Very cool, I love the emu’s, my friends have them and they love the water, they have their own plastic baby pools that they lay down in and bathe, really neat to watch them! I have a question? Isn’t the space you have for them to small for that many? Or is that just your feeding area? They need room to run! Plus I would like to add, can hardly hear you talking and sounds like you are even whispering at times! Are you going to be incubating there eggs?
It is weird to put the fencing for the animals first but that would save you from a lot of stress.. they are very powerful and adults can brake a fence it too week. Then when their place is ready you either buy babies or get the eggs and incubate then yourself. A lot of humidity can kill the development of the embryo, so if it rains a lot in the spring, you might need to extract moisture from the air. The rest is easy.
The space is much longer, than what is visible, but land is expensive in California. About 200-300 thousand dollars per acre. Or you get something cheap in the desert but ostriches hate heat. Even here we had 106 degrees today, lucky for them I had roof at least but they hyperventilate above 90 real heavy… they also need water which wood be a problem in the middle of desert . Then you say “they are from Africa “ but I think a lot of them dies from heat and dehydration. When you pay money, you can’t afford that, but you also love the birds. They are very emotional.
Very cool, I love the emu’s, my friends have them and they love the water, they have their own plastic baby pools that they lay down in and bathe, really neat to watch them! I have a question? Isn’t the space you have for them to small for that many? Or is that just your feeding area? They need room to run! Plus I would like to add, can hardly hear you talking and sounds like you are even whispering at times! Are you going to be incubating there eggs?
Yeah, sorry for the late reply, but I spent all summer building them bigger space.
I have hatched about 18 emu chicks this year.
i love your video, i love to get started this year with ostrich, can you take me through some process , i am in canada though.
It is weird to put the fencing for the animals first but that would save you from a lot of stress.. they are very powerful and adults can brake a fence it too week. Then when their place is ready you either buy babies or get the eggs and incubate then yourself. A lot of humidity can kill the development of the embryo, so if it rains a lot in the spring, you might need to extract moisture from the air. The rest is easy.
Such a small space to keep these huge birds.
The space is much longer, than what is visible, but land is expensive in California. About 200-300 thousand dollars per acre. Or you get something cheap in the desert but ostriches hate heat. Even here we had 106 degrees today, lucky for them I had roof at least but they hyperventilate above 90 real heavy… they also need water which wood be a problem in the middle of desert . Then you say “they are from Africa “ but I think a lot of them dies from heat and dehydration. When you pay money, you can’t afford that, but you also love the birds. They are very emotional.
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