I bought an emu last spring that was about a month and a half old. Its right leg was turned out a teeny tiny bit and I didn't think anything of it. It got around just fine and was the coolest, tamest, sweetest little guy ever. Would sit in your lap. I fell in love.
Each week I had it the...
I'm gonna join in too. I've had a lot of fun during the NYD hatches in the past. I have 2 bators full right now, but I'll fire up a third one on 12/11/12.
HIs egg wasn't cracked. He had fully hatched with wry neck and couldn't sit up. He laid on his back with his feet in the air and his neck twisted and underneath him. He was a mess. The guy figured he was going to die anyway so he put him in an old feed bag of empty egg shells and eggs that...
Duck Duck says to tell all the BYC goose-lovers, "Honk, honk, honkhonkhonkhonk, honk, honkhonk, honk and honk."
Loosely translated I think that means: "Hi BYCers. Thanks for all the good wishes. I'm loving life."
I'm thinking Duck Duck is a Toulouse because he's losing the black on...
Duck Duck is doing great. He still has a little problem when he drinks. He throws his head onto his back and falls onto his bottom. I guess he'll never be 100%. I've got pics from his first excursion outside....I'll upload 'em in a few days.
I read right here on BYC that it's caused by some sort of a vitamin deficiency in the parent birds. Don't know if that's true or not. Duck Duck hatched from an egg bought at an auction, so no idea on how the parent birds are being raised.
Duck Duck shared a secret with me today and wanted ya'll to hear it too.....He's planning on dropping a huge gosling load of poo on my friend's shoes tomorrow.... LOL