Wild Introduction of our Horse to the Emus
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definitely would be a bit wiser to introduce new animals to each other slowly in a more controlled way. Much like people introduce new cats by keeping them in separate rooms where they can smell each other but not harm one another and interact through a divider, it's safer to introduce your horse to new animals by having them in separate pens close where they can see but not harm each other.
Glad it turned out okay though
A donkey or mule makes a great pasture mate for horses. Donkeys are also guardian animals. Their honking can signal danger and donkeys hate canines (wolves, coyotes, and dogs) and will attack any of them in their territory.
Yeah they should do that
@@mariamitchell7170I don’t like you at all you need to go away
I think they want more horse's so they can go riding together 🤔
If your horse is a Mustang it will be anti=dog/coyote. I am guessing the breed from the cold brand on their neck. My Mustang was death on dogs and coyotes.
Yup they explained all about the freeze brand in a previous video. What each symbol meant what it stood for the date, etc.
If you get another horse the best way is to divide the pasture with an electric energiser and white electric tape (visible to the horses), they will get to know each other without fighting for a few weeks. Your horse is a mare and she will likely challenge any newcomer. They can do a lot of damage if the wrong characters are introduced too quickly. It’s taken 10 months to introduce my yearling to the dominant mare at my house, but now they get on well, no injuries.
yeah put electric but leave gap or need be high that they could only sniff each other not touch because if they try attack each other they can go over electric line that happened with my mare and neighbors colt just go trough electric line like there was nothing after they touched each other
You might have led Holiday over to the emus and given her treats to show her the emus make good things happen, at least for a week before introducing them to her pasture.
It would have been sensible, neither have seen anything like each other, and the emus from a small pen, everyone is scared and things go badly with heightened emotional animals. Also don't want the horse to learn this behaviour to new things. Could have been done better.
I love how Emu running looks like they just shoplifted and are hiding goods in their back 😂
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😂 That’s funny they totally do
That was pretty dangerous, horses don't enjoy sudden "roommates". Emus' get along great with goats, chickens and geese. I've never seen them in a field with horses and, I guess, now we know why.
This Channel of yours is my comfort Zone, Love you all ♡♡♡♡♡
You said you've had emu's for 4 almost 5 years and I cannot believe I've followed this beautiful channel for that long. I am lucky to witness what your family is doing in this world.
Thank you for following along!
@@whitehouseonthehillI think you need to divide 1/3 of the field for the emu, and completely move them there. And you still have a very large space for the horse
IMHO, Holiday has recognized that the Emus are potentially dangerous for her and she’s establishing her secure safe space-I think her behavior is very sane, and I wouldn’t worry about her being dangerous to other nonthreatening creatures-
We love your channel, and our family looks forward to your new posts! Trixie
Just typical horse behavior, it's something new and she knows they don't belong in her space, so she's establishing that order
Growing up I lived on a farm and we had all kinds of animals. 2 horses, cows (always 3 or more), goats, chickens, etc. They all shared the same pasture and barn. The chickens did have their own coop with nesting boxes and roosting bars. All of our animals got along fine, however, whenever a new animal was added to the mix it could be a little stressful. We would keep them in the same area but separate (usually just put up a temp fence) so everyone could get to know each other and no one would get hurt. A word of caution - when/if you do decide to get another horse - go very slowly with the introductions. Just putting 2 horses into the same space is VERY scary. They will bite, kick, and pretty much try to kill each other. I've seen it once and I'll never forget that experience - terrifying.
Horses need to be slowly introduced to new pasture mates.
Yeah
holiday wants to play
@@CoreyJack-ro3mf your kinda right she doesn't have anyone to play with so
She was establishing hierarchy.
She was showing her dominance, She was biting, Pinning her ear, Etc.
There is an organization in Tennessee called Horse Plus Humane Society that rescues horses at auctions to save them from being sold as meat. The auction group has recently told them they are not allowed at the auctions any longer, probably because they are getting so much flack from people who see the condition of the poor horses at the auctions.
