Husband and spouse Davor and Zrinka Derković Ivčić have left their busy lives in Zagreb to handle unique birds within the unspoilt environment of Slavonia. Becoming conversant in vibrant birdlife whereas on vacation in Tenerife, visiting the island’s Loro Park, the pair determined to arrange their very own parrot breeding farm, shopping for their first chook from Kokolo farm in Križevci.
As their birds have been increasingly more quite a few, area of their Zagreb flat turned smaller and smaller. They determined to promote it and purchase a home with a view to present their menagerie with a extra comfy home. That’s once they moved to Samatovci close to Osijek in Slavonia. They acquired a website of three hectares and arrange their very own firm, ‘Only Exotic’.
“We often used to rent a house in Slavonia to escape from the hustle and bustle of Zagreb. We would enjoy peace, animals and local food. In addition, we believe that the Osijek-Baranja County encourages the work of young entrepreneurs,” they informed Pixsell’s Paula Bosančić.
In addition to caring for their birds, Davor and Zrinka are additionally turning to rural tourism. In their home in Samatovci, they plan to supply friends with lodging, home made Slavonian meals and therapeutic massage therapies. They goal to open a household resort for pets with a personalised method, the place friends can spend time with their pets or depart them in care.
Davor and Zrinka would like to share their information with others and plan to make displays and maintain training about their birds. “Soon we’ll welcome a Harris’s hawk is coming soon, for which we plan to pass the falconry exam. Falconry from Croatia is categorised as a UNESCO intangible heritage, and we want to nurture its heritage,” says Davor.
In addition, one other barn owl is arriving, to hitch the one gifted from a pal in Split, they usually’re trying to get a short-eared owl as properly. Paula Bosančić
