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Yes I used to eat mine, but life has changed my thinking and as long as we have no nasty behaviour we should all keep our heads. I love to watch them, they are so cool

SHE IS ONLY 26 WEEKS BUT SHE IS SO ANTISOCIAL I CAGED HER WITH OTHERS HER OWN AGE AND SHE BEAT THEM UP, SHE WONT EAT WITH THE REST OF THEM AND GOES TO ROOST IN A TREE. IT CONCERS ME BECAUSE WE GET SEVERE FROSTS AND SNOW HERE. I THINK I HAVE TO PAIR HER OFF WITH AN OLDER BIRD AND IN A RUN TO MAKE...

What do you do with your old old birds that are not laying any eggs.? Do you cull them? rehome them, turn them into a curry or let them live out their lives on your property? I keep mine. unless they are a problem bird, and thats if they are a problem at any age, they have to be extremely...

I know a few people in the North Island of New Zealand who show their roosters. they have been de-crowed and to be honest after studying them I could not see any change in behaviour at all. The hens dont act any different around the roo. I have to put mine to sleep in the laundry every night...

Louie is in love with my partners eccelectus female parrot Magenta Tart, Louie likes my partner and Magenta likes me, they share the same cage. When she had gotten over the urge to remove his head they must of had a bit of a chat together she moved into his cage. She would be three times his...

I just love these birds. I have found the blue egg gene gets carried through many generations even if there are no actual physical signs that the hen has the araucana blood line in her. I will put some pics up of mine when I can. I THESE BIRDS

mine sleep in the laundry in cat cages because my neighbours don't like the crowing, the boys dont mind they are used to it

Hi, there are some people down here in Dunedin that have duckwing araukanas but they arnt laying yet. I don't know anyone that has blue or lav colours. I found it really hard getting hens of any kind down here. I got mine through trade me and had them shipped from the north island. its very...

Hi I know you can put brown or buff leghorn over a LS and get colour sex chicks that's the red factor isn't it. What I don't understand is why a Black L cant be used for the same purpose. As surely black is in the red genetic line? as colour variations are dilutes of others in a lot of cases...

Hello. this is such a great site. its a bit of a mixture here at my place, I have three pekin pullets, one barnevelda pullet, a lavender araukana roo , one big black hen my son found in park, and a black araucana x leghorn pullet that hasn't arrived yet. I am looking for a couple of light...