way to being feral. He most likely escaped from his owner and has found a place he likes. If he is still around in the spring mating season, tell us how your Aunt/Uncle like his crowing. The ones I've heard are loud.

By the way, can you imagine the tails you could make for a Pop-R with his help?

[clayton86]

Not native, but could be well on the way to being feral. He most likely escaped from his owner and has found a place he likes. If he is still around in the spring mating season, tell us how your Aunt/Uncle like his crowing. The ones I've heard are loud.

By the way, can you imagine the tails you could make for a Pop-R with his help?

there crazy loud and annoying lol we have a bunch in my home town that have escaped and are now "wild" the guy that raises/breeds them lives across from on of my good friends growing up we can hear them when out at his pond fishing. His neighbor is the only one in town with them but they have been spotted regularly on the other side of town heading out of the county a good 20miles from the guys house there all over we see them when out hunting and fishing its pretty crazy.

[ww2farmer]

We used to have about a dozen of them on the farm, the kept unwanted flying birds like starlings, pigons, etc....who's crap carried alot of bad stuff for the cows in it away. We got rid of the cows 8 years ago, pea-fowl shortly after. They are very loud, but interesting to watch. The hens are very plain, either just white or grey, the males co exist, except during mating season, then they fight all the time. We used to sell the chicks, unles we were running low on birds and needed some more, one year nobody seemed to want any, so going into the winter we had like 35 of them running around, but that must have been too crowded for them , some took off and never came back. They always slept on the roof of the barn, or in the rafters, unless the hens were guarding chicks. Let me tell you.... a barn cat vs a mother pea hen = bad news for the cat. We never fed them, they just ate whatever, but being a farm, there was plenty of "whatever" they wanted to eat around. Two of them stand out that I can remember, we had a one legged one that my wife rescued from the mouth of a fox when it was a chick, named peggy, she was as friendly as a cat, and liked to sit on my shoulder and eat from my hand. The other was a rouge male that developed a hatred for his own reflection, he would jump up on the hood of a car/truck/tractor, and fight with the reflection of himself in the windshield. He had to go..............he also tasted just like turkey.

[GLADES]

It looks like someone dressed up in a peacock costume...lol

[Sam]

You may want to post an ad in the lost and found about finding the bird. It belongs to someone.

We have them in our neighborhood. Very pretty birds. The owner lives about 1.5 miles from us and we see them as we leave our neighborhood.

Did you know that peacocks were used at Jackie Kennedy's farm where she grew up? There are some great photos of her, Jack and John at the farm.

Seems peacocks hate snakes and rodents and they will kill them on sight.

The peacocks were at the barn and stable.

Just thought you all would enjoy some history.

[NoBassPro]

I'd call the DNR and see what the rules are on hunting them. Supply a meal and keep me in fly tying supplies for awhile.