This video was from May 2022. Emu hatching season has ended, and we don't have any available emus remaining this year. Please watch our website and Facebook pages beginning in February 2025 for our next available chicks.
I have two females and one male, all three are very loving towards one another and myself. They are approaching two years old. Marilyn from Redding, CT.
Too funny. I love it! I’m in Hawaii and would love to have some eggs rushed to me next year. I’m communicating with Hawaii department of agriculture and poultry to see how to get a permit to import them. Can’t find any here. I bought three acres and I’m an ag student online for bachelor degree. I’m focusing on egg production and regenerative agriculture. I think a couple pairs would be amazing to keep on an acre.
We don't use ours for meat. We would suggest contacting the American Emu Association for information on meat, oil, and other by-products of the emu industry.
We ended up with 4 hatched. 2 made it to adulthood. We ended up rehoming the pair (male/female) because the male became violently aggressive towards men despite being hand-raised and it wasn't safe for our guest when we had on farm events.
Nice video. Alot of info. I have been thinking to start with emus since i have predators and i have chickens, ducks, geese and turks. I want the emus to protect the flock. However i have a 5 foot fence. Would it be ok to extend that with just a rope, electric fence wire or something so i dont have to invest in new fencing and bigger poles? I was just thinking to extend the poles with a plank or something. Would that be a good idea? Thanks so much :)
Really enjoy watching your emu videos. I like the part of the video where the birds seek hugs. They seem to have a big personality, but I have heard that females can be terrors. LOL
I cant name a favorite part. You guys covered so much important ground. The book that was shown in part one I think is going to be a must get. My fences are already 6-7 feet cause of mountain lions that use the creek through the property as a freeway. Since I raised the fence hasnt been a problem. I can see right now though I am going to need to section portions of the property within the already fenced area but im going to keep it at about 4 feet and let the emus sort themselves out, or at least hope it works like that or give me a general idea of who to separate. The 3 part series really is the best Ive seen yet on youtube and I have seen a lot. Im sure I missed the giveaway which is no bother, you wanted feedback so im just dishing it out. Like I said in my other comment might want to either order eggs or chicks if its safe for them to ship to Oregon. Like I said I got 4 in the incubator, but we will see. Thanks for the video you dont know how much help your videos here on Emus have been. As I said I think the book is a must get. Contact the publisher you have 7.3k views on this video and 1.59k subs. Ask them for a promo code so you get some kind of kick back for promoting their stuff. ;) 5% off, 10% off... We need every discount we can get in "this" economy. Thanks again!
My wife decided we, and by we I mean I am going to be an EMU farmer while she is in the middle of nursing school so I got my work cut out for me. Hoping all 4 eggs hatch. I could use some new buddies, but Im scared to show her ur channel shes gonna want to buy your place. lol There is now way out of this shes gonna turn our place into a zoo. Edit: Wait you guys sell Emu chicks? Im in Oregon btw, (not the nutty part, red part in the mountains). Great content 100% possibly interested in purchasing Chicks if its safe to ship.
Your soil looks sandy. I wonder if the dust hinders the eggs ability to breath by blocking the small pores that allow the egg to breath. Just a thought. lol what is it with birds and crocks. My geese peck at my crocks like maniacs... I got the exact same crocks. lol Great video! I got notifications on for all upcoming videos!
Great video! I got 4 eggs in the incubator. Got all the numbers right, but Im used to disappointment. Maybe I'll get lucky. Nothing feels worse than failing to bring something into the world.
Do you use 360° turning trays? I've read the emu eggs are normally rocked but not turned in the wild during broody time. I'm wondering if my 360 turner rods will still be OK.
We use a GQF 1502 Digital Sportsman incubator set up with our emu trays that rock the eggs side to side throughout the day. It does not turn them over. We have always used this setup for hatching and have no experience with other hatching methods for emu so we are unfortunately unable to make an educated suggestion on your setup. We only know what works for us. Best of luck with your hatching!
@@WhitetailHollowFarms thank you so much for your help and for telling me what works best for you! Turns out the motor that turns the roller rods in my incubator has blown, and so currently, I'm manually turning my turkey eggs at the moment. ugh
If your emu is older (18+ months), you should be able to tell if you have a male or female by the sound they make. A female will have a deep bass-like "boom" and a male will have a grunting sound (we compare it to a chainsaw that doesn't want to start). If they are younger, the only way to determine that would be to DNA them. We use Animal Genetics (.com) to test all of our emu chicks. You can use a blood sample or a feather sample. There are full details on their website, or we have a video here on our channel on how we test chicks.
@@WhitetailHollowFarms omg I love that. A boom vs a chainsaw that dont want to start. I live in the mountains here in oregon. The sound of a chainsaw not wanting to start is like birds chirping on a warm spring and summer morning. lol Love that description!
Thanks for your question about grid size. Obviously, height is most important, and 6' is great. It is a guarantee that emus will stick their heads through the fence. They can easily stick their entire neck up to their chest through our 4" grid; our concern is how much more they can get through in a 6" grid? It also gives them more room to get their feet in to possibly launch themselves over or climb the fence. If decide to have males hatch chicks, a 6" grid will be too big for them, as the chicks can easily pass through. We saw this even with our 4" grid. Our biggest concern with a 6" grid is what it allows to come in and out. We've seen a fair share of animals squeezing through our 4" grid, and the same is happening with our neighbor's 6" grid. We watch foxes easily slip through our 4" grid regularly. So, what's our solution? We recently purchased 6 rolls of Bekaert Solidlock Pro 30 1561-6 12.5 gauge 330' High Tensile Fixed Knot Game Fence (61"tall with 6" verticals). It has graduated horizontal spacing that starts at 3". We hope this will tackle the issue of things breaching the fenceline, at least at the ground level. We will still run a single tension wire at the very top of our posts, which are slightly over 6 feet tall. We're all set to install it this spring. We had hoped to switch to the Solidlock Pro 1775-3 fence, but our existing posts weren't quite tall enough, and the extra cost to replace all of our posts would be significant. If we were to start all over, that is the fence we would choose. Hope this helps!
@@WhitetailHollowFarms thank you so much for the answer. I’m trying to decide if I want to have Emus on the farm. I may more questions in the future about feeding. And thank you for the response.
We ended up rehoming our Rhea pair in March of 2023. The male became fixated on attacking any human male that came into his area, and it became unsafe for our daily maintenance of that enclosure. They went to a friend's farm and are doing fabulous in their new home.
Emu chicks cannot be shipped like chicken chicks - their legs are far too fragile to handle that type of trip. They may, however, be transported via an animal transport company. That would have to be arranged with the transporter. We have had a few clients work with Haulin Paws Transport Services, and they did a great job getting our chicks to their new homes.
We are sold out of chicks for the 2023 season. We will have more chicks available beginning March 2024. We can be reached via DM on IG or FB @WhitetailHollowFarms or whitetailhollowfarms@gmail.com. Thanks.
