Did you know male and female emu make different sounds?
The sound made by males is similar to a pig’s grunt while females make booming sounds like a bass drum that can be heard a mile away.
Emu are the only birds with calf muscles.
What they lack in wing size (about the size of your hand) emus make up for with leg power! On top of the sheer size of their legs, a few special features help boost their strength. Emus are unique among all bird species, for example, in having a gastrocnemius. This powerful muscle, located on the b
Emu are the only birds with calf muscles.
What they lack in wing size (about the size of your hand) emus make up for with leg power! On top of the sheer size of their legs, a few special features help boost their strength. Emus are unique among all bird species, for example, in having a gastrocnemius. This powerful muscle, located on the back of the lower leg, forms part of what's known as the calf muscle in humans.
In nature it takes a male emu 60 days to hatch the eggs! That's right, it is the male that sits, hatches and cares for the chicks. During this time he doesn't move, even to eat or drink. He stays with the young for two years, defending them and teaching them how to find food.
Emu enjoy company from other emu best of course but can also bond with other barnyard species especially if raised with them. Keep in mind they can step on smaller birds and stomp on predators that enter their enclosure.
Emu feathers are like no other! Individual emu feathers have a loose and simple design. Just like hairs, feathers grow from follicles. Most birds have one feather per follicle, but the emu grows a double-shafted feather from each follicle. Barbs found on a typical bird feather are closely knit, but an emu feather’s barbs are widely spaced
Emu feathers are like no other! Individual emu feathers have a loose and simple design. Just like hairs, feathers grow from follicles. Most birds have one feather per follicle, but the emu grows a double-shafted feather from each follicle. Barbs found on a typical bird feather are closely knit, but an emu feather’s barbs are widely spaced and don't have the usual hooks that attach to the other barbs. Instead, each barb hangs loosely and gives emu feathers a hairlike appearance. Other ratites share this feathery design. Emu feathers are less water-resistant than other birds' feathers. Its tail feathers are not so soft. Instead, they are stiff, and the bird can rattle them to scare off predators, such as dingoes. When shaken they sound similar to a maraca!
The Australian Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) has protective nictating membranes on its eyes. The membrane over each eye protects them from dust.
Nictating means blinking. The eye membrane is called a third eyelid, or a haw, or a plica semilunaris, or a membrana nictitans.
A nictating membrane is a transparent or translucent eyelid. The
The Australian Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) has protective nictating membranes on its eyes. The membrane over each eye protects them from dust.
Nictating means blinking. The eye membrane is called a third eyelid, or a haw, or a plica semilunaris, or a membrana nictitans.
A nictating membrane is a transparent or translucent eyelid. The eyelid membrane not only protects the eye from dust, it also moistens the eye and cleans away any dust or dirt.
Normal upper and lower eyelids move up and down. The emu’s nictating eyelid moves horizontally, side to side, across the eyeball. It moves from the inside edge of the eye to the outside edge of the eye.
We have a friendly mixed mob of standard x standard pairs and blonde x standard pairs with different blood lines from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
We are a small hobby farm nestled in Donaldson Arkansas where we raise our beloved mob of emu. We raise all of our emus as pets and think they can make an excellent addition to almost any farm. They are beautiful, comical, and an overall joy to own!
Laying season is November-March. We will be offering fertile hatching eggs and standard and blonde chicks as they become available. Caring for emu isn't hard but it does take some preparation. Emu are one-of-a-kind and have brought our family years of joy, love and laughter! Please reach out with questions regarding chick care, feed, housing, fencing, and other emu keeping tips.
Dragonfly Emu Farms
258 Dingler Rd Donaldson, AR 71941
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