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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: harry on March 13, 2010, 05:16:10 pm

Title: rhea
Post by: harry on March 13, 2010, 05:16:10 pm

rhea, does anyone keep them if so i want to ask a question or 2

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Post by: spoon on March 14, 2010, 11:50:01 pm

ive got 2 ask away  :)

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Post by: harry on March 15, 2010, 05:24:25 pm

well ive almost decided not to keep them  as they need lots of room, you only get the legs to eat, you need a flock of them, thats what ive heard is that all true, and probably all cost inc work out a bit expensive as a table bird

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Post by: langdon on March 16, 2010, 08:23:30 pm

what kind of poultry is rhea

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Post by: doganjo on March 16, 2010, 08:32:00 pm

Sort of like emu or ostrich but smaller I think -

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Any of several flightless South American birds of the genus Rhea,  resembling the ostrich but somewhat smaller and having three toes instead of two

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Post by: harry on March 16, 2010, 09:08:09 pm

google rhea and see

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Post by: shetlandpaul on March 16, 2010, 09:09:50 pm

but it would be a big drumstick.

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Post by: spoon on March 18, 2010, 02:47:35 pm

mine i just keep as pets so not sure about

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Post by: doganjo on March 18, 2010, 02:57:48 pm

Quote from: spoon on March 18, 2010, 02:47:35 pm

mine i just keep as pets so not sure about

What sort of pets do they make?