I kept them in my aviaries for years. They ignored all other birds in the aviary except each other. It is best to have several females to one male. The males can be very rough on the females and it is not unusual for them to pluck the females feathers. They come in several different colors. They lay eggs everyday like a chicken. If you want the eggs to hatch and raise the offspring you need to purchase an incubator. Most of them do not make good parents, they seem to have lost their natural parenting abilities. You can purchase them as chicks, adults or eggs. I have purchased adults and I have also purchased the eggs and hatched them myself in an incubator. They are very cute little guys. In my experience if you want to raise a chick, you have to have more than one, for some reason one chick by itself will not survive. Adults are pretty hardy. You need to make sure their feet are clean. If they get a bunch of dried pooh built up on their feet it can do a lot of damage to their toes. Make sure that your water container is not deep enough for the baby chicks to drown in. I kept my baby chicks in an aquarium to start out so that I could keep them warm. I used a jar lid filled with marbles to keep their water in so they would not fall in and drown. Be sure you have a source of warmth for the baby chicks that they can get away from if it becomes too hot. I sometimes used a heating pad that covered part of the bottom of the enclosure or a light above on one end of the enclosure. Since they spend most all of their lives on the ground and like to pick at things on the ground like a chicken, I recommend an enclosure with a solid bottom that is easy to clean. Adults when scared will fly straight up. I hope this info is of some use to you. Good luck with your new pets.
I wondered about heating, everyone says to get the lights, but I have some heat tape, and I wasn't sure if it would work or not. That's probably what I'll go with then, it'll probably be easier and more effective/safe.
