PeepersMama's CHAT THREAD!!! :D

[dan26552]

That's awesome! I want emus sooooo bad.

 

[HeavensHens88]

Heh, yeah, but guess how many bags of feed they go through in a week? At $25 a 50-LB bag of formulated Ratite breeder...

 

[dan26552]

Heh, yeah, but guess how many bags of feed they go through in a week? At $25 a 50-LB bag of formulated Ratite breeder...

Hmm two or three?

 

[HeavensHens88]

4 BAGS A WEEK!!!!!

 

[HeavensHens88]

Stick to poultry, my friend.
You'll save that hundred bucks a week.

 

[dan26552]

I was close. Is that per bird, per pair or together?

 

[dan26552]

Stick to poultry, my friend.
You'll save that hundred bucks a week.

Lol. Emus are poultry. Do you sell the eggs?

 

[HeavensHens88]

*wags finger*
"No, no, no, young lady"- I am quoting my local emu breeder the next town over - "Emus are a defined animal not of the POULTRY order!"
And, yeah, I sell them to my 4H friends and neighbors for $8 each...

 

[dan26552]

*wags finger*
"No, no, no, young lady"- I am quoting my local emu breeder the next town over - "Emus are a defined animal not of the POULTRY order!"
And, yeah, I sell them to my 4H friends and neighbors for $8 each...

Ah.

Seems like you should be selling them for more.

 

[dan26552]

How often do they lay?