Rare Poultry Antiquities

[shay20]

Very nice breeds!
A couple of these breeds crossed is what made the Aruacana, right?
Your birds would be great for breeding.

 

[shay20]

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Actully they were crossed to make Araucana,

edited becouse my spelling was wrong

 

[GardenerGal]

Well stated, Resolution. Frankly, I'm thrilled that you're posting your birds here. I hope some of the BYC people do purchase and adopt some of them to continue your preservation work. It truly is a serious and awesome responsibility to take on, however.

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I happen to love swine. It's another passion, the farming and conservation of rare heritage pig breeds. I've received a number of requests for more information and several BYCF members have purchased birds. Nankins are awesome and what a wonderful history they have as well.
Don't underestimate the comprehension level seriousness of the BYCF reader. More people are subscribing to its magazine than ever before. People from all walks of life are entering the realm of the feathered and friendly like never before and there is a real passion for people to learn about the origins of their food- by extension this leads to learning about the origins of the crops and livestock species people keep on their farms and in their back yards.

 

[Resolution]

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Most Rapa Nui are quite small. Some lay coloured eggs. Most Rapa Nui are dark- with an iridescent sheen- but none are purely black- even the Tapu which seems it at a distance.

 

[Resolution]

I don't know if its any more of a responsibility than keeping any other fowl- ethically- but frankly- we've always kept them-as they have always lived in Indian Villages over run with feral dogs and wild ocelots on the prowl. Each founder flock is given its liberty at some point in the season or sometimes only every other year or so. They go about their lives in the squalor of the mudseason. They struggle to find food in the pastures while avoiding goshawks, coyotes and foxes, bobcats- pine martens-etc.

Winters are a bit less unpredictable as everyone is locked up during the snow season.

Their diets -well every single backyard flock needs to be fed right-
they need to be housed right
and every backyard flock has to become an heirloom of its own.

{Its a responsible person as yourself that appreciates heirlooms and we can't afford to lose stock stupidly. Thank you for pointing out the intrinsic vale of the stock- and to reitterate- I hope everyone that reads this is realising how valuable their birds are - and constantly recalibrating that urge to bring it up a notch- management protocols etc.

 

[Shaffer]

Resolution,
Thank you for your response, I will pass on them since I am only interested in pure black birds of large size.

 

[awesomefowl]

Neat birds! l love those sea-blue eggs!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

They are beautiful birds! It's good to see your great conservation work here in Colorado!