ANYONE ELSE HAVE PET EMU'S???

[chickensducks&agoose]

There are 2 great emu kid books, Edward the Emu and Edwina the Emu, i have them both memorized which helps when my children steal them away mid-read.... that said, I don't want a pointy beaked, taller than I am dinosaur bird who could probably decapitate me with it's t-rex feet if it so chose. but if my neighbor had one... i'd probably really really want to pat it.

 

[2manyhats]

DH said no. I already asked.

 

[pet emuania]

well I dont have a pet emu but I do plan on having one anyways I heard that if you get them as chicks and let them hang out with small chickens and keep them around you alot (not forcing them to stay with you) they end up good mannered and well behaved when they are adults (but I wouldnt risk approaching them as adults though

 

[Tame Emu Guy]

I’m the only BYC person with tame emus. There is a breeding pair, Mr. and Mrs. Eric the Emu; and three of his chicks, Greedy, Felicity, and Number One, which I raised from about three months. None are as tame as raised-by-hand pets, but I can pat two of them. They follow cycles (which I’m learning about) whereby they come and go, sometimes for months. Because I’m in the bush in Australia, I am able to observe birds in the wild. Sometimes whole families of wild chicks with their parent walk right past my living-room window.

Supreme Emu

 

[Emu Lover]

I don't have a mu, but I would love one. It is very unrealistic for me (in the city) but they are very interesting. They represent the truer human self, ripping off the sense of civility and compliance towards others. They are, in essence, the truer human being when we are put in nature similar to Jack and his gang in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Phoniness is a mere speck in the universe of the emu. However, emus have learned be quick in love, while the human race has evolved to look at the only what we can get out of one. We are selfish. We have evolved to be like this. What a world it would be if we kept our brains but loved others like these birds.
Seeing them never fail to make my day!
There is a whole lot to learn from these animals. Praise the mighty, mighty emu.

 

[Tame Emu Guy]

Hey ya, Emu Lover,

nah, emus aren’t quick in love. Both males and females carefully apportion their opportunities to breed. They are much more selfish than humans, who have sex for non-procreative purposes.

But I do think emus are mighty. If you live in the city, you can visit Planet Rothschildi here on BYC, and roam about wild-emu world with us.

Supreme Emu

 

[Fuzzybird1]

I noticed you taught your bird to walk with a harness and lead. My young birds just panic when they feel any tension from the lead rope. I think I am just scaring them! Do you have any suggestions as to how to train them or maybe it's better not to?