6 Of Martha Stewart's Beloved Pet Peacocks 'Devoured' By Coyotes

BEDFORD, NY — Hudson Valley celebrity entrepreneur and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is mourning the loss of six of her beloved peacocks.

The 80-year-old Bedford resident announced through Instagram on Saturday that six of her pet peacocks were killed after they were attacked by coyotes in "broad daylight."

She also posted a video clip from happier times when one of the peacocks was displaying his plumage and shaking his tail feathers on her Bedford farm, with Marvin Gaye's song, "Let's Get It On" playing in the background.

"RIP beautiful BlueBoy," Stewart wrote in the post. "The coyotes came in broad daylight and devoured him and five others including the magnificent White Boy any solutions for getting rid of six large and aggressive coyotes who have expensive tastes when it comes to poultry?? we are no longer allowing the peafowl out of their yard, we are enclosing the top of their large yard with wire fencing etc. and by the way i do not have any idea how the marvin gaye music found it’s way. to this sad post but when Blue Boy was alive it would have been perfectly appropriate."

She has previously written about her "curious and social peafowl" several times on her blog.

Stewart also posted on Instagram in November of last year that her peafowl were finally being "liberated" and allowed to roam freely in the daylight after two years in a half-acre enclosure. She then explained that they returned to their "secure Palais for the night when the wild predators make the rounds." A few days later, Stewart gave an update saying that "the newly liberated and seemingly so much happier and social peacocks and hens are foraging everywhere for everything. They are even jumping for the red ripe crab apples on the small trees outside the peacock pen." She even noted in December that her peafowl foraged for homemade brioche croutons at her back kitchen door.

In May of last year, Stewart clarified that she had 21 peacocks after The New York Post reported that she only had 16, which she referred to as "fake news." She also added that their "house is impeccable. They do not smell. They are so clean! Their voices are loud but such fun to hear. They are so friendly."

Earlier this year, in April, Stewart suffered the loss of her beloved cat named Princess Peony who was tragically killed by four of Stewart's dogs.

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At the time, she shared a photo on Instagram of three men digging a grave for Princess Peony and wrote, "burying the beautiful and unusual Princess Peony. the four dogs mistook her for an interloper and killed her defenseless little self. I will miss her very badly. RIP beaut."

In a 2020 article, animal lover Stewart said "For the past 40 years or so, I have been the proud and loving owner of dozens of animals. At least 20 cats, 25 dogs, 10 chinchillas, and scores of canaries and parakeets have lived happily in my homes. And two ponies, three donkeys, 10 horses, many sheep and goats, and hundreds of chickens, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, quail, peacocks and homing pigeons have populated my sheds, barns and stables. Just thinking about this amazing group astonishes me, and I realize how much I've learned from caring for them all, and how much joy they've given me."

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