it was quite cute, she seemed a little concerned

Hehehe, we own peafowl.  She felt the need to correct "peacock", "peacock" is the boy, "peahen" is the girl, "peachick" is the baby, "peafowl" is all of the above.  It was quite cute, she seemed a little concerned.  I assured her I knew the difference :)

I'm a physics engineer; today we got some PEACOCKS!!!


The sight of a feather in a peacock's tail, whenever I gaze at it, makes me sick! - Darwin, April 3, 1860


I might just start using P-Boy and P-Gurl for the hell of it. Makes them seem more urban and gangsta, sorta like T-dot, they're both blue and grazing in grassy fields right now.

This bird led Darwin to postulate a new type of natural selection: sexual selection. He assumed that the females must prefer males with the most beautiful tail feathers. Well, the internets sure try very hard to dispute this fact. Simply Google "What did Darwin learn from peacocks" and you are blasted with Christian websites about faith and how Tokyo researchers published something in 2008 saying this is a farce. You get a bunch of stuff like this:

The peacock’s spectacular fan-like tail,

complete with patterns that look like eyes,

 has all the hallmarks of having been designed—by

a Designer.

PEACOCKS!!!

Ok ok, the farm we are moving into in 6 DAYS used to house peacocks, there's even a faded sign on the barn with a peacock on it. There are pens inside the barn already setup for the birds complete with trees and everything. Why not get peacocks?


The two we are getting are two years old, not related, were raised by the current owners from chicks and are exactly what we are looking for.