Our newest adventure, EMU's!

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And if you look closely, you can see mud in their tails. They've been drinking down at the dam.

SE

 

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'Cool, I'll mark March 21st down in my calendar.'

September.

And a further note about north/south:

The three sub-species of emu have habitats that span amazing areas. I am in the bottom-left-hand corner of Western Australia -- rothschildi territory. But think about it, for example, in respect of yesterday's discussion about eggs sitting out in the cold, a woodwardi pair in the desert of Western Australia live in an utterly different environment than that of a novaehollandiae half way up the Great Dividing Range in Victoria, where it snows regularly.

 

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'Is the dancing related to a mating ritual or just normal behavior?'

I think some Youtubers like to post dancing as 'mating dances,' but no. Emus just love to dance, mostly at dawn, and mostly the chicks. It is one of the great delights of observing, to see pint-size emus dancing crazily in circles in dawn light, for the sheer joy of being pint-size emus.

 

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I will be back later. Off to the garden. Limpy Chick and his clutch will likely be here shortly.

SE

 

[KsKingBee]

I have the hatch dates from the last owner. She was a little off but basically March of 2023:

March 25 2023 for the male March 9, 2023 female

So 2.5 years of age. Dec 21st is first day of winter here and the following four weeks usually have long spells that stay below freezing, well, below zero for a couple of weeks straight.

 

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'So 2.5 years of age.'

We are both learning. So, these two birds are physically mature, which brings us back to discussions of how the forming of breeding-pairs works in accordance with . . . lots of different factors.

SE

 

[KsKingBee]

I find it interesting that both of my emu like to be inside of the sheep barn, perhaps it is because they prefer sheep feed over what I was giving them. On a positive note they have seem to have settled down.

 

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Lovely photos!

I am here, posting occasionally on the Lilly Pilly thread.

[Limpy Chick and his clutch here now, and Undersized Emu, and one random male.]

SE