Ostriches for Property Protection?

[spectrumranch]

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I wonder what the true story is?

A couple things that would make me question your son in laws story.

If they were "just out walking", why was an Ostrich also just out walking?

If the ostrich had escaped from it's pen, they normally become passive & run away when in new situation.

Also they usually bed down at night and are not out looking for a fight.

One of our aggressive males- I would pick eggs from that pen at night as he would not bother me then.

 

[hearthnsoul]

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I wonder what the true story is?

A couple things that would make me question your son in laws story.

If they were "just out walking", why was an Ostrich also just out walking?

If the ostrich had escaped from it's pen, they normally become passive & run away when in new situation.

Also they usually bed down at night and are not out looking for a fight.

One of our aggressive males- I would pick eggs from that pen at night as he would not bother me then.

Oh the story is true, boy is very honest. They were in eagle pass texas. Walking late at night in the dark more than likely on someones acreage. I do recall it being late summer, so must have been hot, they obviously came into it's space.

 

[featherbaby]

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ME TOO!!!!!! Anybody see the movie Jurassic Park? Remember the Velociraptors?

 

[Supreme Emu]

I'll try to put a twist on the Dangerous Emu thing: all the anecdotes here make sense: hand-raised emus can be completely tame. In the wild, they will run like mad if they see you even at a distance of a half a mile (though they become used to cars . . . ). The risk, I suggest, would be if you ever BAILED ONE UP. I have been close to the (wild) parent of my three tame emus. He's an old, full-grown Rothschildi male. His eyes are truly, unmistakeably evil. If you ever had to go mano a mano with him, you'd be dead in a milli-second.

Mark Blair

 

[sydney13]

i dont know anything about emus but i do know that geese make great watch dogs even better then dogs because they don't all sleep at the same time so nothing will get past them, and they will come running and honking at the intruder and it will certainly wake you up

 

[Barred Rocks forever]

geese are good for keeping hawks away but not really keeping people away

 

[Preservation Acres]

I thought about keeping geese to free range with my hens to deter hawks.

My thought was to let one of my hens hatch a few goose eggs so they could grow up with chickens and flock with them.

Any opinions?

 

[Barred Rocks forever]

ive never heard of a chicken hatching goose eggs i know ducks can

 

[sydney13]

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i have a gosling in with my chicks and they all get along perfect. the chicks think the goose is mommy and when i take her out of the brooder they all freak out.
i think if the hen raises the goose she will be fine with it and the goose will think he is a chicken