Let me preface this story for you:
The last 2+ years we have lived in West Sacramento when we go to Jeff's parents we take the River Road up on the Sacramento River's levees to Elk Grove. The road goes along the levee, under a super old cement bridge and up onto the levee. Right before the old bridge there is a small shack and an old barn (that they tore down last week) on a small piece of property. On this property are quite a few peacocks. The kids always want to stop and look at them. All last summer we watched all the little pea chicks grow up. This spring we watched the males do their little mating dance which I have to say was enthralling and very interesting. So we have been again watching for the new pea chicks to show up the last couple of weeks.
Now for the story:
This last weekend we went to Jeff's parents to take their truck back that they let us borrow. I had promised Hannah that I would take her summer clothes shopping so I took the girls with me and I took I-99 to Elk Grove. Jeff took Hudson with him on the River Road. Can you see where this is going yet? They stopped to look at the peacocks and saw all the little pea chicks. When they got too close all the peacocks took off except one pea chick that was maybe 7 to 10 days. He got stuck in some chicken wire. It's mommy had left him behind, stuck so Jeff helped the chick get out of the chicken wire. As it started to run away Hudson caught it. Jeff was afraid that now this little pea chick had been touched too much and that the pea chick would be pecked to death by the other birds. So what other option could they possibly have but to bring this pea chick home?! So without further adieu, we are pleased to announce newest member of the Blum family.
This is Peacow the pea chick. Hudson named him after Lightening McQueen from Cars because he is so fast. He has always called Lightening McQueen "Peacow" because Lightening is always saying "Kachow!". I thought a good name for him would be Raptor after the velociraptor dinosaur because of his claws.
He is a very sweet little thing. He is very gentle with the kids. They...We are all very enthralled with him. He likes to eat out of my hand so apparently I am the mommy of a fourth child. The kids love him so much. We"ll accept any helpful ideas that any one has on how to raise a pea chick. We have been feeding him crumbled hard boiled egg yolk and oatmeal. We bought chick food from the feed store for him yesterday. That is supposed to have all the vitamins and nutrients in it that pea chicks need. Jeff and Hudson let him run around the back yard last night where Peacow found either a slug or a worm. Jeff said he whipped it around for a few seconds and then gobbled it down. Hudson thought that was pretty funny.
So if you know of anyone that is getting rid of a large birdcage asap I would be thrilled. We aren't sure how long we will be able to keep Peacow but we want him to be comfortable. We found out that peacocks can live up to 40-50 years . Jeff started laughing and said he'll be gone by then and I'll be known as "The Crazy Peacock Lady"! GREAT! I think that I'm already there!
The moral to this story is if you send the boys off alone, EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED! ;0)
oh my gosh Noel...seriously this could only happen to your family! have fun raising it!! (are you sure it's a boy???)
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