I would assume you want the male peacock. Not sure about stats.
I guess somewhere between a parrot and a dog.
I would probably have it give a +2 to bluff due to it's bright distracting nature.
I would re-flavor the dodo. The peacock, like the dodo, is a flightless bird (well, mostly - it can fly, but not well - sort of like the turkey). It's also about the same size as a dodo...small sized (rather than tiny, like most familiars).
The dodo gives the caster a +4 initiative. I would RP it as that the enemies are so startled to see a peacock enter combat that it lowers their initiative!
Stats for the dodo can be found here: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/animals/dodo
Toucan I think would be more appropriate than dodo. +3 diplomacy seems more peacocky-y. Just don't have him flying around and try to avoid Froot Loops jokes.
I second the dodo. It's nonability to fly seems pretty much perfect, and initiative is a good tool, and it's the right size. The toucan's ability is more fitting, but you'd have quite a tiny peacock.
Dodo stats may work well enough (but peacocks CAN fly, and should be able to -- not very fast or with much maneuverability though). However, for a skill boost I would rule +3 to Perform. Performing is what peacocks DO, after all.
+4 Initiative for a dodo? Who thought of that? Seems more fitting for a hummingbird.
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Could see it doing any Cha-based skill.
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+3 bonus to swag.
Personal experience with peacocks would suggest a bonus to Perception checks, they have been used for burglar alarms for thousands of years.
Should be a +6 to strut
you'd have quite a tiny peacock.
What are you implying.
Dodo stats would probably work for chicken, too. If it was a gamecock the initiative bonus would even be appropriate! With Improved Familiar, you could have a Celestial or Fiendish chicken. And there's even precedent in fantasy fiction for talking chicken familiar / animal companion (Billina the Hen).
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There were stats for a chicken(s) in the Serpent Skull adventure path of sorts. (Not really, but they mimiced them)
At some point you end up at some kind of chicken fight in some village...
I think they used the stats for the hawk with the young template applied, or something similar... not sure, someone with the book can check.
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Peacock familiars grant knowledge of the spell Argus Agony. Sorc/Wiz 5, Evocation [force], best described as Magic Missile on steroids.