peacock?
Thing has decided to nest under a bush in my tiny garden. Nice pet you may think… however, it will die if my dog comes to stay and goes outside for a wee. The dog knows it’s there so will not settle in the house. (Dog only stays with me once a week or so).
RSPCA advice is to “keep the dog away” Yeah cheers. and put a card up in the local shop as they are usually privately owned. Nice one. “It’s my peacock” “I need to check – what does it look like?” yeah, that’ll work.
Any better advice gratefully received!

I’ve been out to check. All 12 of mine are safely roaming the grounds. Thanks for the heads up though.

I’m told they taste like turkey and would keep in the freezer until christmas

They taste delicious. What are you waiting for?

I hear the sound they make is quite haunting, ethereal and loud.

You’ll find out tonight.

Know anyone who’d gut and pluck a peacock?

RSPCA also said you can deter it by making no food available… so do they eat overgrown grass and uncared for bushes then? Cos that’s all that is in my bloody garden.

Oh I’ve heard the noise – last time the dog chased it. It’s like a loud gooses honk with a strange echo at the end. Not the EEeeAOW! (sp) we used to hear at Leigh Park gardens in the 70s 😆

The eat Dogs..

Just sayin’

Know anyone who’d gut and pluck a peacock?

You, around 3.15am tomorrow morning

The(y) eat Dogs.

Lol. My dog is a bloody savage when it comes to birds. 8)

Know anyone who’d gut and pluck a peacock?

Do you really care if it is the rightful owner who comes to claim it?
They are very noisy so may have been abandoned.
If the dog is regularly around (on its lead) will the peacock not move on by itself?
Local facebook group seems to be full of dog and cat found wandering the streets posts. Assume you will have something similar in your area – at least a peacock would add interest!

Lol. My dog is a bloody savage when it comes to birds

Oh well you’ve answered your own question then

You sure it’s not just a big duck? Even more delicious!

Show it a yellow card.

I believe that’s customary for a fowl.

Peacock was always scared of Mrs Slocombe’s pussy.

Local facebook group…

Good call. RSPCA obviously not aware of the internet age!

If the dog is regularly around (on its lead) will the peacock not move on by itself?

Use the dog to scare it off you mean? Well, yeah, but it came back after she chased it last time. And the dog not settling is a big problem.
Just need rid of the stupid bird!

Protected species ??

Could be, be careful before you neck it..

The peafowl umbrella covers three species: green peafowl (Pavo muticus), Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) and Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis). The males of these pheasants are well-known as peacocks; the females are called peahens. Green peafowl are the only endangered species.

Nice one Percy 😥

Nice one Percy

Thanks Debz

The males of these pheasants

It’s from the pheasant species?! No wonder the dog went nuts.

Thanks Debz
Pleasure 😉

Know anyone who’d gut and pluck a peacock?

I think it takes fourteen people and they all need to be pleasant.

It’s from the pheasant species?!

It’s just a chicken with PR.

RSPB?

RSPB?

Looked at the website – they’re more about conservation.
There is a forum, so may join up and post a similar question.
Gonna put a lost & found on Facebook too.

Obvz is obvz but they normally frequent large open grassland estates, have you a “Land Owner” nearby ?
Posting it on FB will no doubt lead to all sorts of nut jobs coming around and claiming it’s theirs.. no?

RSPCA advice is to “keep the dog away”

Look forward to repeated ‘You called the RSPCA recently, would you like to donate’ calls over the coming weeks

have you a “Land Owner” nearby

Nope.
Leigh Park Gardens mentioned earlier, is fairly close, but there’s a motorway between there and my house. Maybe I should shove it in a sack, take it to the fields across the motorway and free it..!

We had some locally which had gone feral and were breeding. I quite liked them but several neighbours thought they were a nuisance so they were rounded up and sent somewhere “safe”.

I still hear one now and then though but it doesn’t visit.

I hate them. The noise terrified me as a kid.
Would love to eat one though.

There was a large brown spotted egg shell on the lawn yesterday too… nothing in it (except a small slug).
Just googled, and it was a peacock egg. 😯

You’re sure it’s not a Phoenix?

Do you live near Hogwarts?

Is it a cockwomble?

Their excrement is foul smelling too – reminiscent of cat / fox

Just shove it in a big jiffy bag and post it to Blenheim Palace.

IANAMOTRSPCAOTRSPB

Ring the RSPCA and tell them it’s a Cat.

They will come out…bitch at you because its a Peacock.

Insist you thought it was a Cat…..they will then take it away.

It’s there job, they beg enough.

PS Had this problem with a ferret, should of said it was a Cat.

Ring the RSPCA and tell them it’s a Cat.

“Hello, RSPCA. Can I help you?”

“Yes, there’s a CAT in my garden!”

brrrr

“Hello? Hello?”

” Hi, Is that the RSPCA? …..Yeah, there’s this stray cat in my garden…..It looks lost and hungry…….well, it’s laid an egg and is just flapping it’s wings and honking like a goose……hello?……hello?”

Take the dog out there on the lead, that’ll scare the hell out of the peacock. Do it enough and he won’t come back

My parents used to have a peacock come into there garden every now and then. If I went over with my lab the peacock would take off and land on the house roof or something. It wasn’t the most graceful of flyers. Used to come in every day for a while, then just stopped. Random

I’d ring Britain’s Got Talent, cos if a PeaCOCK has laid an egg then you’re on to a winner 😉

You anywhere near me? It’s my turn to cook.