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Ad: Baby emus, 1 month old, central Texas - 2007/01/02 04:10
Hullo y`all
This is an ad of sorts although I won`t be making any profit. 
We had made a deal with a man in Dallas that wanted some hand raised baby emus as he wanted them to be tame. My own rooster`s nest this year did not produce any babies, but Paul`s birds did. The guy that wanted them reneged on the deal.
I have paid Paul $20.00 each for these babies, there are 6 of them. 5 are 1 month old, 1 is 3 months old and already fairly tame. I hate to "process" a half-tame bird but I can NOT afford to keep any more emus than I already have, and don`t really have the space to do so either. I have 5 adults.
If anyone is interested, I`ll let them go for just what I paid to Paul.... $20.00 each. Any feed cost I accumulate in the meantime is negligible so I`m not worried about it in the least.
They are used to chickens so can go in a regular hen yard, in fact, that is where they are now. Emus need a minimum hight of 5 ft. fence. Unless you have a perimeter fence, I don`t recommend trying to free range as spooked emus will run for MILES if they have no barriers. They do just fine and stay healthy on any type poultry rations. Average feed comsumption for an adult is 1 to 1.5 lbs. per day during the summer, and less than 1/2 lb. of feed per day during mating season, October to March.
If anyone is interested, please post here or e-mailing me is better
The more you interact with them, the tamer they can be, and my two tamest Hens came from Paul`s bloodlines. He has good genetics in his flock for both size and personality.
Go here to see my Pauli Hug-emu:
I am in Central Texas near Austin and no, it really is not feasable to try to ship them.
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