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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Mac 'n' Tosh update
Here is a picture of Mac sitting on his eggs. Looks exciting, doesn't it? We have seen him off occasionally for short periods to go for a drink, but mostly he just stays right there.Mac 'n' Tosh are in the red barn, where they typically spend the winter. We expect the hatch date to be right around the first of June, then we'll need to figure out how to get the whole family out to their summer pen behind the store where you usually visit them in the fall. And, we'll need to secure that pen so the babies can't go under the fence. I don't think they'll be ready to meet up with Barney and Jackson for a couple weeks at least.
I thought I'd share this picture of Cedi learning about Mac 'n' Tosh last fall. Note that Grandpa has his hand up high in the air. You put it up higher than they are so they know you're the dominant emu.Note that they have apple cores in their hands. Mac 'n' Tosh love apples and will swallow a core whole. You're sure they'll choke on it as it goes down. Cedi was eating an apple while standing near their pen with me one day and Tosh reached through the fence and stole it out of her hand. It didn't hurt her, but it did scare her. That's why we don't offer you the chance to feed apples to the emus like we do with the cows.
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Monday, April 13, 2009
Mac 'n' Tosh are nesting
Many of you are familiar with our emus, Mac 'n' Tosh. This is the third winter we've had them and each year we've waited in vain for Mac to sit on some of their eggs. (Yes, it's Mac's job to sit on the eggs.)
Well, Friday (Good Friday, April 10) I was out in the barn looking for a couple old plastic chairs that I used last year in my little greenhouse. Frank used one on each end of the greenhouse and put an aluminum ladder between them to make me a shelf to put flats of plants on. I had hoped to have something a little more permanent this year, but that's one of the items on our to do list that didn't get done. And the ladders worked pretty well, so we'll be using them again.
Anyhow, back to the emus. I went in the barn and Mac was sitting on the emu eggs! Since them I've seen him off the nest to get a drink of water, but we're pretty sure he really intends to hatch the eggs. The info I found says 50 to 56 days to hatch, so we're looking at the end of May or first week of June.
We'll keep you posted.
Well, Friday (Good Friday, April 10) I was out in the barn looking for a couple old plastic chairs that I used last year in my little greenhouse. Frank used one on each end of the greenhouse and put an aluminum ladder between them to make me a shelf to put flats of plants on. I had hoped to have something a little more permanent this year, but that's one of the items on our to do list that didn't get done. And the ladders worked pretty well, so we'll be using them again.
Anyhow, back to the emus. I went in the barn and Mac was sitting on the emu eggs! Since them I've seen him off the nest to get a drink of water, but we're pretty sure he really intends to hatch the eggs. The info I found says 50 to 56 days to hatch, so we're looking at the end of May or first week of June.
We'll keep you posted.
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