How do peacocks breed?

Peacock is a pheasant peacock animal, this kind of beautiful bird, wearing a feather crown, tail feathers are particularly long, forming a tail screen, bright and beautiful, peacock when the most beautiful, worthy of being regarded as "king of birds." So, how do peacocks reproduce?

How do peacocks reproduce?

Peacock eggs (eggs) are born, sexual maturity for 22 months, laying period in 3-6 months. Male peacocks after courtship mating, so that female peacocks lay fertilized eggs. Females lay eggs every other day, mostly at dawn, laying 4-8 eggs per litter, usually 5-6 eggs, milky white, light brown or milky yellow. After laying eggs, they begin to incubate, which is borne by the female peacock, and the chicks hatch after 28-30 days.

Are peacocks protected animals?

There are three kinds of peacocks in China, namely green peacocks, blue peacocks and white peacocks. Only green peacocks are protected animals, and they are national first-class protected animals. It is strictly forbidden to catch and hunt them. In China, green peacocks are only found in western, central and southern Yunnan, mainly inhabiting tropical and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests and mixed forests below 2000 meters above sea level, especially in sparse forest grasslands, riverbanks or marginal jungles, and open areas in forest grasslands and forests.

3. What do peacocks eat?

Peacock mainly eat Sichuan pear, yellow bubble fruit, young tree branches and leaves, buds, mushrooms, grass, peas, rice and other plants and crops, but also eat grasshoppers, crickets, moths, termites, bugs, earthworms, lizards, frogs and other animal food.