My first rhea egg!

[Highlander]

My female rhea laid her first egg today. It seems like I have been waiting forever for it! My male has already hollowed out a nest and although he is not sitting she laid it right beside the nest so it won't be long before he sits I don't think. Now the big question is, to incubate or to eat!!

 

[rrrmamma]

Congrqats. I say incubate!. That egg would be a meal for 4

Thanks for your kind thoughts on Opa's thread. Being home around my animals and hiking the property every day really is healing.
(except for the sore muscles)

 

[Opa]

It doesn't seem that long ago that you picked them up. What was the weight of the egg? I like to know the weight of the egg so that I can figure the chicken egg equivalency.

 

[Highlander]

It was actually a pretty small one for rhea standards - 465g. Still would make a pretty decent omelette though!!

 

[Opa]

I just did the math and it's equal to 8 large eggs.

 

[Highlander]

Well shoot, I was hoping for at least a dozen!

 

[Opa]

Since this was her first I guess it would be considered to be a pullet egg.

 

[Gypsy07]

Oh wow! 465g for a 'pullet' egg!

That's pretty amazing.
I'd eat it. Well... I mean, I'd maybe manage to eat HALF of it. LOL!

Do you know how many eggs a year they're supposed to lay?

 

[Highlander]

Around 50 or so, give or take. More if I keep taking them away!

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

Congrats on the first egg Vicki, I think I would have to eat the first on just to try it out! Then incubate away. Do you have an incubator that will accommodate those enormous eggs?