emu farming

[vilas]

hii, i have my emu farm at alibag , mahan fata on main road i am planning to start hathury too to help farmers in raigad and ratnagiri ditricat for all enqry on emu farms and vanilla farms /,... thanks ... advocate vilas naik

[sidikarnany]

We have a six acre land near kolkata and are looking for partners for emu farmaing, if intrested please tell us

[garry1a]

Dear sir,

Plz let us know more about emu farming, we have 200 acres of land at mangaon. plz mail me

Girish

[garry1a]

Dear sir,

Plz let us know more about emu farming, we have 200 acres of land at mangaon. plz mail me

Girish

[kirti s]

Dear Sir

Before starting an Emu farm, you should understand some of the basic things. A good planning is required. First of all decide the land. The land should be preferably dry, non-water clogging area. Before bringing the Emu, plant some trees for shade in the border of the fence, plan the layout, with separate place for various age birds, storage of feed, watering area, incubator / hatching unit.
Purchase of birds can be started in any of the following ways.

* Buy eggs and hatch chicks - Require the least capital initially, provided eggscan be obtained at reasonable cost. However production is at least 2 years away.
* Buy started, sexed chicks (8 weeks) - Reduces the problems involved is hatching andearly brooding. It can be more expensive than eggs. Again, production is at least 2 years away.
* Buy Juveniles (year – old birds) - Offers the opportunity to select birds within a year of sexual maturity.
*Buy proven breeders - The expensive route, but enables the producerto begin production immediately. Disadvantage of purchased mature breeding pair is higher investment, immediate hatching cost, and no knowledge about pairing and less experience with the birds.
*Buy combination of above - In general, ideally purchase Emu chicks of 3 – 4 months old. Chicks of this age have excellent livability and very less mortality.

Handling of Emus may be necessary for the reasons of moving the birds from one location to another, identification, sexing, or medicating bird etc. Emus are usually docile and non-aggressive.

Emus require simple food. You should plan feed as per the age of the bird. Emu require plenty of water to drink. Always keep fresh water in the pans.In India there are no specific feed prepared for Emus. However one can start with regular poultry feeds with addition of greens. Alfalfa leaves, Lucerne, stylo, Desmanthus. Chopped green vegetables, cauliflower leaves, fruits like grapes, watermelon. Chicks and adult birds can be given crumble feed. You can also add Soya crumbles for additional protein.Sprouted green gram can be given to Breeder birds at the time at breeding season to increase the overall reproductive performance. Emus usually mature sexually between 18 months to 28 months of age. Since Emu is a wild bird, allow the birds to move freely and select their own pair in the colony pen. Their courtship is a ritual, which is must watch for any Emu breeder. Both male and female, strut and display the neck feathers. The male walks around the female and both come opposite to one another. The male takes a lead in necking and the pair starts circling. The male rubs his neck on the mane of the hen. The female makes a deep drumming sound (booming) and male makes a grunting sound. The female then sits with upraised plum. The male then mounts. The activity continues for nearly a minute. The male then leaves and the female the slowly walks away. Allow Emu to pair naturally from a communal pen. Non-compatible birds will fight. Many Emu begin producing in their second year. Emu lay eggs in the winter months usually between November to March. Initially during the first laying, the second egg would be laid after 8 – 10 days, But later on, eggs are laid every 3 – 4 days, with an average of 30 – 40 eggs / season. Some may even produce up to 50 eggs per season.

Hygiene
Attention to hygiene can prevent aspergilla numbers building up to point where problems occur this needs to be done in all stages to the end brooder stage.Eggs should be fumigated and / or washed in a recognized egg sanitizer used according to directions.
The cold storage room the incubator and the hasher should be fumigated or cleaned regularly with a recognized disinfectant active against fungi.The brooder house should be cleaned and disinfected before the hatching season begins. If individual pens are cleaned out during the breeding season they should be disinfected.

Regards

Kirti