Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Camel is as good as beef. If you ever get hold of a Peacock, that's good too. Very white flesh and easy to pluck!

Has anyone tried Partridge ?

Im ordering some eggs to incubate ...

They come with pear trees this time of year aparently, my nursery does not have any though

I heard they were better than quail and 2x the size, let me know how they do for you.

Really ? No, never tried it. Where the hell do you order partridge eggs from ? I'm intrigued.

I actually prefer camel over beef, I find it has more flavour. Unfortunately for as many as we have in this country it's actually pretty hard to come by. I think mainly due to people not associating camel with food. The masses don't venture away from beef or lamb for red meat.

Very true. Even though you can buy kangaroo in the supermarkets and it's the healthiest meat there, whenever I throw some on the BBQ, visitors are always curious as to what it's like, how do you cook it, etc.

So I fill them in and, even when you see them months later, they've never actually tried it for themselves.

Goat is another example

Camels taste good and are very lean and low in cholestrol as they say you are what you eat and I always say better to be active like a Kangaroo/camel or fish than a lazy old cow (having said that I don't mind the occasional steak)
We have a huge problem with feral camels in Central Australia with an estimated 1.2 million and said to double approx every 8 years. There is a huge sum of money (I think 4.5 million over 4 years to cull camels) which is quite controversial many believing that leaving dead camel carcass lying in the desert may cause other imbalances in the natural world not to mention the waste IMHO I agree with this and believe that culling should only take place where the animal is fully utilised for meat, wool, leather etc
I'm doing my part by making camel soap after I was approached by one of the local station owners, in the past I have had a policy of not selling animal products and even had a sign on our shop that said "Don't wash yourself with a dead cow" so have had to backtrack a little on this.
The soap is extremely moisturising and lathers well I call it "Hump soap" `Apparently the Japanese highly regard the camel oil and it is highly prized for use in cosmetics.
Just last week the Territory Government announced $49,000 in emergency funding for a cull at the Docker River community helicopters will be used to herd the animals 15km outside the town, where they will be shot and left to decay in the desert.
The community is apparently under siege by 6000 marauding, wild camels and because of the drought have
torn up mains, sewerage pipes and even taken water from the top of air-conditioning units they have made the airstrip impossible to use and the community is worried with kids playing with the camels. I have even seen where they had knocked down a small windmill
The Camel is certainly receiving some publicity beyond our well known camel cup race in Alice Springs
It is also said that many people look like the rear end of a camel
and on that note I'm off for some beauty treatment with some moisturising and rejuvenating camel cream

chillidude Im ordering the partridge eggs from a guy in Victoria

Ive only been able to find one person in the whole country who has them available , and he's never incubated AND its his first time selling them ....

Ive had success with shipped quail eggs ( limited success , but success enough that I got to eat some fat quail ) , and from what Ive read partridge eggs hatch BETTER after a few days sitting idle

60 bucks for 12 eggs though , so Im hoping to atleast hatch a breeding trio and a few extra for the guy at the kebab shop that asked me to find partridge in the first place

Is that the bloke from swan hill he hatch s about 10,000 a year and 20,000 pheasants s

Chillidude: in Vic:
http://www.tradingpost.com.au/Pets-Hors ... e&AdOnTop=

I'm thought there'd be more than that around.
There's a rare bird breeder up in Port Macquarie, they have about 400 different varieties...
I know nothing about the Wild West though, we live in the civilised towns

Cool ! Thanks Boris and KP.

Will file the information. Gotta get the large Aquaponics built first - then I'll start pushing the case for having birds as well, sometime next year.

I've never understood how some people have the time to get bored

I've always said only boring people get bored!!!!!