Emu chicks in camouflage outfits
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382240)
Rockingham, Australia
October 3, 2018 12:01am CST
One of the exhibits in the All Creatures Great and Small pavilion at the Perth Royal Show in Western Australia featured emu chicks. There were two pens with perhaps eight in each.
They had an infra red lamp in case they needed some extra warmth at night. My nephew and I would be bedding his goats down around 8pm and we’d hear them cheeping to each other.
In front of the pens was a stall selling a variety of products made from emu oil including some pain relief ointment and hand cream. I sampled the cream then bought some. There was also a basket full of bright green eggs which were selling for $15 each.
The chicks were beautifully striped and would be well camouflaged in the bush
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@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
3 Oct 18
I have never seen emu yet. so this is how they look.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17242)
• China
3 Oct 18
I can't tell the emu from the ostrich.It surprises me that emu oil actually has healing properties.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17242)
• China
4 Oct 18
@JudyEv Thank you for the collage by which I get an idea of how they are different from each other! I know the Tiger Balm,but not the Goanna Oil .
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@JudyEv (382240)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Oct 18
They are quite different really. I've done a collage of an emu and an ostrich. People say the emu oil helps. There is Tiger Balm and Goanna Oil which are supposed to relieve pain so I guess emu oil could too.
Photo of ostrich courtesy Wikimedia Commons Susann Eurich.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
11 Oct 18
Reminds me of our State Fair. I have always been partial to Emus.
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@JudyEv (382240)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Oct 18
I should think our agricultural shows would be quite similar to your State Fairs.
@snowy22315 (209014)
• United States
4 Oct 18
Emu eggs are green...who knew? One of the farms in this area has a few..I didn't know that, but I saw them out in the field the other day.
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@JudyEv (382240)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 18
The colour of the shell depends a bit on their feed. Out in the desert where there is very little green feed the eggs would be a much browner colour.
@wolfgirl569 (135819)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Oct 18
They are cute. That is a lot for an egg to me. But I think they sell them even higher here at least for fertilized ones.
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@JudyEv (382240)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Oct 18
They use the fat as far as I know so the poor old emu gives up his life so I can have hand-cream. 
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
3 Oct 18
Most small birds are well camouflaged when they are tiny. The killdeer are entertaining to watch. They run around and you see them all over the place....then mama lets out a warning screech and they all duck down and hover in place....you have no idea where they went.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Oct 18
Will they be striped as adults?
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
How Iwish to attend also to this animal exhibits. Msybe I could some of that chicks to.
During fiesta we also have contest, biggest goats, cows and carabao.
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@JudyEv (382240)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Oct 18
I really enjoy seeing all the different breeds of livestock.
