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I gotta say, I agree with Grassman on this one. I’ve been a vegetarian on and off all my adult life. When I eat meat, I think about where it came from, even if ‘over there.’ S.E.

Morning! It’s an issue of human psychology whereby a human arbitrarily – key word – attaches an emotional value to a critter. It’s an issue (an aspect of the little-understood degree of illogic in overall human behaviour) that took me a long time figure out politically. arbitrary...

I think it’s very cool, Grassman, that you are paying attention to this stuff. Supreme Emu

Yeh, Avie, every cloud has a silver lining and all that . . . next year, you’ll know what to expect during the incubation. You’ll have gained knowledge about stuff like how to prevent splay leg, providing a great environment and food for new chicks, etc. etc. I wonder if we’ll get any...

Have only read dribs and drabs here, but I thank you for the info about the chicks moving and peeping before hatching. This added a piece to the puzzle for me. Taa. Supreme Emu

It would be worthwhile to consider every little thing we know about how the male incubates in the wild, including seeking information from other sources. Boy Emu's incubation was my one and only experience. I was fascinated by how efficient it all was. For example, it was a real blast when...

Pretty impressive, Grassman! And the lilly pilly thing: my thought is that we should all patiently co-operate -- 'standing-thread'!! -- to gather knowledge of what emus like, and what grows where. My position is most most fortunate in that I have natural grasses and introduced grasses and...

Here is the lily pilly. It’s early season. The darker ones are ripe. They are larger. The smaller bunch is immature. The bunches will get bigger: s.e.

Hey, Yinepu! Well, let’s co-operate on this one. I will post a picture tomorrow. I kid you not, readers, this particular type of tree bears fabulously well, and emus love the purple berries. After the figs cut out here, the wild birds squabble at the lilly pilly. It’s the tree that I have...

Kiri, It’s wonderful that you have asked this question!! I am full of ideas on this subject, though I am an observer of wild emus, not a keeper of pet emus. There are indications that shrubs and trees are beneficial because they give the birds the chance to get out of one another’s way. In...

Avie’s idea – pooling statistics – is a good idea, I think (and another candidate for a 'standing-thread'). Guys, I’d be grateful to anyone who has bred/hatched a lot of emus, and can tell me anything about the ratio between males and females. (It has to do with figurin’ out the mating-dynamic...

Go, Pogo!! S.E.

I'm amazed at what I learn here. S.E.

But that's exactly what we are, Avie! We have made our own Reality Show. I am just about to post some photos celebrating five years at the farmhouse. If I may suggest a pastime for egg-watchers: do a little background research on when-the-egg-is-a-grown-bird. There’s a wealth of...

'In those situations I try to persuade myself that there was something wrong with the chick genetically, and it's better to lose it before it hatches' Guys, I think Yinepu is on the right track here, both scientifically and emotionally. Two of Boy Emu’s seven eggs were infertile. That’s almost...

I usually feel like such a prat for suggesting All This ‘academic’ stuff – but bingo! got ‘triangulation’: formal academic source, on-the-ground captive, on-the-ground wild. Very satisfying. S.E.

Meaning no offence, ‘she found that going closer to how it's naturally done resulted in stronger healthier chicks’ really shouldn’t be a surprise to us. Recap of past info: Boy Emu’s chicks – 100% natural – hatched over five days. The last hatched on the morning of the day that ‘Boy Emu Plus’...

Avie, it needs to be bluntly stated: Most of the information in books and in ‘formal’ Internet articles is just great. [Swarbrick 'Emu Husbandry Guidelines'] Much of the ‘general’ info in the Net is simply wrong. Much of it has been ‘bounced’ dozens of times by people too lazy to do the hard...

The dedication of you incubators impresses me. I'd climb the walls if I had to turn eggs five times a day for two months!! Supreme Emu

It's a good thing that we have the e-community on which to share!! S.E.