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  1. emupriya

    Emu Being Bitten by Flies…

    Now that it is spring and the bugs are out, I’ve noticed mayflies landing on my emu’s (Kevin) neck and face and biting him. When I wipe them off there is sometimes a bead of blood. On my goats I use an animal specific bug spray but I don’t want to use this on Kevin, especially not around his...
  2. emupriya

    Introducing Emu Chick To Older Emu?

    I recently adopted a 2 week old male emu chick (Karl) as a companion for my 11 month old male emu (Kevin). The person we got Karl from warned us that Kevin will most certainly stomp Karl upon introduction, and we should wait until Karl is older + bigger. However, we have already introduced them...
  3. 5

    Bloated Emu Chick (Help)

    I have a emu chick who hatch Saterday. I didnt think he was going to beable to hatch but it did(It only lost like 10.3%). It is pretty bloated as one would expect, but my main consein is where its bloated i have had emu whith bloated stomach, i know what to do with them(just watch them). But...
  4. E

    Emu chick help?

    Emu chick keeps tucking their head underneath herself. She does this seemingly randomly and once she goes back up she goes right back to eating and drinking and pooping and having the zoomies. She’s about 4-5 weeks old. She’s on ratite, emu chick specific feed, gets lots of kale, veggies, fruit...
  5. C

    Emu chick in trouble

    I recently hatched 4 emu chicks. The first one to hatch was by far the smallest has been fine for a week but mid day today I started noticing odd behavior. He/she seems lethargic the other 4 are up and alert this one always seems to be sleeping. When he is awake he seems fine but crashes hard...
  6. Tyrovive

    Photo of my mob

    Elvis, the odd guy out, looking at Doris and Frank on nest. Of course I wasn’t in time for the recent contest😒
  7. 5

    Emergency emu chick in trouble

    It cant sit up. It's on its side right now kicking its feet. Seem very weak. Looks like it has a hard time breathing. Was doing fine yesterday, found it on its sit in its box. around 2 weeks. Pretty light compared to other chicks, not sure its been eating or drinking fully. Seen it do the water...
  8. 5

    Emu emergency

    I don't know if it is an emergency, but I'm concerned. A fresh hatch less than a day has a huge stomach, all my other hatches didn't so I'm not sure. Is it bloat or is egg yolk? Any help or suggestions would be helpful.
  9. 5

    Emu egg question

    I'm pretty sure I know the answer already but I thought I would ask. I have an egg on day 34 and its ends are different temps. there both cold to the touch but the sides have different temps, the side with the letter on it is a little warmer than the other side. Is this a dead egg? Here is...
  10. 5

    wrong temp(some what urgent)

    it's around 30 days in for my first emu egg, and I just notice that the temp that was being displayed was wrong it was set to 97.5 but the real temp was around 94.4ish. It's losing the right amount of weight though; even with the real temp. Can I assume that this egg won't make it haven't seen...
  11. m1chelle1

    Emu Photo Shoot

    Eh, I take a bunch of pics of the emu mob, my main muse is my largest male Khaos Hyperion. Got some pretty good ones this morning and wanted to share! Enjoy!! :wee:wee
  12. Cassandragrenr

    Emu enclosure

    What is the ideal emu enclosure? I'm talking size, enrichment, toys! And even feeders and more If anyone has links to handy Emu things, please send them to me!! I'm mostly interested in the size and I'd like it if others could share pictures of their emu enclosures!! 💓 I'm just making sure for...
  13. m1chelle1

    Electric poultry netting with emu?

    Hey all! :wee So we’re getting in our shipment of thanksgiving turkeys soon and we wanted to do them inside of electric poultry netting (premier 1), BUT they’ll be co located and moved around our emus 3 acre pasture. And we were thinking this could be a safety hazard, but we were also wondering...
  14. PolishAllTheWay

    Looking for emu chicks!

    I am looking for emu chicks and I can’t find any. I thought about getting eggs but getting an entire incubator would be extra expenses. I am just looking to see if any people would know where I could find chicks or have some currently. Preferably I would want them to be in Mississippi, but any...
  15. Y

    Emu with broken toe?

    One of our emus has broken there big middle toe, it swollen and bent and he’s walking with a limp, Is there a way we can splint it? And if there is any antibiotics we can use for him? Thank you.
  16. I_speak_the_truth

    Female keeps attacking male emu

    I got two pairs of emu last spring. Two sets of brother/sister. I want to avoid inbreeding so I have kept all four identified to make sure I separate them correctly into pairs. However, when they reached about a year old this spring they have started fighting. One of the males must be at the...
  17. C

    Emu Possible Splayed Advice

    Hey all, My emu is close to 1 week old. I noticed that she doesn’t do as great of a job as my other one at keeping her legs under her and straight. It’s not an obvious splayed leg, she walks and runs fine but I’m worried about long term. I’ve splinted her legs together and they both have...
  18. M

    Emu leg bent side ways

    Hey everyone looking for some help. I have this emu (Oscar) who just started on having issues on his one leg. It looks like it's starting to bend sideways is this considered pulled tendon? How can I help this guy out any advice would be appreciated. I've attached some photos. I've also tape his...
  19. L

    Emu behavior: training chicks not to nip hard

    Hello, Question for people who raise chicks! I currently have an emu chick and am curious how people train and work with them as babies. For background, I was incubating multiple eggs (full story on a previous post!) and he is the only one that made it due to a faulty incubator. I currently...
  20. 907poultry

    Emus now legal in Alaska!

    We’ve done it, proposal 142 has been approved! We can now own emus without a permit. You here me, fellow Alaskans who lurk here? Fellow Alaskans who have considered smuggling a few into the state- rest assured you can now have your birds. I don’t think the proposal extends to other ratites, but...
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