Mine all tamed down quickly. Even though I bought them as skittish adults. Many of the males display to me while I'm taking care of them.
They do well with some other species as well, if given enough space.
My season for the ring necks is off to a good start so far.
Do any of you keep any landrace breeds such as Swedish flower hens, Icelandic chickens, Basque hens, Egyptian fayoumi, ect? I'm looking for some pictures that I could have permission to use in a project that I'm working on.
There are several private aviaries that keep them in the US. Not the hardest bird to find if you know where to look. I don't know much about them but judging from the price compared to other hard to breed pheasant species id say they are difficult to breed for sure but definitly possible with...
Yeah I would like to get more than what's required for this project so I know I can get my money back from their offspring. Though I'm sure birds created from the project could make the money back quickly too if they were marketed correctly.
What do you think the cost will be for you to import...
I'm not sure how hard it is to import birds into Nicaragua, that could end up being the hardest part.
For prices on the Green jungle fowl, I haven't looked much but I see them listed at $450-800USD per bird. Pretty expensive. I'm sure I could find them for cheaper though if I called some...
I was just thinking about a similar project earlier this week. I'm in the USA and I know where to find green jungle fowl breeders. I also have more than enough pen space as I just put up 2,500 square feet worth of them this fall.
I'm not so much into genetics though so if I did start something...
At the time I didn't know it was illegal to keep them. And i didn't know about rehabilitation centers 😅
I do know now though, I'm just glad I handled it well enough for the bird to live. My grandparents are good friends with the founder of a big rehabilitation center up here and I got to tour it...
That's awesome. I've always been very interested in it too. It's something I'm looking to get into in the future. When I was 7 or 8 I found a red tailed hawk fledgling in our forest after a big thunderstorm. It had been knocked from it's nest and couldn't fly at the time. I took it home with me...
They are awesome animals. Extremely interesting that's for sure. I was super intrigued by them when I was a little younger, loved watching channels like Snake Discovery and learning about them. Another one who doesn't do reptiles that I always found super interesting was Joseph Carter The mink...