Rescued Emu

[Tame Emu Guy]

Ah! Yes, E.S. – they swallow things ‘to taste them’!

That’s a much clearer expression of the fact of it. I have used the term ‘beaking’: emus seem to ‘beak’ things to get information.

And hey: when I was a kid, we were told stories about fake sapphires. One particular brand of bottle was blue glass. Shysters would smash them, and flog the chips as gems – but you could tell them by the sharp edges. So, someone started feeding the chips to chickens, and – you guessed it – the grinding process In the chooks’ stomachs made the ‘sapphires’ much harder to detect.

Can’t vouch for the accuracy of this one.

S.E.

 

[ES Emus]

When I get a chance, I wil post a pic or two of some of this emu's "sapphires"! We have collected blue (medicine bottle?), green (beer bottle?), brown (beer bottle?), red (?), white (china plate?), and clear (soda bottle?) colored glass. We could have our own gem collection!

 

[drumstick diva]

who knows Emu engineered gems could be the next fashion statement

 

[ES Emus]

who knows Emu engineered gems could be the next fashion statement

the blue glass looks just like beach glass which has become very trendy!!!

 

[ES Emus]

we introduced an adult female and an adolescent male into the rescued emu's pen today, everybody is getting along, so far...

 

[Tame Emu Guy]

Your dynamic gives you such a knowledge of ‘behavioural combinations’! I think we’re all going to learn a lot in the long run.

S.E.

 

[Ellamumu]

ES this is for you, I have been offered a 3 month old emu that I would love for my 15 month old to have as a friend. Can these 2 ages be put together with a slow introduction? My 15 month old is extremely mellow and very attatched to me, would she benefit from an emu friend or would she feel jealousy and reject it. Right now her only friend is a goose and me, the other farmys are around her in different pens but she doesn't interact with them, any advise would be great.

 

[ES Emus]

ES this is for you, I have been offered a 3 month old emu that I would love for my 15 month old to have as a friend. Can these 2 ages be put together with a slow introduction? My 15 month old is extremely mellow and very attatched to me, would she benefit from an emu friend or would she feel jealousy and reject it. Right now her only friend is a goose and me, the other farmys are around her in different pens but she doesn't interact with them, any advise would be great.

They can definitely be put together (at some point). I am of the belief that most creatures naturally do better with others of their kind. Unless you are very lucky and they immediately accept each other (I have had that happen with young emus within a few months of age), it is probably going to take a while for the older bird to accept the younger one. You have a little of an advantage because your fifteen month old bird is not sexually mature yet. If she is friends with a goose, she will become friends with the younger emu. There is no sure fire formula to determine the introductory/separation period, you just have to rely on observation.

 

[Ellamumu]

Thanks so much, I think I'll give it a try!

 

[ES Emus]

Thanks so much, I think I'll give it a try!

you're welcome! Let me know how it goes with Ethel!