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Three child emu chicks hatched at Scottish fowl sanctuary after ten yr wait

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A Scottish fowl sanctuary has welcomed three child emu chicks after a profitable breeding programme.

Mark Halliday at Bird Gardens Scotland, the place the birds hatched, stated that the grownup emus have been on the sanctuary for round ten years however had by no means managed to hatch any eggs.

However, their luck modified just some days in the past.

“Every year the chief emu sits on a pile of eggs but he has never managed to hatch them,” he instructed STV News.

Emus have a unique mating strategy with a female laying ten to 15 eggs and leaving them with the male before moving on.STV News

After years of disappointment the sanctuary determined to assist the chief emu out, and put some eggs in an incubator.

They swapped the eggs out once they received to the hatching level and shortly after the three chicks arrived.

“As soon as he heard the cheeping inside the eggs, he was off and he’s been a great dad,” he stated.

Emus are recognized to have a novel mating technique with a feminine laying ten to fifteen eggs and leaving them with the male earlier than transferring on.

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