Military school plans to detain peacocks in wire cage
GOSHEN, Ore. - The unwelcome intruders will get locked in the brig at a military school here until they can be relocated.
Willamette Leadership Academy built a wire cage to hold peacocks causing problems on the campus until the birds can be given away to new homes.
The birds have been covering the campus outdoor pathways with excrement - not exactly the ideal substance to drop and do 20 pushups.
The school hopes to capture the peacocks and give them away.
But what will it take to have a pet peacock?
Richard Yarbrough raises turkeys. He said peacocks are similar birds, and they need plenty of space to roam.
"My idea of an enclosure would be 6-foot tall, 20 foot square," he said.
Neighbor Emily Bowman feeds the peacocks and has opposed the school's plans. She wants the birds to stay together, and she said she has plenty of room in her front yard.
"I've already got the chicken yard," she said. "I need bird netting."
Not to mention the money and labor to put it all together.
So she hopes the school will change their mind, but she's not optimistic.
"They're going to do what they're gonna do."
Leave our Peacocks ALONE!!!! They have been in the area since the 70's - my son was raised here (he is now 29) and the peacocks are a part of Goshen
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They are pretty birds, and they provide good feathers for fly tying, but they are nasty.
I hate peacocks. We had one that adopted our family when I was a kid. If you think getting goose grease off the bottom of your shoes was bad, you should try peacock...
I'd take a couple of them:)
Eat them them they are good tasting birds. And as far as I know there are no regulations on them.