Ostrich meat and egg are supposed to be super good for you! You should go. They have been doing it sustainably for decades. Small family farmers. Two thumbs up.
We had a pet turkey when I was little. It used to climb up my dad and sit on his shoulder like a parrot. When it reached maturity it started attacking my father and brother (never me and my mother for some reason). One day I came home to find a bowl of turkey meat on the counter. Peeper had attacked Dad again and when Dad hit him with the rake he was holding, it broke. So he shot Peeper.
As a homesteader, I've lost a few birds this way. It's always so hard watching them struggle past the 24 hr mark. I've also saved some doing this. All about timing
I don't know shit about birds and bird health, just thought the juxtaposition (?) of those frames was funny. I figure if they're hatching ostriches and have incubators and stuff, that they're doing it right and safe.
Letting them crack it themselves is important, they come out when they're ready - and they crack it from the inside out while you could only crack it by pushing inwards from outside, which risks hurting them.
Once it's cracked, though, all the shell does is make the chick struggle and spend vital energy on getting out.
You have to be careful peeling because sometimes bits of shell can stick to the hatchling, but you actually give them a better chance of making it past their first 24 hours.
Uh, you Cannot let the mother raise their young if you have domestic Emus. They need to be raised away from a parent and other emus and adjusted to humans. Otherwise, they will constantly attack their owners.
Eh. I don't know the setup here but ostriches and emus are often removed for various reasons. Incubators have a higher success rate. If there are multiple males In pens they have a habit of destroying eggs/young. Birds are super brutal. Don't make the mistake of anthropomorphizing birds. They're not kittens and puppies. I grew up with emus. If you want to know more I can continue.
drakkaris12718
You're breeding raptors?
RoboUnicornFishBalls
heyletsbefriends
spooktree
you forgot, but i didn't...
Beleethisnow
Was it for the song
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
That motherfucker was packed in there tight!
pibyte
TammoNL
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ShortyLugnuts
kempsishere
All I heard was "put them dookies on the floor" over and over. Kinda banger.
reightb
they must have scientists researching the worst songs to overlay
dieselfury
Jesus christ that song is terrible
lljkrevol
what the FUCK
CheeseborgarSoop
Oh my god, her poor ostrich giny.
ReelPoop
ostrich farm?
ThoseRulesArentReal
#ostrichstrong
WeaponizedJerk
Why the fuck do you need an incubator when the ostrich is right there??
LariCheltsy
kannloustee
‘They’ not ‘it’. They’re a little sentient being not a thing.
katoutwo8
It had another one in there?? How many do they lay??
Snuggelapolous
I grew up near an ostrich/ emu farm. Huge tourist attraction. Lived there for 25 years and never went.
TheReturnOfMadJuan
I've always wanted to go to one. The closest one to me is a 6hr-8hr drive. Depending on traffic.
Snuggelapolous
https://www.ostrichlandusa.com/
TheReturnOfMadJuan
I take back my previous comment. It'd be a 3-hour to 4-hour drive for me. And it's the same place you sent me ! Lol.
Snuggelapolous
Ostrich meat and egg are supposed to be super good for you! You should go. They have been doing it sustainably for decades. Small family farmers. Two thumbs up.
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MaleProstateMilker88
-1 for animal abuse post.
PrincessWasabi
Messed up to not only take it from its mom but to help it hatch, wtf
rlutece
Well. It's probably going to be food. So it doesn't get less messed up from here.
garbuhj
I doubt it. This bird was hand raised by a person, inside their actual home, and bonded with their pet dog
rlutece
Yeah, we do that on farms, and then we eat the animals anyway. 🤷♀️ It's just how it goes.
WarlockWithNoPatron
We had a pet turkey when I was little. It used to climb up my dad and sit on his shoulder like a parrot. When it reached maturity it started attacking my father and brother (never me and my mother for some reason). One day I came home to find a bowl of turkey meat on the counter. Peeper had attacked Dad again and when Dad hit him with the rake he was holding, it broke. So he shot Peeper.
toolzgalore2
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JustHereForTheCrumbs
looks pretty healthy to me....
Odinthewrathfull
Gonna need at least 3 people
C0ZM0
Put that back!
HereIsMyBadge
How dare you
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elbowdeepinawhateverthatis
BeaverOnFire
AGuyNamedCJ
zimirken
Valgov291
Wow. That is an old memory unlocked
Unfortunate500
I would have thought it laid them on the ground. Do they survive that drop in the wild? Is it a crap-shoot based on how grassy the area is?
TheReturnOfMadJuan
Every cooking show or someone trying to cook. Have a hard time cracking open ostrich eggs. Many have to use a carpenter hammer.
