All about Muscovy Ducks and our Surprise Muscovy Duckling!
We had a mother muscovy duck sitting on eggs, yesterday (July 4) we found she had discarded a second egg from her clutch, and then she abandoned the eggs. We candled them, found one that had movement and two that were pretty full, so we popped them into our incubator….
Welcome Baby Turkey!
We have two female turkey hens that have been laying eggs in many different spots this spring and summer. We are still finding their eggs daily, and have one hen laying on eggs with a Silkie Chicken where Franky the pig likes to sleep. We’ve been adding their eggs to…
Bourbon Red Turkey Poults (Baby Turkeys!)
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What’s going on with the Emus?
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Bourbon Red Turkey Poults on the Farm- a Heritage breed
We have had a busy time with babies on the farm this spring! We started incubating turkey eggs from our trio of Bourbon Red Turkeys – two hens and one Tom meant plenty of eggs to get into the incubator. We had several successful hatches, and found new homes for…
It’s baby chick time!
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Let’s talk Turkey! We have a Bourbon Red Turkey Tom on our Farm
We added a couple of Bourbon Red turkeys to our farm this winter – and as with everything else we needed to do a bit of research to find out what we were getting into. The terminology of animals is so interesting – turkeys in the wild live in a…
All About Emu Sounds – Emu chirping, humming, drumming and grunting
Let’s talk about emu behaviors and sounds! Emu babies are adorable and sound very different than they do when they are grown up. As an emu grows up, between 18-24 months they tend to start their grown-up sounds. Female emu make a deep drumming sound. A male sounds more like…
What is the best diet for a pet emu?
Our emu eat a mix of ratite feed by Kalmbach, rabbit pellets, chicken layer feed, and their favorite treat is cat food! We also mix cat food with their daily food – which we have been doing 2-3x a day, but we do notice now that spring is here that…