At the last auction they were on the road outside the auction demonstrating and told people if they took the horses to the facility they would buy the horses from them without having to go through auction . They ended up getting/buying for $500. each, 56 horses/ donkeys and a few other animals. They take in other animals as there isn’t anywhere there to take in cats, dogs, pigs, sometimes sheep, others too.
Anyway, the reason I’m telling you about it is you can adopt horses ; donkeys etc. from them at a reasonable price. They take care of the horses, get them vet checked, treat anything they can, give them their shots, test for any illnesses , microchip them, have their feet looked after too.
If the horses are in untreatable health or just too sick to go on they will also assist them to have a peaceful death as a last resort.
I know you plan to get more horses, maybe you could check out the ones they have for adoption, there are some really beautiful horses come through, I love the Mustang and Pinto breeds. They are in different stages of age and training , some very young and some up there, some are retired work horses who just need a place to enjoy the rest of their lives.
Anyway, check them out, they may be too far from you to go but they are also affiliated with a bunch of other rescue facilities all around the US. 🙋🏼♀️🥰
It's common horse behavior to challenge new pasture mates and you should be prepared (and speak with more horse people about it!) for the run around any new horse is likely to get when introduced. There's a hierarchy in a horse herd that they like to establish right away, it doesn't mean that they don't get along it just means they want to know who's in charge and the challenges can look violent and sometimes are violent if you try to introduce something like two stallions together. Knowing what to do when introducing horses to each other and which horses are likely to get along quicker is something you should talk over with a more experienced horse owner, like the person who helped you get Holiday, not because you can't figure it out yourselves but because having more knowledge will make the process a lot easier on you and the horses involved.
yeah i agree before buying another horse chat with someone u trust how do introduction safely my mare do same with cows she get bossy bite them if she catch them and move them around from one grazing spot to another like leader would do in wild
I love this channel but I can’t help but get a little uncomfortable over people getting a horse without any experience. I hope they have some lessons from other equestrians and farmers!
The clips of Bamboo as a baby...are adorable. Every time I see them I feel happy.
I think you can divide 1/3 of the horse field for the emu…and completely move them there. It’s more than enough for the emu. And there’s still a large space for the horse
Horses can be fine with emus, a more gentle introduction would have been better. Hindsight 🤷♀️ you got this🇦🇺 the more a target runs the more they chase. Then will paw at the target when it drops though.
You should provide some warmth for your emus this winter. Don't forget, Emus come from Australia. They are not meant to live in harsh cold temps. Just an FYI is all.
Holiday made some new friends 🤭The emus hadn't had to run that fast in forever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I bet they slept good that night👍
Im really interested to see if this works out. I hope it continues to go as smoothly as the end of the video where Holiday seemed less interested in them. Watching her chase them was horrifying. She's so much faster and stronger.
The emus desperately need more room to run and socialize. They looked in awe of everything for sure. It was adorable. Its exciting watching your farm and family grow and evolve. ❤ Thanks for letting us be part of it.
Yes, it has been going great, she barely notices them now.
@whitehouseonthehill That is absolutely fantastic to hear 💕 I was genuinely worried. I hope that means we get to see them in there full time 😊
Holiday is such a beautiful horse 🐎
An insulated shelter for the emus for winter would be wonderful, and having them in same area so the horse isn’t isolated would be great if they can get along. ❤😊🎉☃️❄️💧☔️
finally they are playing
love the new horse pasture
many animals can share that field
Holiday reacted like that because she was originally a wild horse so she assumes anything that runs in circles fast like that is a predator circling her like a wild dog a wolf coyotes, so she was acting defensive. You need to show her that they’re just big smelly birds, not a wolf or anything because they are the size of a big dog that would run in a pack and take down a horse or a bear mountain lion, just a suggestion love you guys channel and sharing your beautiful souls with us so thank you so much❤
I hope you’re planning on putting an electric wire on the inside of the board fencing. Cause, livestock fencing is supposed to be on the inside of the post, so the horses or cattle can’t push the boards off and escape. Horses and cattle do a lot of pushing and rubbing on fencing.
