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<blockquote data-quote="sidney411" data-source="post: 517592" data-attributes="member: 430"><p>I've known several people that got in on the beginning and ended up losing their savings and retirement due to emus. Has anyone here ever worked them? I have! They DO NOT herd at all! They are fast and they can kick the living snot out of you in no time flat, not to mention if they were not de-spured they have rasor sharp talons! I finally go the hang of it after I was black and blue. You grab them from behind and pick them up where their feet can't touch the ground and your pretty safe then. One gentleman ended up digging a huge hole and shooting about 150 birds one day because he was broke and had already given away as many as he could. We put birds in that hole with the same 5 cent shot he had paid $10,000 for a few yrs before. I had some of the eggs - the yolk is a lot ligheter colored then chicken eggs but it made a good BIG omelet, kind of hard to crack on the side of the pan though. I've eaten a lot of emu too. Not near as good as beef or venison but we ground almost all of it and used it like regular hamburger - not as bad as the steaks, but it was very dry - no fat. We made the famous "emu oil" the stuff stinks and I didn't see a lick of good it did either. BTW - it is VERY fun shooting htem in the head w/ a .22 - very challenging too! I think that could be called their best use - target practice!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sidney411, post: 517592, member: 430"] I've known several people that got in on the beginning and ended up losing their savings and retirement due to emus. Has anyone here ever worked them? I have! They DO NOT herd at all! They are fast and they can kick the living snot out of you in no time flat, not to mention if they were not de-spured they have rasor sharp talons! I finally go the hang of it after I was black and blue. You grab them from behind and pick them up where their feet can't touch the ground and your pretty safe then. One gentleman ended up digging a huge hole and shooting about 150 birds one day because he was broke and had already given away as many as he could. We put birds in that hole with the same 5 cent shot he had paid $10,000 for a few yrs before. I had some of the eggs - the yolk is a lot ligheter colored then chicken eggs but it made a good BIG omelet, kind of hard to crack on the side of the pan though. I've eaten a lot of emu too. Not near as good as beef or venison but we ground almost all of it and used it like regular hamburger - not as bad as the steaks, but it was very dry - no fat. We made the famous "emu oil" the stuff stinks and I didn't see a lick of good it did either. BTW - it is VERY fun shooting htem in the head w/ a .22 - very challenging too! I think that could be called their best use - target practice! [/QUOTE]
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