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Thor, I think that you would enjoy having a peacock as a pet if you have room for them to live outside like we did . They definitely are not going to be like a parrot or other house bird, and need a lot of room, but basically, they are an intelligent and friendly bird, and will also do a great job of alerting you of any intruders.
You can keep just one peacock and they will do fine; but they really enjoy company. The one you posted the picture of probably just wanted to see some other birds, and flew over to where the chickens were. We had chickens and ducks already, since we lived out in the country; so Peke had a lot of company, which he faithfully guarded and protected.
They can kind of be leash trained (you mentioned taking one for a walk). We used soft clothesline rope, and tied it around his leg, just above the foot, and then let him drag it around until he got used to the rope following him. Then we tied the rope to a small tree. After trying to walk or fly away and realizing that he couldn't, we had a peacock that was trained to tie out.
I never tried to take Peke for walks (we just wanted him to learn where he lived with out being caged up); but I think that he would have also learned to walk along with the rope if we had tried to teach him to do that.
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