Along the same line...I hatched an emu 2 years ago, male. Hatched another in March and just found out it's a male also. Will they get along with no others? Should I try to find a female or get rid of one of the males? Anyone near Pensacola have emus? Thanks
Emu guard for chicken yard!!! I have a 16 mo old male emu named Kevin. He is very curious, but not at all aggressive, unless something that looks like a predator shows up in the chicken yard. He free ranges with chickens, turkeys, geese, guineas and ducks. I hatched him from an egg I bought...
Novice to bees requesting advise?
I bought a top bar beehive a couple of years ago, but put off getting bees until a friend called in October because a hive had settled into one of her martin gourds. I took the whole gourd and put it in my hive and fed them simple syrup all winter. On last...
Thought I'd share an interesting turkey hen saga. I have 2 hens. My standard bronze laid eggs and hatched poults
earlier this Spring. Now my slate hen has decided to go broody on a nest of Muscovy duck eggs. She hasn't laid the first egg but diligently sits on the mother ducks eggs, even when...
I tried to get better side shots of my BCM. The legs look slate from the front view. Unfortunately the Blue in the first pictures mysteriously died yesterday. He was in an enclosed breeding pen in an enclosed barn, so no predator. The only thing different was a new scratch I bought because the...
Yeah, mine freerange during the day with my mixed flock of chickens, turkeys, &guineas. They did sleep on the floor of the barn at night, but just this week they are roosting on the rafters like 7 ft high? Maybe they are trying to fit in with the rest of the flock?