StarSumiaki
I seem to recall that those eggs have surprisingly tough shells compared to smaller fowl.
OliverOtter
I've broken drill bits trying to empty them and prep them as educational artifacts.
Rubbishtheresnoway9peopleusetaniwhida
This is an ostrich meat farm.
TheReturnOfMadJuan
Delicious.
Hoolraw
That's why it is not with his mother.
Snuggelapolous
Yes
Jamerperson
What's it taste like
TsubakiTragic
chicken. sry
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
It's red meat, and it's pretty tasty.
PoopComesOutMyButt
Like ostrich probably
Rubbishtheresnoway9peopleusetaniwhida
Not after it comes out your butt.
TheJackKetch
It’s good, somewhere between pork and beef but not as dense, lean, with a mild taste.
BayazTheBenevolent
Really good actually. Both Ostrich and Kangaroo (yes, really) are tasty as all hell.
Hashbrown123
There is a place near me that sells exotic jerkies and they have had both of those. It really is good.
Feralkyn
It's pretty good. Lean, no overly strong flavors, a fairly healthy meat. But like all meats you wanna make sure they raise them ethically.
CrimeThinker
Back in the late 1900s I went to a place near the Smithsonian Zoo that sold an Ostrich Burger and it was delicious.
StankhaleesiGrandmotherOfFerrets
Did you have to phrase it like that? That’s harsh.
Ifekinlovesauerkraut
Only had it one time, it's pretty yummy.
ThisIsWhereTheWildThingsAre
"Let's see if it can hatch naturally" *rips eggshell open* lmao
TraPayDay
Tbf they did say normally which doesn't help their case but not verbatim
cgabgedchabbachange
As a homesteader, I've lost a few birds this way. It's always so hard watching them struggle past the 24 hr mark. I've also saved some doing this. All about timing
ThisIsWhereTheWildThingsAre
I don't know shit about birds and bird health, just thought the juxtaposition (?) of those frames was funny. I figure if they're hatching ostriches and have incubators and stuff, that they're doing it right and safe.
nexusjosh15
Ye ripping open eggshell is cringe. Itsvan important step for the hatching.
nexusjosh15
It's an*
vegivamp
Letting them crack it themselves is important, they come out when they're ready - and they crack it from the inside out while you could only crack it by pushing inwards from outside, which risks hurting them.
Once it's cracked, though, all the shell does is make the chick struggle and spend vital energy on getting out.
You have to be careful peeling because sometimes bits of shell can stick to the hatchling, but you actually give them a better chance of making it past their first 24 hours.
Trankia12
The first mistake was ripping it away from its mother.
Snuggelapolous
Wow. Do you not know how food works?
Trankia12
What does food have to do with this specific ostrich egg being hatched naturally?
Snuggelapolous
Domestication of animals for food and efficiency. If you eat any sort of animal product humans have intervened.
Trankia12
Yeah, that’s not what we’re talking about here. We are talking about this specific ostrich.
OceanScientistExtraordinaire
Iirc, it's actually the father emu that sits on and then cares for the hatchlings
TheLordFoxington
Uh, you Cannot let the mother raise their young if you have domestic Emus. They need to be raised away from a parent and other emus and adjusted to humans. Otherwise, they will constantly attack their owners.
MidnightBaelfire
I think this one is an ostrich. Emu eggs are green, and there are ostriches in the back of the video. But probably need to be raised the same
TheLordFoxington
My bad, but I guess they would be similar also.
nexusjosh15
Eh. I don't know the setup here but ostriches and emus are often removed for various reasons. Incubators have a higher success rate. If there are multiple males In pens they have a habit of destroying eggs/young. Birds are super brutal. Don't make the mistake of anthropomorphizing birds. They're not kittens and puppies. I grew up with emus. If you want to know more I can continue.
Trankia12
Not everything survives in nature.
nexusjosh15
... Duh?
Trankia12
That was the whole point of the original comment is it being natural. Taking the egg away, isn’t natural, even if it saves its life.
jamiedBreaker
I'm here for it, if you'd like to continue.
Hashbrown123
Literal dinosaurs.
PosthumousExile
That's horrible! Thank God we never have to go to war with them!
UniquenessReviewed
The mother had bird AIDS and couldn't breastfeed, shows what you know
Trankia12
Nope. That unfortunately is still natural. Nature kills a lot.
vDorothyv
I don't think ostriches breastfeeding is natural, bird aids or no
berlinson
'Breastfeed'?
mikeatike
Well technically they are right. It can't breastfeed.
Lachwen
I know, right? That's an ostrich, not a pelican.