“My neighbor used to have geese as watch dogs...they are the best. Just not as lovable as a dog :)”
IIRC, it is (or was) a fairly common practice in the Middle East to use peacocks as watch dogs; the birds are as loud as Hell and cannot contract the rabies virus.
You are correct! Loud squawkers too! Some people around here have them on their farms with alpacas, emus-those kind of places. And in the summer, you’ll actually hear them scream before you see them-as you drive by! I thought I hit something first time I heard it driving past this WildLife Preserve place.
Wonder how vicious they are tho? We have fisher cats here, fox and of course coyotes and they love their poultry/fowl!
We’ve got a fox running around here starting around 5pm last few nights-ran right past my house on the road, then my husband saw him up by the fishing bridge a few days later, same time of day. He doesn’t look rabid or anything, I think he’s a young one who’s just learning the ropes and doesn’t know what he’s doing!
You have to be ready for anything out here-between animals-like the fox just trotting by my front yard when I am usually outside with my dog-glad I wasn’t...to the occasional car chase with the State Police in hot pursuit; we live on a CT back-country road that goes to RI or MA-had that happen last Thursday...honestly...it’s never dull-for long that is.....
:) SZQ