BIG doin's at the Sneakydicker Househole! I wuz sittin' outside doin' my usual (Pat.Pending) 50-exhales-per-puff thing, and here comes Beau (the Beta peacock) over to me with that lordly way they have of walking.
He is hand-tame to me alone, and I keep a sealed jar of party peanuts next to my chair.
So I laid down my Volcano bag and got a small handful of peanuts, made the chk-chk sound, and held out my hand.
He was gobbling them up out of my hand when I heard the door to the house open behind me. Beau suddenly stopped eating and stepped about 4 or 5 feet away. I thought it was because Red Witch had startled him -- but then Fancy Pants (Alpha) came around the garage corner.
So I held out my hand to him, and he started gobbling. With my other hand, I tossed a bunch of peanuts to Beau. It was the first time they have been together in seven months. <-- Real shortage of peahens this year. As in zerio.
Anyway, a milestone.
Late Note: All their fancy feathers are gone. They have already started the new ones (about 6" long) that will get to five feet in length. I've got a houseful of them. My son, Puck, takes home a dozen or so for his cats each time he comes up.