Living with Peafowl

Here are some helpful tips gathered from friends and neighbors. We cannot guarantee that this will solve all of your peafowl issues but hopefully it will help.

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Peafowl Plant Likes & Dislikes

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Amaryllis Any young tender plants Begonias Broccoli Brussel Sprouts Cabbage California Poppies Cauliflower Chive Holly Berries Impatiens Kale Kohlrabi Lettuce Nasturtiums Petunias Primrose Stock Sunflower Seeds Sweet Alyssum Tomatoes Watery stalk-type plants Young Spinach		Azaleas Baby's Breath Bee Balm Bird of Paradise Blazing Star Liatris Bougainvillea Butterfly Plant Cactus Carnellia Clivia Columbine Ferns Fuchsia Gaillardia Gardenias Geraniums Giant Columbine Gladiolus Gloriosa Daisy Hardy Lavender Hibiscus Ivy Jade Lavender Mint Mums Painted Daisy Peonies Phlox Pink Lady (bush) Plumbago Poinsettia Roses Shasta Daisy Snap Dragons Sunburst Coreopsis Sweet William Weigelia

Peafowl Myths & Facts

Myth		Fact
Peafowl have 20 peachicks each year.		Peafowl have normally up to 5 chicks each year. And of these 5, only 1 or 2 are still alive after a few months.
Peafowl squawk all night long throughout the year.		Peafowl usually squawk to warn each other of danger and during mating season to attract a mate. There is no telling when danger may approach but we do know that mating season lasts around May to June. During this time (1-2 months) peafowl do squawk at night.

Other Tips for Living with Peafowl

If peafowl are getting into your garden there is an easy thing you can do to keep them away. One is to use fake chickens such as those at Michael's arts & crafts store. They look real enough to deter most peafowl. When they start to wear out just replace them for about $10 each.
Note: This will work until the peafowl get used to the chicken. Occasionally move them around to different locations.

One relatively simple way to keep peafowl away form an area is to set up a motion sensitive sprinkler. When the bird comes close the sprinkler turns on. This will train them to avoid the area.

If you are one of the few that just can't sleep through peafowl noise at night, try sleeping with an air cleaner in your room. Not only will the sound be masked by white noise but your air will be cleaner too!

Spread some red pepper flakes around your garden. You won't see them but one taste will send peafowl someplace else.