{"id":86043,"date":"2025-10-20T06:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/86043\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T06:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:16:07","slug":"peacock-tries-to-impress-turkey-and-adorably-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/86043\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacock Tries to Impress Turkey and Adorably Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oct 19, 2025 11:00 AM EDTKey PointsA young peacock humorously tries to impress an uninterested turkey with his dance moves and feathers.Social media commenters shared funny anecdotes and reactions to the peacock\u2019s failed courtship.The peacock is only one year old and won\u2019t have adult feathers until 3 to 4 years of age.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">If you\u2019re looking for a laugh, this video that Sarah Chitwood (@ourlittlebluefarmhouse) shared of their year-old peacock trying to impress their turkey, Sweetpea, will totally fit the bill! <\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">This young peacock is just over a year old but already trying to impress the ladies with his not-quite-full feathers and dance moves. Unfortunately for him, Sweetpea couldn\u2019t care less! Make sure your sound is on because the music is a perfect match for his performance!<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_embedFailTitle__w1cEL\">Oops! We\u2019re unable to load this content right now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_embedFailParagraph__bzaO8\">View directly on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPYyzlGkeYy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ourlittlebluefarmhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sarah<\/a> cracked us up with the video\u2019s caption, \u201cSweetpea\u2019s like, \u2018Eh. I\u2019ve seen better.\u2019 LOL!\u201d This poor young peacock seems to have a lot to learn, including choosing the right ladies to try to impress, since Sweetpea is a turkey!<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emojipedia.org\/dog-face\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">\ud83d\udc36<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/newsletters\/parade-pets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">SIGN UP to get \u201cpawsitivity\u201d delivered right to your inbox with inspiring &amp; entertaining stories about our furry &amp; feathered friends<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/emojipedia.org\/paw-prints\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">It probably won\u2019t come as any surprise that people loved Sarah\u2019s peacock and had a lot to say about his attempts at wooing the uninterested turkey, leaving more than 2,700 comments\u2026and some of them made us laugh out loud! <\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">@seculbertson shared, \u201cI\u2019ve seen two adolescent peacocks try to dance for a crow on the sidewalk as I came to a stop sign. The crow looked me dead in the eyes as if to say, \u2018Are you going to tell them, or do I have to?\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Commenter @just_sherry_now had the best story, \u201cI had <a href=\"https:\/\/pethelpful.com\/pet-news\/guy-pranking-peacock-viral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a peacock <\/a>at the Philadelphia Zoo <a href=\"https:\/\/pethelpful.com\/pet-news\/peacock-spider-dancing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">following me around dancing<\/a> for like an hour LOL! I was very flattered!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Viewer @gnocchiandnoodle joked, \u201cNo colorful feathers? No wonder she\u2019s not interested!\u201d  @bookish_jesuslovergirl got more than 2,600 likes when she pointed out, \u201cShe says, \u2018Dude, you\u2019re not even my type.\u2019!\u201d Another commenter made us laugh with, \u201cThat man is giving it everything he\u2019s got.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Commenter @x.bejeweled asked, \u201cIsn\u2019t that a female peacock though? I thought the males were the colorful ones?\u201d Sarah clarified in her reply, \u201cMales are called peacocks. Females are called peahens. The species is called peafowl. This is a one-year-old peacock. He won\u2019t have his colorful mature feathers until he is 3 to 4 years old.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Then, @youngsinthewild cracked us up with their reply, \u201cSo he\u2019s a teenage peacock\u2026that explains everything LOL!\u201d It looks like he needs all the practice he can get over the next few years before he\u2019ll finally be ready to find the right mate to <a href=\"https:\/\/pethelpful.com\/pet-news\/farmer-gives-hen-a-peacock-egg-to-raise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">have babies with<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>About the author<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"styles_avatarImage__7mnVX\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Natalie is a wife, mom to three teenagers, and pet parent to a dog, cat, and rabbit. When she\u2019s not writing or chauffeuring kids around, you\u2019ll probably find her with her nose buried in a book. She writes at PetHelpful, Parade Home and Garden, and Pets+ Magazine.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oct 19, 2025 11:00 AM EDTKey PointsA young peacock humorously tries to impress an uninterested turkey with his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[43251,85,46,3167,59216,59215,59213,141,59214,1582,386],"class_list":{"0":"post-86043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-farm-animals","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-peacock","12":"tag-peacocks","13":"tag-pet-news","14":"tag-sarah-chitwood","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-sweetpea","17":"tag-turkey","18":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}