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I also raise and eat my ducks - I use a product called "duck wax" to help with the job of plucking - I hand pluck the duck very quickly and get about 70% of the large feathers off and then dunk the bird into the hot wax - then into ice water and repeat one or two times. After the wax gets hard-...

When do you experenced Emu breeders expect your first eggs this fall?

For myself - I can process the meat, but what do you do with the oil? Are there places you can ship for processing?

Yes - my state is removing any laws requiring a permit - Listing them as livestock. The zoning where my home is located is agricultural - I had to tell them that I was rising them for personal use (they will not allow them for pets).

Came back from vacation and my Rhea eggs where ready to hatch. 2 days old

In Massachusetts you need a permit from fish and game, I called before I started and they said that the laws are changing so they would not give me a permit - So I tried and went ahead and hatched Emu's and (now) Rheas anyways - Tried to follow the rules

Here is a couple of Pic's I took today - The small one is my female that has made a complete recovery. Emu's playing in a mud puddle - I was cleaning the horse trough My horse wants to join them - They all get along great - The Emu's are always with my two horses. Chickens - Muscovy's -...