We are no strangers to raising fowl; we have chickens, ducks, damn guineas, pheasants, and about 500 peafowl. We came across a coming three year pair of Standards and couldn't resist buying them. I hate and joke about newbys buying birds unprepared but here we are.
We live on 160 acres and have Valais sheep, our new emu are accustomed to sheep and goats, chickens and dogs so they have no fear of the other animals and share a paddock and barn with the sheep. The emu are very friendly and eat from hand and don't mind being petted. (I so wish there was a stickies index for emu...)
I'd like to get some advice on how emu interact with each other. Limu wants to be with Mumu but she takes one look at him and he will crawl over the four foot field wire to get away from her then paces the pen to get back in only to go through this time after time. Monday evening he went on a walkabout and came home Wed morning, tired and hungry. Put him in the pen and out he comes, so they now have separate paddocks.
I understand we are coming into the breeding season so I am wondering how to proceed? Should I just let him climb the fence when she decides she wants to breed? Limu is the one with the blue head.
We live on 160 acres and have Valais sheep, our new emu are accustomed to sheep and goats, chickens and dogs so they have no fear of the other animals and share a paddock and barn with the sheep. The emu are very friendly and eat from hand and don't mind being petted. (I so wish there was a stickies index for emu...)
I'd like to get some advice on how emu interact with each other. Limu wants to be with Mumu but she takes one look at him and he will crawl over the four foot field wire to get away from her then paces the pen to get back in only to go through this time after time. Monday evening he went on a walkabout and came home Wed morning, tired and hungry. Put him in the pen and out he comes, so they now have separate paddocks.
I understand we are coming into the breeding season so I am wondering how to proceed? Should I just let him climb the fence when she decides she wants to breed? Limu is the one with the blue head.
