Anyone else not like The White House on The Hill?

[Madhouse Pullet]

Ok wow, your way better at explaining thing nicely then I am !

I like that you weren't hesitant to disagree, whether it was right or wrong. I personally took it as, we all make mistakes. Even the experienced people make mistakes or are capable or poor judgment.
I don't personally watch the show but I was surprised by the feedback in the comments; noticed a lot of people disagreeing with their actions. I only watched a few with the emus so I cannot judge.

Just to clear up some emu info here:

Emus are not sexually mature for two to three years. That means you have two years after they hatch to come up with some sort of housing solution, find another chick/adult bird to balance out gender ratios, etc.

Gender can be determined quite early on. Since you mentioned it can take several months, I assume they did DNA testing, because otherwise, it takes longer than a couple months to tell gender based on behavior and vocalizations, etc.

So, DNA sexing can be done as soon as they hatch. You only have to wait a few months to do it if you're wanting to use feathers, because you have to wait for them to grow actual feathers in, since down and 'baby feathers' don't work. But if you use blood, or better yet, the eggshell, you can have them DNA sexed as soon as they hatch. Which is what I did with mine. I knew all the genders of my emus before they were week old.

Even with waiting the few months to be able to use feathers, then that still means you know the gender at a few months old, giving you at least 15 months (since sometimes females will come into maturity in their second Fall, at 18 months) and quite possibly longer to figure out a pasture situation to keep them separate, or to find another male.

I've never watched this channel myself, I can't say anything about the treatment of their animals because I've never watched, so really I'm just posting to provide emu info. With emus you definitely have plenty of time to get something figured out with regards to breeding and hormonal behavior, because of how long it takes them to mature.

Maybe they were going to try to run a trio, I don't know. Sometimes, with some birds, you can get that to work. But you have to have a backup plan if it doesn't, and again, you'd have 15 months to three years to figure out what that plan should be and get it in place.

Thank you! That's very interesting.

I don't know about anyone else but the few I watched gave me a soap-opera/reality show feel with the background music. Sometimes, I haven't quite caught up to how people film and edit their every day lives; when I'm in the moment, I'm not thinking "let's grab the camera". But to each their own.

But I am still curious if someone was trying to report someone - not necessarily these people - how would someone go about it? Who would you look to contact?
I don't know much about PETA but they sound the opposite of what I thought.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Thank you so much for not being a freaking MEANY to Jake and Becky. All kids and people chase chickens to catch them. They are newish to the Emu world and are trying their best.

Not everyone chases chickens to catch them. It stresses them out. I know 10 yr. Olds that know better

 

[Madhouse Pullet]

I don't chase chickens to catch them.
I don't need to. Because they know they aren't in any danger of being chased. So they trust me.
And I don't let kids near my birds for that reason.

With the emu thing. Research goes a long way.

I dont even let my 7 & 5 y.o. with the chicks. They want to run in their path, grab them "to petc, splash them with water, and play with them like they play with each other. What started as "let's learn this together" turned to "you don't go near them until you respect them".
I know kids who were caring for the farm animals at 5 y.o. but, they were also raised with it.
This is my kids first time, so they still don't understand why the chicks are so afraid of them lol but it's part of the lesson for them: respect them and they'll trust you.

 

[HappyClucker7]

I agree. I never have to chase my chickens to catch them, because they're not afraid of me. They know I'm not a threat. They will only run if you give them a reason to be scared, such is mishandling them.
The only child allowed near my chickens is my 8 year old nephew because he has learned that you need to respect animals. I don't let him near my chicks though. If he wants to pet one of them, I hold it for him to gently touch.
Any reasonable parent would give their children the same boundaries.

 

[Crestcrazy]

I dont even let my 7 & 5 y.o. with the chicks. They want to run in their path, grab them "to petc, splash them with water, and play with them like they play with each other. What started as "let's learn this together" turned to "you don't go near them until you respect them".
I know kids who were caring for the farm animals at 5 y.o. but, they were also raised with it.
This is my kids first time, so they still don't understand why the chicks are so afraid of them lol but it's part of the lesson for them: respect them and they'll trust you.

I agree. I never have to chase my chickens to catch them, because they're not afraid of me. They know I'm not a threat. They will only run if you give them a reason to be scared, such is mishandling them.
The only child allowed near my chickens is my 8 year old nephew because he has learned that you need to respect animals. I don't let him near my chicks though. If he wants to pet one of them, I hold it for him to gently touch.
Any reasonable parent would give their children the same boundaries.

I let my little one year old brother hold the older chickens that are about six or eight weeks old with supervision of course and if he ever hurts them I just tell him not to do that and he now knows to be gentle

There kids will learn and there chickens aren't gonna die ! Benji just had to learn and he's been great eversense !( my lil bro )

 

[Madhouse Pullet]

I let my little one year old brother hold the older chickens that are about six or eight weeks old with supervision of course and if he ever hurts them I just tell him not to do that and he now knows to be gentle View attachment 2265898
There kids will learn and there chickens aren't gonna die ! Benji just had to learn and he's been great eversense !( my lil bro )

He looks ever so gentle

 

[JacinLarkwell]

There kids will learn and there chickens aren't gonna die ! Benji just had to learn and he's been great eversense !( my lil bro )

Stress and exhaustion can kill birds, especially very young and older birds

 

[Crestcrazy]

Stress and exhaustion can kill birds, especially very young and older birds

Okay but you do realize he would know when his kids can and can't hold them and he's there filming it unless anything goes wrong !

 

[Will the chicken guy]

We have hired security guards for the fairs.

 

[Will the chicken guy]

Yeah spca does help tons of animals from really really bad situations but does take some from not very bad situations