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Marcus. -> A Peacock for a Pet? (5/9/2008 3:20:47 PM)

PORT BYRON, Illinios -- When you think of people's pets...you think of dogs, cats, fish...maybe even a bird. But one Port Byron couple has a pet bird that's anything but traditional...and it's got the town talking. If you listen very carefully outside of Donna and Bob Wilson's home...you may just hear the strange sound of their pet defending his territory. "(squawk) There he is. In the spring he does it a lot. They had him on the radio the other day...squawking," says Donna. The squawking star is, Oscar, a wild peacock who stopped roaming and made his home in the Wilson's bird sanctuary 4 years ago.

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ta_mosquito -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/9/2008 3:25:56 PM)

So... he's outside?

Big deal. My parents' neighbors have peacocks, too.

Now, there was a story about a couple that had a miniature HORSE as an indoor pet. No joke.

Then, of course, there are the stories of pet pigs...



Marcus. -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/9/2008 3:33:07 PM)

Have you seen folks who keep squirrels?



Jhud -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/9/2008 4:25:12 PM)

Domesticated peacocks are more common than I think most people realize.



Marcus. -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/9/2008 4:28:49 PM)

We had a neighbor who had one when I was young. Those birds are incredibly loud.



Jhud -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/9/2008 4:33:01 PM)

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We had a neighbor who had one when I was young. Those birds are incredibly loud.


Our neighbor has chickens; I think I might be perturbed if they had a peacock.



Marcus. -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/9/2008 4:38:31 PM)

The neighbor with the peacock was a half mile away but when the bird started calling it sounded like a woman making blood curdling screams.



stellaluna -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/10/2008 10:59:05 AM)

There are a few peacocks running around our city. They're quite annoying.



Ps103 -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/10/2008 11:57:24 AM)

And the big scoops of soft-serve they leave behind are really slick[&:]



OneOfHisJewels -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/10/2008 12:00:57 PM)

I live in a relatively small city (50,000), that, while growing, still has quite a bit of farm and country surrounding it. Quite a few people have peacocks. I honestly don't see the big deal.



colliefan -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/10/2008 3:29:23 PM)

To have a peacock, one must of necessity have a peahen.



Marcus. -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/10/2008 4:25:58 PM)

I lived in rural areas before but peacocks were a rarity.



CherishedbyGod -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/10/2008 7:22:12 PM)

Peacocks are a pain - they are so noisy.

I had a wild turkey in my yard a few years ago[8D]



WhiteRoseBlessings -> RE: A Peacock for a Pet? (5/10/2008 11:47:05 PM)

Well, I, for one, am going to side with the peacocks. [:D]

When I was growing up, one of our neighbors had several of them, they'd come into the yard to visit us.

They looks so pretty strutting around with their tail feathers fanned out.

I loved 'em!



So. There.
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