Hello
I have a free ranging peacock who recently lost his peahen mate. He is completely free range, he lived on the property before me. I feed him a bit but mostly he forages himself and then roosts in the trees at night.
I’m trying to decide whether to get him another peahen or a few peacocks as friends. My problem with getting a peahen is most of the ones I’ve found are still of laying age. I’m worried with a free range peahen that she won’t go to the trees with him at night if she has eggs to sit on and so am worried about predators. I am not in a position to maintain a pen and lock them up daily.
So my questions are
- what kind of nesting behaviour do peahens have? Woukd she leave eggs at night? If she has babies I’m guessing she will stay on the ground with them?
- can peacocks live happily together without peahens?
I have a free ranging peacock who recently lost his peahen mate. He is completely free range, he lived on the property before me. I feed him a bit but mostly he forages himself and then roosts in the trees at night.
I’m trying to decide whether to get him another peahen or a few peacocks as friends. My problem with getting a peahen is most of the ones I’ve found are still of laying age. I’m worried with a free range peahen that she won’t go to the trees with him at night if she has eggs to sit on and so am worried about predators. I am not in a position to maintain a pen and lock them up daily.
So my questions are
- what kind of nesting behaviour do peahens have? Woukd she leave eggs at night? If she has babies I’m guessing she will stay on the ground with them?
- can peacocks live happily together without peahens?
I have minimal experience with peafowl, but I think he would fight another male introduced to his territory. 
