Author Topic: Anyone have Rheas?? (Read 1674 times)

zarzar · « **on:** November 05, 2013, 07:48:34 pm »

we have just taken the plunge by buying a pr of 7 week old rheas?
just wondered if anyone else keeps them and how they raise/keep them?
They are currently on turkey crumb and hand fed lettuce everyday as thats the diet they where on when we got them.

HesterF · « **Reply #1 on:** November 05, 2013, 09:53:45 pm »

No but quite interested to know how you get on. Our new run is probably big enough to have a pair of them wandering around and I got some (dodgy) chickens from a place that had them. It's just the novelty really though so I suspect I'm being drawn by that and would regret it!

zarzar · « **Reply #2 on:** November 05, 2013, 10:57:09 pm »

I dunno the eggs sell well and spoke to someone back a long that breeds them to eat they got out on first day lol walked through 2ft chicken wire then wriggled through the sheep stock wire i ended up switching them around with chickens untill they bit bigger where the fence id 5ft high lol

jacoblambuk · « **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2013, 11:55:24 pm »

Hi i keep rheas i have 2 females and 2 males the young ones will just walk up chicken wire i keep them in a 1 Acres field with my chickhens, ducks, geese my fences is about 4 ft stock net they are lovely easy to keep i feed mine on poultry growers and flaked maize do not leave anything lying around they will pinch it and mind your buttons i love them.