Is it possible to breed the ostriches of the EMU in the household?

Bird Emu is a native resident of Australia. Opened a view in the 17th century, but still an ostrich (so it is customary to call EMU) causes genuine interest among the ornithologists. Pernaya fauna representatives have a good character and are famous for endurance. Australian farmers practice breeding birds in utility farms. The experience was adopted and Russian breeders.

Origin of type

For the first time, Ostrich, Ehu was found by researchers from Europe in the west of Australia in 1696. After the formation of the first settlement in the east of the continent, at the beginning of 1788, the first written mention of birds was made by the captain Artur Philipp and Ornithologist John Laten.

At the end of the 18th century, the species was called by the name of one of the districts of Australia. In those days, the terrain was known as New Holland. Birds were "Kazuaras of New Holland".

In the course of the study, the etymology of the word "EMU" was never determined. There are two assumptions:

• Translated from the Arab Emu is a big bird;
• Comes from the word "Ema" (it has Portuguese roots) and is intended to designate large feathery.

Until 1880, Ehu was attributed to ostriches. Later was concluded that the birds had many significant differences. Ultimately, EMU attributed to the family of Kazaarov.

Appearance and character

EMU - Large size, not able to fly, bird. It ranks second among the feathered giants.

Dimensions of EMU:

• The growth of the male about 2 meters, females are slightly less - not more than 1.5 meters;
• weight comes up to 55 kg;
• Newborn representatives of the family weigh no more than 500 grams.

Externally, emu is very similar to ostrich:

• The torso is dense, has an oblong shape;
• on both limbs three fingers;
• The wings are small and poorly developed, as far as possible to the body (mainly serve to protect chicks from predators);
• Little diameter head is located on a narrow, but long neck;
• Pink color prevails on the beak;
• Color gray with brown tint.

The color gamut of female and male is about the same. Scientists distinguish between several types of emu depending on the saturation of the color of the plumage:

• Woodword - has a pale shade of feathers, lives in the north of Australia.
• Rothschild - has a more dark color of plumage, lives in the southeastern part of the mainland.
• New Dutch ostrices - gray-black color (found representatives in the same place, where Rothschild).

Emos from Emu is excellent. They notice the danger when she moves at a distance of 100 meters. Ostrich's eyes are protected by a membrane, the eyelashes are long and well stand out.

The uniqueness of EMU is the speed of movement. They have pumped legs. Bird with ease runs up to 50 km / h.

Emu can be heard long before its appearance in sight. If the bird decides to communicate with relatives, then its call is distributed to a distance of 2 kilometers.

The voice of Emu is unpleasant. Pernaya Publish Sounds similar to fucking, knocks and clicks.

Despite the dimensions, emu is a friendly bird. She quietly lives next to people, loves to watch their eyes. The only moment when it is to fear feathers is the marriage. They become aggressive.

Features of lifestyle and behavior

Emeu prefers for his stay open steppe areas of the terrain. Live separately. Sometimes they can assemble groups, not more than 7 individuals in one. In this case, they pursue the goal - to find food or a new place for feeding, but only at the moment of breeding.

Ostrich drinks water once a day. Although often you can see the bird near the reservoir. She loves to swim.

Activate feathers no more than 7 hours a day. All the time they spend on the extraction of food.

Where dwells and what is food?

The greatest accumulation of EMU was recorded on the mainland of Australia. Birds live in wildlife.

You can meet the bird in areas where there is no large cluster of people and thickets, but many reservoirs. In his homeland, ostriches can live in any terrain. They are well referred to climate change. We feel normally at the temperature of + 45 ° C and at 15 ° C.

The basic diet of EMU consists of vegetable food:

• Young shoots;
• roots of plants;
• cereal cultures;
• grass;
• Juicy fruit.

They do not refuse to enjoy animals:

• insects;
• mollusks;
• lizards;
• Small birds.

Frams feeding exclusively in the morning. Bird's teeth are absent. Therefore, to digest food, she eats sand, fine pebbles, sometimes glass.

Approximate meal per day - 1.5 kg.

Ostrichs can enter someone else's private territory, and fell in vegetables from the garden. They lead themselves not restrained, can cause serious harm to agricultural crops.

In the 20-30 years of our century, this was the reason that people began a real hunt for EMU. The result of the war is more than 57,000 killed individuals.

The battle with feathers is not completed. However, now murders on such scales are not recorded. Birds are subject to Australia's Law on Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation.

Reproduction

EMU - Pernaya, multiplying with eggs. The process does not do without marriage games. The male behaves as follows:

• located in front of the female individual;
• lowers his head as low as possible;
• shakes it in both directions;
• After that, heads to the place where the future nest is located.

It is men's individuals that prepare a place to surround the offspring. They form a small smell in the soil, linse with leaves or dry grass.

For once female individuals can only postpone 1 egg. Each weighs at least 700 grams. About 50 eggs from different females are concentrated in one place.

Situation is engaged exclusively male.

Not all 50 chicks will be able to appear. Ostrich can not cover all the offspring by his body. Although it sits on them for 20 hours a day for 55 days.

The male is allocated from the future, only the sake of finding food. For the entire period of surgery, the individual loses about 20 kg of its weight. Grease the fat helps him, which accumulates in advance.

After hatching with chicks, the father of the family is also engaged. He protects small emu from enemies, feeds and cares for 7 months. The female after mating is sent to search for a new cavaller.

Natural enemies

Emu, due to sizes, few natural enemies. Birds of Dingo (domestic wolf) are fear. Dingo tries to deal with the emu, a bird in the brain. That pushes the animal, jershits and causes a strong blow to the beak on the head.