Holiday could easily kill your emus
Wow that was a lot of excitement
It is great to hear an American who can pronounce emu correctly.
I've been watching your videos from the very beginning, and I've waited forever to be able to see the Emus run in a big pasture, great to see. Looking forward to the day the pheasants, ducks and peacocks get released into the aviary!
Thank you very much!
Quite an adventure/experience.
Glad it's working out better ....They could have fun running together. I hope so.
They'd be great exercise for them all.
We need a tour from the whole farm we haven't had one in a really long time and u added so much since the last one
Hindsight and all that. Love the fact you show the mistakes also. Not the best introduction. But ended ok in the end. Ive mentioned before that our horses are not huge on Emus and roos wandering through. Some horses will have a meltdown. If they see them in the distance. My one thing is and you both are worried is the coyote thing. You also had a smallish big cat. Rock up. Emus can defend themselves but they really don't have too many predators to deal with naturally. Largely cars and idiots. With them all spreading out like that. A lot of people have mentioned a few fun animal options to help keep predators at bay. Holiday might be a boss mare but the introduction was so territorial based its hard to say how she would react. On the halter she was a lot more relaxed.
Donkeys are a good defense against coyotes and they typically make good pasture mates.
She's got some great running partners
Yep!
Love your family and all you share with us. Been watching you since you only had 2 boys. Always excited for a new video. Beautiful family life of togetherness.
You have such a beautiful, loving family, Jake!
Thank you so much!
You should get a giant sock for Bamboo to play with. I'm 9 years old and I've been following since you started your channel
"Giant sock" Lol
Tbh I would of shown the horse threw the fence to make sure she was ok with other animals then put her in a separate paddock next to them to see what she would do next before even putting her in with them then holding on to her in the same paddock as them we do this with any new horses we get to make sure there rnt fights and seeing what the pecking order is
I love how much your farm is expanding, one species at a time. Horse & Emu’s, amazing! Holliday’s pictures showing his teeth is hilarious! Great for merch! Many blessings to you & your Ohana! Aloha from Nebraska.🌺🤙🏼💜🍁🍂
Thank you very much!
I thought it would be obvious the horse wouldn’t be a fan 😅
Saw your poll question and wanted to comment! I am very proud of how much You and the family have all learned together, and it shows! I won’t complain as you guys clearly learned during filming a better way to handle it! Many great suggestions here in the comments too about donkeys or mules being great for fighting off coyotes too. I love this account, please keep up the great work :3
She's asserting dominance
Check out Alveus Sanctuary, they are based in texas (animal sanctuary), their pasture is 1 cow, 1 horse, 2 donkeys, 1 emu!
Becky is correct in that Holiday would be the same with other horses. They figure out pecking order. Who is going to be lead mare.
Oh yeah, and horses tend to investigated new things on there pasture and they usually chase it away or fight against it or just run away from it
Holiday was investigating. The emus ran and caused Holiday to run. I don’t think she would have done anything if the emus didn’t run first.
Hug panels would work great for steering the emus about. Love seeing them run in open feild
Good evening guys,
I could set an watch y'alls channel everyday. I enjoyed watching the Emus and Holiday she was really chasing them, it made me a little nervous indeed!! I Pray they all get along bc it would be a awesome home for them all....A donkey would be a great animal with them....Thank you all for another wonderful video from the One-N-Only White House On The Hill!! I just love y'alls family and your outside family.....How's the AVIARY looking?? I bet it's more gorgeous as your precious family is!!❤❤
Take care, Holiday, you can't be chasing them Emus bc they're your family 😊😊and as always God Bless 🙌 each of you on the One-N-Only great White House On The Hill in Missouri ❤❤
Take your family to the Kentucky Horse Park!! It has everything you could possibly want to teach your kids and YALL, about horses and their behavior. Museums, hands-on demos and HORSEBACK riding!
