Emus: A Natural Wonder   Our 3 year old adult male  

At Boxwood Farm we raise emus.  They are a flight-less bird native to Australia and now commercially raised around the world. This past year was our first season breeding and raising these birds and it was quite an adventure.  Our two adult pairs laid 64 eggs.  We incubated about 45 eggs and hatched out about 35 chicks.
   
Two day old chicks                                                        Our first chick hatching
  At present, we have 25 young birds that are living in a grow-out pen.  These birds will be used for their meat which only has one gram of  fat per serving and has an identical flavor as beef.  The meat is USDA approved and emus have recently been recognized by a national poultry association as a separate commercial breed of poultry.  The other product that is made from emus is a therapeutic oil.  This oil is used in body lotions and is showing great promise as an anti-inflammatory agent.  A recent study out of Boston University sited emu oils' use in burn victims.  It found that skin treated with emu oil had less scarring than similar burns treated with present burn creams.
      Some emu products   I hope this description proved informative and encourage you to contact you local health store or butcher to try those emu products.
 
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