As soon as any predator approaches them, they ascend by means of feathers to get to the nearby tree for safety. Peacock chicks should get a high protein diet for their first 3 months of life. Since they rarely have their wings clipped, you may want to keep your Peacock in a large coup. Avoid feeding chocolate, coffee or alcohol to your peacocks as these can be toxic. When you look at the long tail flowing behind a flying peacock, you might be perplexed as to how they manage to lift themselves off the ground. Do Peacocks tails prevent them from flying? As they get older, begin to wean them off the crumble; too much protein in a grown peacock can cause serious leg deformities. A fox will kill an adult peafowl, they will also kill a peahen sitting on a clutch of eggs. Look for a Game Bird feed crumble of about 25 to 30% protein. The males are better able to defend themselves and will readily fly into trees, hence there is often an excess of male peacocks compared with peahens. What to consider when keeping peafowl. People clip the feathers on one wing of a bird to keep it from flying away - it prevents them from getting enough lift and flying straight, so they stay in one place. Peafowl are kept in the UK free range in gardens or in large aviaries with room to fly. Feed the chicks. So the peacocks will fly up to their night roosting spot, and fly/glide back down in the morning. Likewise, peacocks make use of their plumage while landing to the ground. Within the UK there are few predators for peafowl. If you figuratively clip someone's wings, you keep them from being free to leave. Besides in the late hours of darkness, if they fancy living on the limb of a tree, they can do so by flying directly on to it.