Most of you at Shiloh know that Sally has been wanting some Peacocks at Shiloh. After her wonderful birthday gift of three white baby Peacocks (thank you Donna, Tony Antonisha and Kayley!), Ed found two more full grown Peacocks at the NSPCA last week. They surprised Sally when we returned from our trip out of town!
So, needless to say, Sally has been excited about her new Peacock herd! But this morning, we were both in the Barn stall that is temporarily housing the two adults, King Tut and Cleopatra, and Tut made a flying beeline for the open door. Sally and I were both standing in the doorway at the time and, unfortunately, we both ran out of the stall screaming which gave Tut the opportunity to escape! He flew (really well I might add) out of the Barn and right up onto the Super Gummie's shelter roof!
There he is, mocking us from the top of the shelter!
We had no idea how we were going to get him down or stop him from just flying away!
See his head peeking over at us?
Then the guys, who grew up on ranches in Mexico, came up with an old fashioned plan involving the girl Cleopatra...
Tut began to wonder what we were doing with his girlfriend...
The guys gently tied a soft string around one of Cleopatra's legs...
And placed her in the open barn door where Tut could see her. They tied the other end of the string to the Barn, keeping Cleopatra from also escaping...
Then we waited while Cleo and Tut talked to each other...
Finally the guys began to try to herd Tut off of the shelter toward the Barn...
It worked! Tut flew down and went back into the Barn with Cleo...
After removing Cleo's string, the two were safely and happily reunited back in their Barn stall.
Eventually they will be able to fly and roam freely all over the ranch. It will be so nice to see a Peacock herd wandering Shiloh!
- Posted by Jill Curtis from Shiloh Ranch