Jumping high, so the wolf is difficult to cope with ostrich. Dingo does not affect the number of deaths of EMU.

Another predator who threatens Emeu is a wedge eagle. It does not attack adult individuals, since it cannot cope with them. The goal of the eagle is young feathered.

Adult features few people represent a threat, but do not mind enjoying the eggs:

• Lizards of large sizes;
• red fox;
• Wild dogs and boars (seconds can eat chicks);
• eagles;
• Snakes.

Emu is often dying under the wheels of trucks and at the time of purposeful hunting.

Economic value of poultry

Emu on the territory of Australia became the object of hunting. Killed birds not only for meat. Fat used as a material for making medication (rubbed into the skin) or he served as a lubricating component.

Paints for ritual ceremonies were made from the adipose tissue of EMU.

The breeding of ostrices, with the purpose of trade, began in Australia, in the western part of the mainland in 1987. People received the first profit in 1990.

The bird is bred for:

• Meat is considered to be lean, since it contains less than 1.5% fat, cholesterol level does not exceed 85 mg per 100 g;
• skin - due to the patterned surface of the skin, wallets and shoes often make;
• oils and fat - material for making cosmetics;
• Feather - Application in decorative or applied art;
• Eggs - eat in food, use shell in the craft.

Emu has increased interest around the world. Almost every country has ostrich farms. The largest fixed:

• in China;
• in USA;
• In Canada;
• In Peru.

Emu breeding at home

Ostrich EMU is actively growing at home, even in the northern regions of the globe. The cause of demand is not the powestness of feathered pets to the conditions of accommodation and nutrition.

On the territory of Russia there are farms specializing in the breeding of EMU, but their little - a little more than 100 throughout the country. In our country, to legalize the bridge of birds and the opening of the business is not easy. Before the purchase of young people, farmers have to contact government departments to obtain permission to breed birds.

After approval, instance staff will regularly attend the departments of EMU in order to verify the conditions for the maintenance of birds. In case of discrepancies, profitable business can be closed.

More about ostrich business can be found in the following video:

Requirement for the premises and conditions of content

Russian farmers should be especially scrupulous to refer to the conditions of detention of EMU. Before you begin to breed the bird, it is worth considering a few points:

• The area of ​​the room in which the emmy will grow and live is 15 square meters. one mature individual;
• The case will not cost without a dense and comfortable litter;
• Cleaning and disinfection of the flooring should occur regularly and timely;
• Available air circulation (there will be enough windows);
• At the time of sitting, the optimal temperature in the room is + 30 ° C;
• When building feeders and drinkers, the growth of ostriches is taken into account (if there are individuals of different ages on the farm, there must be several feeders).

Aviary

In the wild, Emu lives on large and open areas. A farmer who wants to succeed in the breeding of ostrich, should remember and equip the Woller for Pernavi correctly:

• The area is spacious, about 50-60 square meters. meters per adult individual;
• individual pen;
• Canopy so that the animal can hide from the scorching sun;
• protective fence with a height of at least 1.5 meters;
• The hedge is performed from the shallow mesh (the ostrich will not see the head and is not injured).

Winter

There are no strong frosts in Australia. Therefore, EMU needs to organize comfortable accommodation in the farm. Well, if in the room there will be:

• warm and dry;
• attend ventilation;
• There will be no draft.

Ostrich will be able to survive frosts in - 20 ° C without any problems. If the temperature drops below, the room is insulated with natural materials.

Feeding

Emu is considered unported birds. On farms, they usually feed them with feed. Nutritional mixture helps rapid weight.

So that the meat does not cease to be dietary, it is recommended not to overflow the animal.

Exemplary diet EMU:

• rye bread - 200 g in summer and 400 g in winter;
• OVES or barley - 150-300 g;
• oatmeal - 100-150 g;
• Carrots, coarse, cabbage or potatoes - 200-300 g.

Vegetables become the main food product for EMU, if there is no grass.

Those farmers who do not have confidentially refer to feed can give ostrichs:

• dairy products;
• Fish waste.

It is worth remembering that Emu is not capable of facing food. In the feeder is required to add a seven, small stones.

What is useful meat and eggs EMU?

Meat value for high performance indicators. Fat is practically absent. 100 g of the product contains less than 100 calories. The most valuable part is fillet. It contains a huge number of micro and macro substances necessary for the human body.

200 g of ostrich meat can fill out half the daily rate of the nutritious balance. The composition of the eggs and vitamins contains no less than in ostrich meat. Product hypoallergenic.

Specialists are recommended regularly, in moderate quantities, consulating meat Ehu diabetics and people suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. The product has a good effect on cholesterol levels (contributes to a decrease).

Due to the large content of polyunsaturated acids, it is recommended to use people with diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Interesting facts about the bird

Emu is a unique bird. In addition to the foregoing, it has other features:

• the fastest on the planet bird;
• For one day, the feathers pass about 30 km;
• The size of the eye of the ostrich exceeds the size of the brain;
• The legs are very powerful, one kick can kill the kangaroo;
• Birds are perfectly swimming;
• Eggs have an interesting color - from black to rich-green colors (sometimes you can meet blue eggs);
• The chick is growing rapidly, in 24 hours it grows by 1 cm.

Emu does not apply to Ostrich, even though birds are called. Pernaya is distinguished by a soft character, which allows them to breed them in the conditions of household. In Russia, farm growing is not prohibited, but it will take a special permit and the creation of comfortable conditions for the life of pets. For their works, breeders get useful, tasty meat and eggs.