My husband and I are life-long equine professionals, and happy to answer questions you may have about behavior, husbandry, etc! Holiday is a great mare, and mustangs especially are usually naturally wary of non-horse animals. Horses are incredible... Also finicky, and complicated 🤣 my late mare would try to kill anything that wasn't horse or human in her stall or pasture- including the potbelly her previous owner let free range, multiple dogs, and any wild geese or deer that decided they wanted to visit... while my gelding loves everyone!
You need to round out the corners in the yards. That way no one gets stuck in one. It helps when being chased or a bit of a tiff. 🙂🦋
Never ever rush an introduction, you could try again but intoduce them along a fence give them time to get used to wach other, but holiday may just be territorial and may take extra time, may also need to intoduce them where holiday is on a lead and halter
We thought we were approaching slowly by only letting 2 in and having them slowly approach the horse throughout the day. We didn’t know Holiday was going to respond like that.
I can't beieve it's been that long! I was already folowing you for awhile when you hatched Bamboo and I've seen every episode since then. You and your family are awesome I wish more were like y'all.
Excellent. I hope everything works out. That will be good for the Emus.
Thanks!
So cool guys 😅
You may have already tried this but you may want to give your breeding pairs a trim around their cloacae to increase the fertility. I have had to do that with super fluffy chickens.
Glad it all worked out, knew it would! Like most things its just about taking it steady 😊 and now Holiday has company and the emus have lots of space 👍
This looks like it may work out
How exciting for them to have so much room to run around
each animal reacts differently - join a flock of ewes together not a problem - join a flock of rams together can be interesting - a herd of cows together with a new herd and they will fight for pecking order for a dayish - put new older bulls in together and O My get out of the road for that one and hope your fences hold up - horses are normally put together after they have meet over a fence for a while, sometimes with a alley way between them so they can't touch because of the fighting for pecking order - you did what you thought was right, no one got hurt - take two tomorrow with another concept so you reach the long term goal of having a group pasture
Omg the emus look at the turkeys and think , what on earth is that , turkeys look at emus and ask, what on earth is that ?!, and I’m sure the horse is asking too 😂😂love your videos and you 😊
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How will you keep the emu feed away from the horse? Be really careful with not allowing her access to eating it
Make sure the emus do not try to steal the feed of the horse becaus she can get agressive towards them around the feed if they do not move out of her way.
They have their own areas to eat. We put the horse in for part of the day and feed them separately.
@whitehouseonthehill great! Congrats on the horse! They are a steep learning curve, and the horse community can be very toxic. Kudos to you for being new owners on such a public platform! One thing I will mention as a certified riding coach, is I would HIGHLY recommend they wear certified riding helmets. I have seen the calmest horses suddenly lose riders out of nowhere. It is something I don't want you to regret.
Well, they got their exercise. It doesn't look like the horse was trying that hard to hurt the birds, though I don't think the birds knew that.
When you putall the emus together, I for the first time realised that there's actually enough of them to look like a mob. Shame they don't get along as one, but maybe that will chamge if they share a bigger space
We had a mare that would chase any canids, cats, or large birds that were in her 20 ac pasture teeth bared, ears back, and ready to stomp them into the ground. Our dogs learned to steer clear. If we had her on lead or were riding it wasn’t an issue.
Are you ever going to put shavings in Holidays stall? I'm sure the emus would appreciate a soft bed.
Wow they look so happy ❤
The overhead drone camera as the emus walked down the corridor was great. Good luck.
Can't wait to watch this after a long week of waiting
Horse may feel it's so nice have someone to race with.
Horses needs friends
You should have asked Aussies about it.
A family friend had their horse in a paddock and an emu got in. It kicked the horse on the stomach and tore its stomach open. The horse died.
Personally I don't think it's a smart idea.
