Walking Dinosaurs

Walking Dinosaurs

Professor Breithaupt spent time at Rabbit Creek Emu Ranch, Livermore, Colorado (owned by AEA member Terry Turner) to study emus and how they relate to dinosaurs.

This article appeared in the 2008 Highlights Magazine that is distributed to elementary school students across the United States.

Read More

Emu Farmers Handbook SPECIAL – BOOKS STILL AVAILABLE !

Emu Farmers Handbook SPECIAL – BOOKS STILL AVAILABLE !    Every emu owner should have a copy of the “Emu Farmers Handbook” by Maria Minnaar. The information in this book is invaluable with information that those who raise emus should know.     These available books, are a collector’s item. They are the remaining last “NEW”…

Read More

Green Eggs Ready For Easter

“If you want to make an omelet, you have to break a few eggs’” or so goes the old saying.  But, to raise emus, you have to hatch a few eggs.  Now, what does a farmer do with all the eggs that they don’t intend to hatch?  It’s amazing what can be done with these…

Read More

You Can Do “WHAT” With Emu Feathers?

You Can Do “WHAT” With Emu Feathers? by Joylene Reavis    Everyone recognizes that emu meat is deliciously nutritious; that emu fat is rendered and refined into emu oil; and that emu hides make beautiful leather goods.  But, did you know that emu feathers can be used in a variety of ways to add extra…

Read More

Animal Welfare Act Clarification

Animal Welfare Act Clarification      There have been a lot of questions about how the USDA APHIS considers Emus in the new Animal Welfare Act/Bird Rules.  The AEA found it very confusing so went right to the  top administrators for answers      The bottom line is, “USDA APHIS says emus are an EXOTIC but,…

Read More

Animal Welfare Act-Bird Rules for EMUS

Animal Welfare Act-Bird Rules for EMUS Dr. Elizabeth Pannill DVM, a veterinary medical officer with the USDA-APHIS Animal Care program and speaker at the September 2023 American Emu Association (AEA) Convention explained that “The Animal Welfare Act considers ratites to be livestock (farm animals) when raised and used solely for purposes of harvesting meat, fat,…

Read More

How to spot FAKE Emu Oil???!!!

Emu oil is a tremendous oil with many well documented benefits.  It is a natural anti-inflammatory, penetrates deep in the skin, and has even been shown to have benefits when ingested.  Research has shown that it can decrease cholesterol and decrease gut inflammation.  A simple Google search will result in numerous companies selling emu oil…

Read More

Fencing for Emu’s

   Large birds wandering down the road can illustrate what can happen when you have inadequate fencing for your emus.  A loud noise, a strange animal or a myriad of other things can set an emu into a full-blown rampage.  All it takes is a toe hold in the fence and suddenly they have toppled…

Read More