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Myra Charleston
Apr 26, 2003 - 10:46AM
Re: mating habits of emu's


It depends on the emu. Some pairs never fight. Several years ago we had a crop duster spook our birds. One happily mated pair underwent a complete transformation. The female would not let the male near her and she did chase and kick at him. At around the same time we had a male that was doing the same thing to his female. We put the two abusive birds together and the two meek birds together. The abusive male tried to kick the female, she reared up and began chasing him around the pen. Two weeks later they were breeding and have been happily mated since. No fights. The two meek birds were so afraid of each other that it took two weeks for them to get together, but they are now our best producers.

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I need to know if a male emy beats up on a female all the time or only when it's mating time?

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