Posts by Raptor65

Wow, speechless.

Got the results back from Zoogen, turns out Ellie is actually a boy. Since he hatched on March 15th we're gonna call him Julius.      

What are you gonna call Theo now that you know?  Hoping I can still call my little fuzzball Ellie, still waiting on my results, if it is a boy I'll have to call him Julius seeing as it hatched on the 15th.  Such a dainty...

Just out of curiosity I looked up the nutritional value of dandelion leaves and apparently they're extremely nutritious and beneficial, lotta stuff in em to give young Emus a great kick start.  So by all means, let your Emus weed...

Ditto on that, once they are able to get around well enough and the weather is reasonable you should take them outside and let them follow you around.  Show em things like gravel so they can pick up some stones, show em dandelion...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tame Emu Guy  Perhaps give the birds the names that make others happy (especially the kids) and keep for yourself the memories of the birds themselves. It’s the personalities that you...

One more, got Ellie to try eating and drinking today and you can see her up walking around.  

Gerry is a year old and I've still yet to hear him make a sound other than the little "good morning" squeal he does while stretching when I go out to feed him and the horses, sounds a bit like a toy locomotive.  If you want to...

Made an abridged video of my hatch, this time at full speed.       She really is a wild one too, quite a personality.  She was up and walking around not even 24 hours out of her egg, and she's been...

I got an E for ya.  Looks like I might have a girl here so as Gerry is named after Gerry Harding from Jurassic Park, this new Emu shall be named Ellie.  If it does turn out to be a boy he'll be named Eli...