Vampstorso
In the Brooder
- Jul 6, 2017
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Just wondering how friendly off the bat peoples hand raised emu babies were?
I have a pair that Ive been told were artificially incubated.
Got them at one week old, they're now three weeks old.
I find them a lot more skittish than id expect, also absolutely do not like being picked up (I guess that makes sense from a natural perspective, though)
I've chosen recently to only feed them pellets in the brooder and regularly visit them to feed them greens and other fruit and vegetables from hand to suck up to them. Or also just giving them the above treats when they're out with me.
(for the record, they're getting ALOT of greens and fresh fruit and vegetables)
I guess I expected them to see me as Daddy emu, having been artificially hatched, but it seems not.
They'll happily come near me, eat from my hand, but freak out if I move much.
I've got an outdoor dog run arriving in a weeks time for them. I keep wanting to let them free outside, but I honestly don't feel confident they wouldn't just run off? Yet I see videos and photos of other people taking babies outside seemingly without this worry?
I've named them Harvey and Holly
I have a pair that Ive been told were artificially incubated.
Got them at one week old, they're now three weeks old.
I find them a lot more skittish than id expect, also absolutely do not like being picked up (I guess that makes sense from a natural perspective, though)
I've chosen recently to only feed them pellets in the brooder and regularly visit them to feed them greens and other fruit and vegetables from hand to suck up to them. Or also just giving them the above treats when they're out with me.
(for the record, they're getting ALOT of greens and fresh fruit and vegetables)
I guess I expected them to see me as Daddy emu, having been artificially hatched, but it seems not.
They'll happily come near me, eat from my hand, but freak out if I move much.
I've got an outdoor dog run arriving in a weeks time for them. I keep wanting to let them free outside, but I honestly don't feel confident they wouldn't just run off? Yet I see videos and photos of other people taking babies outside seemingly without this worry?
I've named them Harvey and Holly