CLEARWATER, Fla. - The fate of a pet peacock is uncertain after Clearwater police say its owners are in violation of a city ordinance by having him.

Five months ago, Kira Viveiros and her brother found an egg in their backyard in Clearwater.

She said bird sanctuaries in the area that she reached out to tell her the egg wasn’t viable.

"I didn't touch it for three days because, you know, if you touch an egg, the mom won’t come back," Viveiros said. "The bird sanctuary did say, ‘the mom will come back. Don’t worry,’ but it never did," she said.

Viveiros, who grew up on a farm and is an animal lover, though, took matters into her own hands and bought an incubator. A month later, it hatched.

"He made the initial break, which is called a pip, and that's why we named him Pip," she said.

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