Nice farm
Thanks for sharing
That was a bit intense for sure! Yikes! I would be reading anything I could find about the co-habitation of horse's and Emu's. 😬
Hey so I don't comment often I just give your videos a like and come back. I believe the impulse of commenting, advice and critical ppl is becoming an instant impulse. I wonder if there was a time rule like comment in 2 hrs would they return and reply the same way. Anyway I commend you for showing the journey. You say many times we are not sure and will try different things. You were hesitant and you did many great things. No one is injured. Your farm is very organized, projects appear planned and animal housing looks sturdy. Your videos are nicely edited and smoothly recorded. So many wonderful things! I hope you see the positive and remember it is not natural to have access worldwide to a pocket computer to talk to strangers. It's ok to say comments affect our motivation to be transparent or to share our journey. I'm so excited for your aviary. Much love from Canada
Slowly, but I sure hope it works out I think it'll be good for all of them having a big area like that and it'll be good for the socialization of all of them
Can't believe it's been so long and you have grown your farm so much. I joined this channel during the bamboo hatching project in the old farm. Now the farm has grown so much ❤❤❤
That is awesome!
Wow!!!! I hope the horse and emus continue to get along!!
Horses have temperaments like angry dogs. You gotta work with them get to know them. And they will chase any threat off. Especially a giant bird.
I’d like to point out that Holiday probably isn’t being defensive and just trying to sort out herd dynamics and make a hierarchy, witch is completely normal in the horse world. Also biting each other even as horsey friends is often just play fighting with each other.
The little thumbnail "behind the scenes" was cute. 🤗
Well I sure hope they all get on in that Field it would be god for all of them if they can get along Keeping my Fingers Crossed it goes ok Thanks Great Vlog
Great video
Another horse can protect itself better than an Emu.
Awesome video, as always! I cringe a bit about how nervous you must have been at the introduction. I'm also a bit jealous of how exciting and fun it must be to keep developing your property!
Luv to your family!
Luv to your farm!
Luck to all if your endeavors!
Thank you!
My horse used to chase ANY bird he saw (with me on his back or without). A flock of birds landing in the end of the arena during my lessons caused lots of everyone laughing at the chaos. A single chicken in the horse's paddock looking for leftovers had to run for her life! I can only imagine him with emus!!
Horses are really mean to new pasture mates
Put feeders near horse barn yard fence
I think they'll be good friends together. ❤
They have been doing great together!
Add an Open Oval Fence
with Gate on the Opening
【二__二】
in the Middle of the Big Horse Yard
Where you put the
Water Trough and Hay Bales
Maybe Where The Emu can Rest or Sleep at Night
Where Horse or the Emus can Alternately being Penned in while the Others are Running Free
Great training.
Great video! I think it went pretty great. ♥️ you all are doing fantastic and I love all of the projects you’ve shown us. Absolutely amazing progress
So glad you explained that thumbnail. I would've been worried.
please put more horse vid.
thanks.
Horse in Emu Pin. Instructions unclear. XD
How’s the arrangement going to work when you decide to get a couple more horses?
5:12 they are drumming a parade.
Oh I hope it works out.
I haven’t watched in a long time but daym I remeber watching bamboo hatch
As a life long horse owner. You are very lucky no animals got hurt.
Introductions must be slow and safe. As in separate pastures but side by side so they see, smell, and get to know each other first. Horses have a pecking order and mares can be more dominant in some cases.
Many animals do not get along. Horses and pigs are a definite no.
Very typical horse behavior.
You should've had her halter on and a lead rope. That could've ended very badly.
You have a beautiful horse barn.
I think the horse was just trying to smell the emu, they do that with their mouths, and I bet the horse is curious about the feathers. Still quite a stressful situation all around. I think the horse would be surprised if the emu needed to retaliate. Kapow
Oh, ha. 😬💞
Love your videos
😊
That’s great they seem to all be getting along , I hope they continue to, company for Holiday and room for the Emus to run . Fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞🙋🏼♀️
Fantastic!!! I hope they'll adapt well with each other. When you put the 2 emu's in the first time, I was concerned when Holiday was ready to bite. Now all looks calm, got my fingers crossed all goes well.
I love watching your kids play together. You've raised amazing kids.