very interesting birds, I read this bird is also like the emu the male incubate the eggs and rear the young...
That is correct, but I never let the males do it, they get very mean haha.
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very interesting birds, I read this bird is also like the emu the male incubate the eggs and rear the young...
I live in the heart of Brush turkey country, we have a male that has a mound across the road, the chicks emerge and hang around our aviaries scavenging for seed.
I think a real challenge will be to try breeding maleo fowl which have the same methods to breed as brush turkeys except maleo lay there eggs in hot volcanic ground. It will be a real challenge to breed them in captivity or your need some heaters under ground lolYes they do, and you have to provide lots and lots of mulch, dirt, leaves, etc. The male alone needs at least a 50ft by 50ft pen to build his mound, and he works on it year round constantly. The eggs are easy to artificially incubate, you just have to know the right temp and humidity. I think I kept the temp very low, around 91 degrees F, and the humidity was insanely high..around 85%. They dont need to be turned at all.
Maleo Fowl would have to be artificially incubated for sure! I have recently acquired a pair of Australian Brush Turkeys, it wasn't easy, but I got a male from a friend, and another new friend at a bird park let me take a hen. If things go well, I will hopefully hatch some this year!
Here are a few I took. I just built this new aviary and put them together so he hasnt build his mound yet, but the other smaller aviary I had him in has a huge dirt mound im going to have to shovel out. This Aviary is 25 feet by 50 feet.can you please post some pics of the pen where you keep them please
thanks for all the info cas maybe one day I will also keep megapodes species all the best of luck to you new projects. If you don t mind can I paste the pic s you posted in my album?They are seasonal, and start in the spring here. I breed Cassowaries, and Exotic Guinea Fowl, Vulturines, Zambezi and Kenya Crested, and Reichenows Helmeted. Also Rhea's. I got out of Pheasants 2 years ago because they were costing me too much money to support and I just wasnt making anything off of them. Im going to slowly start getting back into the higher end species now that I have a steady job again.