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Louis, the sweetest of our four emus, has an injury. I noticed it a few days ago. It is a large hematoma and feather loss on his back. He seems to be acting perfectly normal despite his injury. Well, as perfectly normal as an emu is capable of acting. I am just watching him closely [...]
The little emu girls, Chica and Loca, have taken to chasing the chickens. As long as the chickens are standing still, the girls are good. But if a chicken runs, they have to chase it. It’s an emu thing. The boys used to chase them a lot but they don’t do it very much anymore. [...]
Chica and Loca are growing so fast. We have been letting them have supervised visits outside with Stuart and Louis. Maybe it is wishful thinking but they appear to have picked their partner. Loca seems to hang close to Stuart and Chica seems smitten with Louis. If they stay this way, we will have crazy [...]
is never done. Our ever vigilant guard emu Stuart patrols the property tirelessly keeping intruders at bay. Lately his work not only includes keeping troublemakers out but in as well. We have a little white Icelandic hen with wanderlust. Most days she could be found wandering on the dirt road behind the barn. We never [...]
Yesterday was a busy day. It started out with a visit by our farrier Michelle. She was here to work on Jack and Diana’s feet. She brought along an equine dentist who also examined the donkey’s teeth. I don’t have any pictures of him because, to be honest, he came unglued about having his picture [...]
If you have been following us for awhile, you will know that Stuart and Louis, our emu boys could benefit from having girlfriends. We tried to procure some girl emus for several months and finally decided to hatch the boys some girlfriends. We only hatched one chick and it was a boy, but luckily we [...]
Welcome Wagon was founded in 1928 by an insightful marketing man in Memphis, Tennesee, Thomas Briggs. Mr. Briggs was inspired by stories of early Conestoga “welcome wagons” that would meet and greet westward travelers, providing fresh food and water for the journey. He created Welcome Wagon to embody this same spirit of warm hospitality and [...]
There are certain jobs around the ranch that are best done solo. Unfortunately, there are few chores around the ranch that can be done solo. I just finished cleaning the goat shed and Icelandic coop with the help of 23 chickens, 2 goats, and 2 emus, one of which was sprayed by a skunk three [...]
