Yardbirds - Bird Species kept in Hoofstock Yards

[FBBird]

It seems to me that running flight restricted (or even naturally flightless) birds with hoofstock comes from the ‘birds as wallpaper’ mindset. This is a holdover when wild caught birds were available relatively easily and cheaply. Now most zoo birds have to be bred and reared, in zoos or in the private sector, and can be much harder to replace. If potential breeding birds are squandered, where’s the next lot coming from?

 

[La Cucaracha]

I was just replying to your penguins should be mixed with guanacos point, I didn't mistake you for a zoo director, if that helps.

I mean alright, as long as we agree mixes seen in the wild aren't necessarily the best in captivity.
I still think Antwerp Zoo's buffalo aviary is really cool. You don't see African buffalo at many zoos, either.

 

[Lafone]

I mean alright, as long as we agree mixes seen in the wild aren't necessarily the best in captivity.
I still think Antwerp Zoo's buffalo aviary is really cool. You don't see African buffalo at many zoos, either.

As mentioned, I made the point that mixes in the wild don’t automatically make for good captive mixes, in response to your point penguins should be mixed with guanacos above.

 

[La Cucaracha]

As mentioned, I made the point that mixes in the wild don’t automatically make for good captive mixes, in response to your point penguins should be mixed with guanacos above.

I think I was being facetious. Obviously guanacos and penguins have different preferred environments.
I do wonder about the compatibility of flamingos and penguins in a large aviary setting, but not all birds are compatible together.

 

[Great Argus]

I do wonder about the compatibility of flamingos and penguins in a large aviary setting, but not all birds are compatible together.

I feel like the penguins would be very problematic with flamingos...

 

[La Cucaracha]

I feel like the penguins would be very problematic with flamingos...

Maybe, but they do somewhat share a range and a preference for saline environments.
Just a thought.

 

[FBBird]

Maybe, but they do somewhat share a range and a preference for saline environments.
Just a thought.

Penguins could do a lot of damage to flamingos. Saying that, African Penguins shared the lake at Rode Bird Gardens with Caribbean and Chilean Flamingos…..

 

[La Cucaracha]

Penguins could do a lot of damage to flamingos. Saying that, African Penguins shared the lake at Rode Bird Gardens with Caribbean and Chilean Flamingos…..

I'm not betting money it's a good mix, but have you heard anything about how that worked out?

 

[FBBird]

I'm not betting money it's a good mix, but have you heard anything about how that worked out?

Penguins and flamingos both reared young, but there were many more flamingos than penguins, and I think penguins eventually died out from aspergillosis. Various waterfowl in the enclosure bred well. I’ve known two penguin colonies on natural water in zoos, Humboldt’s and African respectively. Both eventually died out

 

[La Cucaracha]

I think penguins eventually died out from aspergillosis.

That's unsurprising, sadly.