He jumped up on the porch rail, shook out that four foot tail, and spread it out wide open in full regal display. It filled up most of the space across the left side of the porch and extended to the porch ceiling. All those eyes on that tail must have been too much for those swallows because they didn't attack him while his tail was spread. He is the current ruler of the porch and the property. For Guinea Gumbo Three guineas hunkered into the corner of a cage were screaming an alarm.
Peacocks are opportunists and never miss a chance to take advantage of a helpless guinea.
But two peacocks alone could not cause the fear that sounded in the alarm call of the three guineas. It was the predator alarm that they were sounding. Those three guineas had just witnessed a shocking sight. Nearby, hanging upside down by a rope looped around his feet, was one of their own with blood dripping from the stump of a neck. The butcher tossed the unlucky guinea's head into a nearby bucket.