@NoBoDe - I always wanted to have a peacock and a couple of hens - but then realised after visiting someone whose neighbours had them - and the grounds were large - how noisy they are - and they didn't know there were boundaries so they just about flew everywhere and used to sit on his veranda railing and poop in the wrong direction - veranda floor - and their dog didn't even chase them . . . bad dog, bad peacocks - it was really funny to listen to their tale of peacock woe, but I didn't laugh, just quietly decided, 'peacocks were not for me' go well Taurisk