I have 2 peacocks to mount, w/ the following questions.
1. What color eyes are to be used?
2. Does skin need to be put under a wire wheel (like ducks) ?
3. Special instruction on male tail mounting,(in this case down).
4. Can peacocks be treated similar to pheasants or turkey?
5. What gauge wire is used in the legs?
6. Can skin be frozen for several days before it is mounted?
Return to Bird Taxidermy Category Menu
(1)Look at the bird and select a color to match. They vary.
(2)Yes, but not as greasy as a duck
(3) Look at #4
(4) Yes
(5) As in all birds, as big as you can insert.
(6) Yes
If the peacocks are of the usual India blue or black shouldered variety, then:
1) med. to dark brown, approx 11mm, but check it first.
2)maybe
3)yes, the train feathers will be rooted in a solid mass of very thick fatty tissue that must be removed from around and in between them. I usually mount the train separately, and replace the missing fat with bondo to hold it in place.
4) Yes, same preservatives, etc.
5)I use 8ga.
6)yes