Are you sure you'd want this in the house? "Cassowaries are very shy, but when provoked they are capable of inflicting injuries, occasionally fatal, to dogs and people" (from Wikipedia). Heck, I'll take the long slow death of being pecked in the leg by a red sex link wanting her treat any day over that one, lol.
Oh and it's believed the cassowary has a life span of 40-50 years...that's a long time to sleep with one eye open if that guy is in the house!
Cassowaries are very dangerous, but the quote you posted could very well apply to dogs. "...when provoked, they are capable of inflicting injuries, occasionally fatal, to dogs and people." And we still let them in our homes, on our furniture, in our beds. Although, they aren't the size of a cassowary, and are easier to train....usually.
Cassowaries are very dangerous, but the quote you posted could very well apply to dogs. "...when provoked, they are capable of inflicting injuries, occasionally fatal, to dogs and people." And we still let them in our homes, on our furniture, in our beds. Although, they aren't the size of a cassowary, and are easier to train....usually.
The quote you quoted, "when provoked, they are capable of inflicting injuries, occasionally fatal, to dogs and people." could apply to sociopaths too. They can live a long time and we "let them in our homes, on our furniture, in our beds."
I'd take my chances on a dog in the house over a cassowary (or a sociopath) any day.
I have a very small flock and this boy is trying to kill his mama's 3 new babies. He must go. Free and he is a mix. No mean normally. Just hates sibling
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Silkie's Pure breed For Sale, born in May 2015, they are unsexed and ready to go to a good home. Only have six left, will have more born in a few weeks. Parents also shown in pictures, they are not for sale, only the babies. These chicks were not raised in a brooder, they are use to the outdoors, and do not need a heating lamp. Serious offers only!!
$10.00 each, or 3 for $25.00, cash only.
UPDATE: I now have 8 available for sale born 5/2015 and 6/29/15 ready to go to good home.
7/16/2015 - still have 7 very healthy silkies available for good homes.. Just added three photos today.
7/24/2015-still have. Pure bred silkies available to good home...
7/31/2015 - added three updated pictures, you now can see blues, purples and greens on them when the sun hits them, feet very feathered...
8/20/15, have three silkies left, these born 7/2/15
Silkie's Pure breed For Sale, born in May 2015, they are unsexed and ready to go to a good home. Only have six left, will have more born in a few weeks. Parents also shown in pictures, they are not for sale, only the babies. These chicks were not raised in a brooder, they are use to the outdoors, and do not need a heating lamp. Serious offers only!! $10.00 each, or 3 for $25.00, cash only. UPDATE: I now have 8 available for sale born 5/2015 and 6/29/15 ready to go to good home. 7/16/2015 - still have 7 very healthy silkies available for good homes.. Just added three photos today. 7/24/2015-still have. Pure bred silkies available to good home... 7/31/2015 - added three updated pictures, you now can see blues, purples and greens on them when the sun hits them, feet very feathered... 8/20/15, have three silkies left, these born 7/2/15
They sold 4 pure breed silkies and have only 3 left. Well maybe the people wanted the breed that was shown and not a silkie, I don't know. Haha maybe I should sent them a picture of what a silkie looks like.
You just never know. A woman came up to us at a swap a couple of weeks ago trying to give away her "Silkie" . What she actually had was a d"Anver that someone had told her was a Silkie. I didn't have my books of the breeds that day so I couldn't show her.
It's kind of like an acquaintance of mine that swears she has purebred RIR's. No she doesn't...she has RSL's. She's in the process of getting some RIR's (real ones) to enlarge her flock, it will be interesting to hear what she says when she has the two of them side-by-side and can see the difference.
I do show some of my RIW's and RIR's at poultry shows. At one show probably around 2 years ago, someone entered a RSL as a New Hampshire Red. It was disqualified.
Although, they aren't the size of a cassowary, and are easier to train....usually. 
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