Pyxis' Emu Chat Thread

[perchie.girl]

'I have spoken to Casuarius on several occasions. He/she bred many things for zoos. I was looking for a Reichenowi Guinea fowl and found out He had them. Conversation went to feed and He recommended using Catfish chow because I couldnt find Mazuri and He said Catfish is what he uses to supplement for insects.'

\0/ Please say hello from 'Supreme Emu'

Oh my I havent conversed with him in several years.... But his website is still up I bet you can say hi from there... I posted it.

deb

 

[briefvisit]

Nice footage! You see that the chicks are constrained -- they're in a pen. But you see first a bit of 'btgju' then some shake-yo-plumage. Then the running that, in the wild, can go on for hundreds of yards.

Nice healthy-looking chicks too.

SE

 

[Pyxis]

Coriander: "Hey new big stilt-chickens, I'm in charge here!"

Emus: "Okay tiny jumpy-bird, you can be in charge."

Coriander: "Okay, so long as we have that clear."

The emus got moved to my workshop today so they have more space. Coriander lives in there and she's top hen. The fact that the newcomers are already four times her size doesn't deter her from maintaining that status.

 

[WVduckchick]

Coriander: "Hey new big stilt-chickens, I'm in charge here!"

Emus: "Okay tiny jumpy-bird, you can be in charge."

Coriander: "Okay, so long as we have that clear."

The emus got moved to my workshop today so they have more space. Coriander lives in there and she's top hen. The fact that the newcomers are already four times her size doesn't deter her from maintaining that status.

Gorgeous!

 

[Burd]

Gorgeous emu colouring, is it anything particularly "special" in their colours or are the just the lighter, fairer shade? Thanks for sharing

 

[perchie.girl]

Gorgeous emu colouring, is it anything particularly "special" in their colours or are the just the lighter, fairer shade? Thanks for sharing

Her two new chicks are blond... pretty rare.

deb

 

[Burd]

Her two new chicks are blond... pretty rare.

deb

That was the word I was looking for! They've got a patch of brown which I've not seen on blondes, at least not in a "random" pattern as opposed to the stripes, though I guess there's not many to see as you say!

 

[Pyxis]

Yep, they are blondes I love their coloring too, it's very pretty.

 

[drumstick diva]

I think they are beautiful and fascinating. If they ever have emu's about the size of a small/medium dog, I'm sure I would be raising them. The 42" high fence may be high enough.

 

[matt swenson]

i know i've asked this before but i can't find the reply posts. how does everybody treat their emus for " triple E". where do you buy your vaccine, type of needles i need, shot placement...the works
never done mine, not much "EEE" here on the cape but it's been such a wet year i worried were gonna get swamped with mosquitoes.