A few months ago I posted that we had found a clutch of emu eggs - after thinking we had 3 females emus. Well since then, I have seen one of the emus (Raptor) covering the nest with leaves and sticks. The eggs have been laid from July onwards. Then just 2 weeks ago Raptor stopped coming up for...
We were told we have 3 female emus (all 5 years old) and this year for the first time there are eggs! Initially we found 3 just scattered on the hard dirt in the open, but then a week later found a complete nest of 9 eggs - covered in leaves and sticks.
So....do females set a nest and cover...
We bought a property 19 months ago in the Clare Valley in South Australia which has 4 accommodation cabins as well as some interesting animals onsite. We have 2 chickens (we did have 4 but 2 have since died through age), 3 emus, 2 alpacas, 3 fallow deer, 2 cats and a border collie dog. The emus...