Belinda
I'm afraid that Purple Swamphens dropped off my list of possible food
sources when I saw one tucking in to fresh dog faeces but I suppose
chickens would eat virtually anything too.
Regards
David
Gemfyre
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RE: [Birding-Aus] Article: Farmers
.au back plan to farm 'delicious'
protected bird (NZ Weka)
I've often contemplated Purple Swamphens as a native alternative to
chickens. But I don't think they'd be very popular considering the amount
of noise they make, especially at night. The neighbours would probably
think you were murdering people.
Belinda
Stirling W.A.
On Thu Feb 4 10:47 , "Tony Russell" sent:
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
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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&ID=6434
>
> Cheers,
> Charles
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