Emu Chicks

[Grassman 52]

My Emu's are about 3 weeks old - today I noticed that a few of them have areas on their backs where their down is missing - some more then others. I will take some pics and post this morning.

They have been sharing the shed with 10 baby geese about the same age - they sleep together and all seem to get along - I have not seen any picking at each other.

In the Northeast we have had rain for the last week and they have not been outside.

 

[Ellamumu]

Your geese are most likely grooming your emus too much, my goose that lives with my emu did this to her back and made a bald spot about the size of a silver dollar.At first I didn't know why she had a bald spot, but then I caught the goose doing it when they would settle down together for the night. I had to put a little blob of vaseline on the bald spot so the goose would leave it alone and let it grow back.

 

[Grassman 52]

You can see the bare patches on their backs and sides - I used "blue-coat" wound spray and covered all area's. I don't want to take any chances. I have already lost one chick - found it dead one morning in the shed (just by itself in the corner dead).

On the lighter side: it was fun watching the Emus running all over the place yesterday and a little gaggle of geese trying to keep up with them. The all got a great deal of exercise.

 

[lisaadler]

I've been working with my emu chick to teach it to be calm when I lift her from behind. She seems to be starting to understand the word settle which is what I say to her before I pick her up and when I set her down. She also likes for me to scratch her back and will lay down when I do that. www.pass-4sure.ws

 

[briefvisit]

Got to watch a wild chick doing a dawn spazzy dance around the plum tree. Uno is rapidly shifting to black-head phase.

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