Wow, great story. I guess maybe it depends on where they live, the resources they have etc. We have geese that only allow one of the ladies to actually do the hatching then after each chick is a couple days old the female will bring it to the door and squat like crazy to call the rest of the...
We have a single emu, Emily, she was raised with our chickens and when she got big enough and decide baby chicks we good play things we moved her to the main pasture with the llamas, goats & geese. She still gets to hang with the chickens that free range into the pasture everyday. She is 3 now...