Their meat is darker than chicken meat. Little is known about their nutritional needs. There is debate as to how many diet formulations they should receive up to 8 weeks of age, and how much energy and protein should be contained in the diets.

In Australia, there is a small guinea fowl market, which is likely to stay small. Guinea fowl can survive in the wild and in some areas they are such a nuisance that they have had to be culled. Breeders the lavender and pearl are kept for 2 to 3 seasons and both adults and growing birds are generally allowed out-of-doors, although breeders are penned from September to January and sometimes for longer. Keets are kept for about 6 weeks in pens with rice hulls or wood shavings for floor bedding.

The guinea fowl are usually killed at about 20 weeks and often processed at an off-farm processing plant. Although dressed guinea fowl can be purchased fresh in season, they are usually frozen in weight categories that range from g to 1. Baby guinea fowl g and various carcass portions are also available. Demand is irregular, especially from restaurants, and as guinea fowl are not difficult to raise, opportunists enter the market from time to time thereby creating a glut.

This does not encourage the established guinea fowl producers to expand their operation. Some producers often keep other game birds such as partridge and pheasants. Fly fishermen purchase feathers for tying flies for fishing. Bio-security is not a high priority. Olson Game Birds at Swan Hill, Victoria, for example, caters for tourists and has a number of attractions including a restaurant.

It is believed that pheasants were introduced into Europe from China in about BC. Pheasants are often raised for autumn and winter shoots, particularly in the United States, the United Kingdom and some European countries, especially those in Eastern Europe. It is an expensive sport and membership of a shooting syndicate in the UK may exceed ten thousand dollars per season, but this may also include generous hospitality before and after the shoot.

Part of the reason for this high cost is that pheasants grow slowly and are expensive to raise. Although not native to these regions, the ringneck pheasant Phasianus colchicus is still found in the wild, in part because some of those raised for shooting will escape. There are very few commercial pheasant farms in Australia and information on farming practice is scarce. Pheasants, in pens of 40 to 50, are mated about four weeks before the breeding season starts.

They lay from October to January for two seasons although the rate of lay is lower in the second season and production peaks in November. Average egg numbers per hen are about 50—60 per season. The eggs are incubated for 24 days and brooded for at least three weeks depending on the weather. They are then kept in enclosures each of about 60 poults with access to a grassed pen at around 4 weeks of age.

Early mortality at three to five days is usually due to chicks not eating starve outs. Some common diseases encountered include rotavirus, coccidiosis and gapeworm, particularly if the pasture is not rotated. Disease outbreaks may depend on weather conditions but a coccidiostat is usually incorporated in the early diets. These diet specifications more or less correspond to those of turkeys, so turkey diets are often fed to pheasants.

Feed conversion is approximately 4. During the egg laying season, pheasants are given a breeder diet which is then changed to a mainly all grain maintenance diet in February. Pheasants are killed at 16 to 18 weeks and at a weight that yields a dressed carcass of about 1 to 1. Only first season pheasants are used for whole bird sales and the two-year-old birds are processed into sausages.

Their meat is a little on the dry side as pheasant meat has little fat, but this can be altered depending on the recipe and cooking method. Japanese quail Coturnix japonica is a subspecies of Coturnix coturnix. Far behind are Spain and France with 9, and 8, tonnes respectively. Since it has a low fat content, it is most suited to moist cooking methods such as casseroling. Alternatively you can wrap it in bacon rashers or pork fat and roast it. Goose — Geese are larger than ducks, and can be bought fresh, although they are more often bought frozen.

Although they are very popular over the Christmas period, they become less popular year-round as they are more often or not classed as a treat. Geese are best roasted, pot roasted, braised or stewed.

It is a good idea to serve them with a tart fruit sauce. Quail — Our biggest seller of game birds is our quail, manufactured and processed by a small company there quality is unbeaten. Cannot tell what's what. Cute silkie hens also cross layers. We at Harkaway Hens have been breeding quality silkies for a decade, all our hens are vaccinated and guaranteed hens.

We are generally open Friday and Saturday mornings. Silkies are very cute and friendly hens, they come in many different colours, our girls are between 14 and 20 weeks old. Currently we also game some silkie cross, these are crossed with leghorn and australorp and hence are good layers. Old English game bantams. Mixed breed fertile eggs for sale. I have lots of dozens of eggs to be hatched! They are all mixed breeds. These eggs have a great success rate and will bring out beautiful babies.

I have 6 beautiful roosters golden laced wyandotte, old English game, Sussex, bantam and hamburg Hens: frizzles, Easter egger, golden and silver laced wyandotte, hamburg, Sussex, astrolabe, Isa browns, plymouth rock, blue and white leghorn, buff Orpington. Sold male and female king quail. Unsexed available.

Sold out of all mature male and female kings. More will be ready in two to three weeks time when old enough to sex Females have sold out King quails. Please note: these quail are the little ones often seen at the bottom of an avairy we used to call them button quail years ago. The n. Chicken Layer and POL for sale. Chickens for sale Near point of lay Leghorn, austrolop, Isabrown, sumatran and mixed breed chickens.

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About months old, they are only just beginning to show their beautiful rooster feathers. Old English Game Bantams are a handsome breed renowned for beautiful markings, pluckiness, good health and longevity living up to 15 years! I am selling them because I bought three young ones and had hoped for hens, but they are all cockerels! I am keeping "Jack" because he is our top hen's favourite, but "Molly" and "Ag. Game disc is in great like new condition.

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