Pyxis' Emu Chat Thread

[aart]

The results are in! Blonde chick is a boy

That's good?

 

[Pyxis]

That's good?

Yep!

Now hopefully Blue is a girl like I think she is, and I'll have another pair.

 

[aart]

Yep!

Now hopefully Blue is a girl like I think she is, and I'll have another pair.

So you have a blonde female and a blue male?

 

[Pyxis]

So you have a blonde female and a blue male?

No, blonde is boy, haha. Blue is the name of the Standard chick I have that I hatched this year. The one who wasn't DNA sexed because the company said they couldn't get a sample out of her egg.

 

[aart]

No, blonde is boy, haha. Blue is the name of the Standard chick I have that I hatched this year. The one who wasn't DNA sexed because the company said they couldn't get a sample out of her egg.

Oh....thought you had an older female blonde the might be blonde and you wanted to breed them for more blondes.
Never mind, I'm obviously a bit oblivious

 

[Pyxis]

I think I'm going to name him Ori. It means 'Light' which given his light coloring is pretty fitting

 

[Samantha Stevens]

This is a great thread! Wow, the ups and downs of bird (and all animals really) keeping!

We bought 3 emu chicks this year, 2 @ 3 weeks and one 2 weeks when we got them - nearly 2 weeks ago. I knew the'd have to grow fast but seeing it live - it's AMAZING how fast they grow! They're sooo sweet and cuddly, I now really want to incubate some myself next year!
(even though we couldn't keep any more emus here, don't have the space, so I'd have to sell them)

We had the older 2 come back un-sexable from the lab too, gonna have to re-try when their real feathers come out. But the younger one is female, we're calling her Zola, and if one of the older ones is male he'll be Budd

 

[JacinLarkwell]

@Pyxis, did you know there used to be dwarf emus?

https://phys.org/news/2021-05-extinct-dwarf-emu-egg-king.amp

 

[Pyxis]

I vaccinated all the emus this morning (well, not Ori, he's not old enough for his first dose yet). It went off without a hitch. Got them all while they were having breakfast. Even Sebastian didn't flinch when I stuck him, and he's never been done before.

 

[biophiliac]

I vaccinated all the emus this morning (well, not Ori, he's not old enough for his first dose yet). It went off without a hitch. Got them all while they were having breakfast. Even Sebastian didn't flinch when I stuck him, and he's never been done before.

What do they get vaccinated for?