We're down to two peachicks. 😕 One of the ones we waited so long to help didn't make it and two more got weaker and weaker until they died. Not sure why.
But the remaining two look great! They make a gentle cooing sound pretty much non-stop.
We set them up in a big tote in the garage right next to our latest batch of chicks. We're not sure how long we'll keep them around. It'll take a while before they make noise (if they're male), and it'd be fun to have some peacocks wandering the pasture, so we'll see.
If we clip their wings, they might stay where they can't do too much destruction.
The cats won't bother them once they're a certain size. Actually, I've noticed the cats avoid getting close to all the chickens. No doubt from past peckings... I recently witnessed a chicken peck a cat on the nose when it got too close!
Our oldest hen Dixie enjoys chasing the baloney treats my father-in-law brings over for the kittens. Speaking of kittens... One of the kittens died. Our neighbor found it partway up the driveway. It didn't look it had been run over, but that's probably what happened. We think it hitched a ride under a vehicle and fell off.
Another kitten made it all the way to a house at the opposite end of Siesta Hills. The homeowner knows we have cats, so she contacted us to see if we were missing a kitten. Did the kitten hitch a ride? Go too far on a hunting trip? We'll never know.
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