BUILDING PENS:
PENS BUILT AT ROCK-N-CEDAR
EXOTIC FOWL

The pens that we use are 16ft X16ft 7 ft. tall. I build a shelter on the North side, open facing the South so they can get sun in the mornings. I have seen pens that were 20 ft. wide X 30 ft. long and 12 ft. high. I have also seen pens that were so small that the tails were worn off the peafowl.
Our shelters are 7 ft. in the front and 6 ft. in the back by 8 ft wide. I use sheet iron on all sides and top of shelter. A person can use wood for sides and different materials for the top.
But, I used sheet iron that comes off old chicken houses; it is real thick (the new sheet iron you can cut with a knife it is so thin.) A person can use it if you will lap the sheets over 3 ribs.

The wire we use is welded wire two inch by four inch on the sides. I run the wire one and one half feet out on the ground. Then I put three feet one inch poultry wire two feet on the sides and one foot on the ground.
The wire on the ground will keep predators out and if a snake gets in an swallows an egg it cannot get back through the one inch poultry wire.
For the top we use 2 inch netting; some pens have the two by four welded wire.
For gates I use three foot hog panels cut to fit the opening. Nail a large fence staple on the top and on the bottom one in the middle your gate is hung.
The staples are used as hinges. I cover the gate with one inch poultry wire.
Use a small piece of chain and a snap to lock the gate.

The roost should be a 2 in by 6in laying flat so they can squat down and cover their feet and legs if you live in cold country. Our Peafowl have been out in this type shelter when the temp. was -5 deg.

The Java Greens cannot take the cold below 20 deg. I built an 16 ft. X 40 ft. shed on the south side of my barn. It has 2 inches of Styrofoam and 3 1/2 inches of fiberglass insulation. I had 40 Peafowl in it that were Javas or SPALDINGS last year when it was 2 deg. Inside the room it was 39 deg.

All fowl body temp. is 104 to 106 degrees, so they generate a lot of heat. I have a heater in the hot house is what we call it, but in 5 years never had to use the heater.
I use 2 gallon buckets for feed. I hang the buckets so rain cannot blow in.
With three Peafowl in a pen they will only eat about three quarters of a bucket of feed in a week! I have checked on feed a peacock will eat a HI C JUICE CAN FULL OF FEED A WEEK. That is less than a chicken will eat. I let them clean up the feed before I put any more in. This cuts down on waste of feed.
In the summer I use a two gallon bucket for water. This way I only have to water every other day. In the winter I use a black rubber bowl that holds four quarts of water. The rubber bowls make it easy to get the ice out. In the spring, summer and fall I put one teaspoon of CLOROX in a gallon of water this will eliminate the green slime. Clorox will not hurt the birds.

Almost forgot: I use an anti-sight barrier between the pens. This keeps the cocks from fighting through the fence. I use 6 feet tall anti-sight barrier; I tried the four foot and the cocks would jump up and look over to see what was going on next door. In one pen the cock would jump up all day and look over. I did not get any fertile eggs from his pen until I went up to six foot with the anti sight barrier.

Wishing you GOOD LUCK RAISING PEACOCKS;

MORE THAN ONE ARE PEAFOWL.

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