Too many cats and foxes? Or would you be there with a big net?
Tony
From: Dave Torr
Sent: Thursday, 4 February 2010 10:53 AM
To: Tony Russell
Cc: Alistair McKeough; Charles Hunter; Birding Aus
Subject: Article: Farmers back plan to farm 'delicious'
protected bird (NZ Weka)
The advantage of the Tassie Hen being that if they escaped they wouldn't get
very far!
On 4 February 2010 11:17, Tony Russell <> wrote:
Wikipedia says this bird is ca 50cm long and weighs about 1kg and the NZ
farmer say they are very palatable. There are a number of races on various
islands off NZ, ie Gallirallus australis, G. A. greyi, G. A. scotti, etc.,
variations being mainly in colour.
Apart from feral birds like pheasants, Guinea fowl, turkeys, some ducks, and
chickens , are there any other birds farmed for food in Australia? It seems
it's OK to farm non-native species, but hey, don't we farm emu or has that
stopped? By "we" I mean the imported "we", not the aborigines, who of
course have rights in this regard.
I don't suppose the authorities would let us bring a few Tasmanian
Native-hen ( Gallinula mortierii) to the mainland for farming and
consumption - it's a wonder nobody has tried this. They couldn't taste any
worse than some of the chooks we get already. After all, Tasmania is
supposed to be part of Australia so it's not as though they are "foreign or
feral" in the normal sense.
Ok, OK, I'm ducking for cover.
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Alistair McKeough
Sent: Thursday, 4 February 2010 9:57 AM
To: Charles Hunter
Cc: Birding Aus
Subject: Article: Farmers back plan to farm 'delicious'
protected bird (NZ Weka)
It certainly looks tasty. Quite an attractive bird too. I wouldn't mind one
to keep my chickens company. Until Christmas.
On 4 February 2010 10:09, Charles Hunter <> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> FYI, story on the New Zealand Weka:
> Farmers back plan to farm 'delicious' protected bird
>
> http://www.foodweek.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=53
<http://www.foodweek.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=53&ID=6434> &ID=6434
>
> Cheers,
> Charles
>
>
>
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