Basic Rhea info from two Alternative livestock farms and their websites

[shamorunner]

Breakdown of weight percentages of slaughtered birds of Ostrich, Rhea, and Emu. It covers live weights, meat yields for specific muscles (% and kg), and age of slaughter used for data for each. There are also other breakdowns for Ostrich/ rhea and then emu

Ratite Meat

 

[shamorunner]

Breakdown of "double nests" and subsequent egg stealing and bahavior of male rheas

Adjacent Nesting and Egg Stealing between Males of the Greater Rhea Rhea americana

 

[shamorunner]

Breakdown on male behavior and harems containing two males compared to single male harems

Cooperative breeding between males in the Greater Rhea Rhea americana

 

[shamorunner]

Here's the specific study cited on Rhea slaughter data. It contains data on Greater and Lesser Rheas and showed little difference between the two species on production

Carcase and component fields of rheas

 

[shamorunner]

Comparison of soy in diets of breeding birds as well as non-soy diet and looked at diet preference in males during the breeding season and females during the breeding season

Diet preference and breeding success in captive-bredGreater rheas (Rhea americana): a preliminary study

 

[shamorunner]

Breakdown of diet effectiveness in rhea chicks
(I can't remember the initial source to download the file, below is the file that is readable online)

Effect of different diets on growth and survival of Greater rhea (Rhea americana) chicks

 

[shamorunner]

Breakdown on the impact of temperature, humidity, and rainfall on egg laying, egg size, egg/chick weights, and fertility of rheas

Effect of temperature, air humidity, and rainfall on the reproductive season of Rhea americana (Linaeus, 1758) at latitude 25°S

 

[shamorunner]

Rhea Candling thread

 

[BlackAlderRanch]

We are looking for information about raising Rheas - unfortunately there is not much available by google search.
Specifically setup requirements - feed - nesting success - butchering - selling chicks/eggs, etc.
Also if anyone uses LGDs with Rhea?
Thank you