A baby peacock is called a peachick. Born looking like a plain brown bird — the spectacular tail doesn't appear until age 3.
Peachicks are born plain brown — no colorful feathers
The famous tail takes 3 years to appear, 5-6 to be full
"Peacock" only refers to males — females are peahens
The species is called "peafowl" — most people get this wrong
Peachicks can fly within 2 weeks — earlier than most birds
Mother leads chicks to food but they feed themselves
Male peachicks start showing blue neck feathers at 1 year
A full peacock train can be 6 feet long with 200+ feathers