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Subject: peacock in a trance??

Author:
helen

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Date Posted: 08:37:28 06/08/09 Mon

One of my peacocks displays his fan for getting on for hours at a time, then, he does an odd thing: he hangs his head down, almost to the floor, with his eyes generally open and, all i can say, is that he appears to be in a trance. He remains absolutely motionless - like he is asleep - or standing up dead!. His brother seems to think it is odd too; he goes over and really closely stares into his eyes - so that their eyes are just a few inches appart and sometimes gently prods him with his beak. The peacock in a 'trace' doesn't do anything; just remains motionless. After about a minute of doing this, all is back to normal - until the next time! He seems very well and is eating fine... is he just exhausated after all the fanning and wing flapping? Is it normal behaviour? Thank you - what would i do without you all!!!!!

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What little I know about this....

Author:
D C T --friendly poultry orthopedist
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Date Posted: 08:48:10 06/09/09 Tue

There was a documentary filmed in India.
The peacock put his head down and the peahen ate the ticks
that were infesting his neck--to the mutual beneifit of
both.
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But this behavior is also to prove to peahen that he has
friendly intentions. A peahen can take advantage of this
and remove the peacock's crest feathers as I have observed
here in my own pens. Or worse--yesterday I introduced
Tinker/Stinker to a two year peahen named Peawee. She
began pecking him so violently that I decided to get him
out of there while he still had his eyeballs!!!!

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Author:
helen
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Date Posted: 10:25:47 06/09/09 Tue

Thank you so much. He always does it after displaying his fan so it makes sense that it is all part of the same ritual: that he is displaying that he has friendly intentions. It is also interesting that i have seen his brother looking VERY closely at the crest of the one in a trance - I did wonder whether he might peck at it. Today i observed them both with their heads lowered, staring into each others eyes as if in a trance! When they do it they are completely motionless - it is strange to see in such active birds.
I hope your Peawee is more friendly to some of you other peacocks.