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Peafowl can be used as the basis for a poultry industry. They can often be purchased at [[embark]] or from [[trader]]s. Peafowl, [[duck]]s, [[goose|geese]], and [[turkey]]s are the only common domestic egg-laying animals that can be found in wild populations, and, if your fortress includes the proper [[biome]], can be gathered with [[cage trap]]s and [[animal trainer|tamed]], instead of purchased from traders or at embark. | Peafowl can be used as the basis for a poultry industry. They can often be purchased at [[embark]] or from [[trader]]s. Peafowl, [[duck]]s, [[goose|geese]], and [[turkey]]s are the only common domestic egg-laying animals that can be found in wild populations, and, if your fortress includes the proper [[biome]], can be gathered with [[cage trap]]s and [[animal trainer|tamed]], instead of purchased from traders or at embark. | ||
| − | [[Domestic_animal#Comparison of domestic poultry|On average]], peahens lay slightly fewer eggs than [[chicken|chicken hens]], but are more consistent (and therefore predictable), laying between 6 and 8 eggs per clutch. Additionally, peafowl produce more [[meat]], [[fat]], and [[bone]]s than chickens when butchered as part of a [[meat industry]]. However, [[turkey]]s lay more eggs and produce more meat, fat, and bones than peafowl, although turkeys take twice as long to grow to full size. Peafowl are also the longest-lived of all the domestic birds; this can make them perfect for alternate uses of a domestic animal, such as sealing them in "[[defense_guide#Animals|lookout towers]]". Since they don't eat or drink, and can stay pastured in a | + | [[Domestic_animal#Comparison of domestic poultry|On average]], peahens lay slightly fewer eggs than [[chicken|chicken hens]], but are more consistent (and therefore predictable), laying between 6 and 8 eggs per clutch. Additionally, peafowl produce more [[meat]], [[fat]], and [[bone]]s than chickens when butchered as part of a [[meat industry]]. However, [[turkey]]s lay more eggs and produce more meat, fat, and bones than peafowl, although turkeys take twice as long to grow to full size. Peafowl are also the longest-lived of all the domestic birds; this can make them perfect for alternate uses of a domestic animal, such as sealing them in "[[defense_guide#Animals|lookout towers]]". Since they don't eat or drink, and can stay pastured in a 1x1 area staring through a window and/or fortification for up to 15 years in a row, they make useful watch-birds in preventing goblin ambushes from sneaking through unmolested. |
Some [[Dwarf|dwarves]] [[Preferences|like]] blue peafowls for their ''coloration'' and their ''enormous fan tails''. | Some [[Dwarf|dwarves]] [[Preferences|like]] blue peafowls for their ''coloration'' and their ''enormous fan tails''. | ||