Oh you have not seen the $75K round pen, have you? Let us just say Emusement would have to work hard to escape! And my house looks shabby in comparison…
Well this IS an adventure…EMU is still at my neighbor’s farm and he has figured out how to get UNDER the breezy gate so he can come right next to poor Julian-who certainly has looked like a well bred arabian for most of the day.
Animal control was there for over 3 hours and no luck…so Emusement (his new name) still lingers on.
Evidently he is part of a family of 4-escaped 3 weeks ago and has landed here (or next to here).
From what I understand the owners are “indisposed” in Florida (don’t ask) and will not be returning anytime soon…so it appears there are FOUR uncared for EMU’s—make that 3 as my neighbor is feeding Emusement.
are you sure your name isnt “Liz Hall” ??? And your farm isnt Silverwood Farm?! 
I seem to recall a lost PIG finding its way to her farm a few years ago 
and SHE thought it was a STRAY pig as well! 
Emu’s kick forward as well, dont they, so the trick is to grab them from behind and then hold on for the ride of a lifetime! 
Too much … all we get are stray bunnies around here …
:Spot:
Are you near Union Hill? As far as I know there aren’t any restrictions. Someone else might know otherwise? I am near Jack Cashin’s polo club and play there occasionally. We have 19 acres and never heard about any restrictions. I guess it depends on what you’re zoned for. Are you R-40 or AG?
Felix
Anyone for some EMU oil? Goodness GRACIOUS Calgon take me away.
I have been on the phone to ALL of the following IN the following order finding someone to get the hooverdamn EMU:
Animal Control
Dept of Ag
DNR
DNR-livestock and poultry
DNR-wildlife and game
sheriff’s office
Dept of Ag
State Vet
Dr Black
Sheriff Office
Different Sherriff Office
Zoo Atlanta
As of NOW it is the responsbility of the Sherriff’s Office according to Georgia Code $4-3-1 thru 4-3-12…Livestock, Alternative, including but not limited to ostrich and emu…at large, running at large OR contained if not by the owner.
HOLY CHRISTMAS…
They have contacted everyone under the sun and no one knows how to catch or contain EMU.
Supposedly they are working on a tranq to dart him with HOWEVER most EMU’s will not live through being tranq’ed??? And darting them is a talent known to few.
We thought about getting a cowboy to rope him (anyone wanna call Richard Miles) BUT there is a high risk of breaking his neck.
Soooooo here we are…and EMU still pacing the fence. And yes there is a second one loose somewhere up the road.
Anyone??? help?
I think that Liz went through the same thing when “Damn Pig” showed up - about 2 weeks of the horses acting like idiots and then all was fine.
My sister Nikita went through the same thing when she introduced the mini donk to the horses as well, especially the first time he started braying and she needed to peel each and every one of them off the ceiling and from being wedged between the bars!
And I know with the alpaca’s it was about a week before the horses settled and accepted it.
When GGold brought her Blue Eyed Angel mare over to our farm many years ago, with her apron face and 2 ice blue eyes, the first 2 or 3 days, the mares all lined up in a row and stared and snorted at her and wouldnt go within 50 feet of her paddock. Once we put a fly mask on her, they were fine with her
I honestly think that you just need to work through it - the same as you would if they were spooking at a tarp, or a scary liverpool or a coloured wall - no nonsense approach and they simply have to deal with it and move on. I know - easier said than done, but Im sure in their show careers they are going to come up against something scarier than this and need to understand that they dont have an option - they need to move right on by it and concentrate on work and not the damned bird!
Oh! And one farm that I boarded at many years ago had about a half dozen emu’s and the first week wasnt pleasant with new horses moving in, but since all of the other horses on the farm were well used to them by that point, and totally ignored them, the new horses ignored them as well, pretty soon
Good luck! 
:Spot:
Alert!!! Birdzilla action over in “Toe Grabs”…
It’s topics like this that make me really wish I had internet at home. It’s like a little soap opera.
As the Emu Turns? Days of our Emus? All My Emus? Young and the Emuless?
Yes, a very lovely ranch. Now I see why Emusement felt at home there.
So what are you doing to that poor boy 
? Are you trying to stretch him into a saddlebred or are you training him for the circus?
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I was a working student on a farm in VA one summer a few years ago. I rode mostly barely broke 3 year olds in the ring every afternoon.
One very hot day I was riding around when all of a sudden I thought there must be a parade going on close by, because I could hear the faint sound of a drum. Barn owner/trainer and I exchanged looks but kept riding.
The ring we were in backed up to a very large pasture with a little “forrest” in it. All of a sudden, out of the trees came an emu. I had NEVER seen an emu before and I had no idea what it was. Needless to say i had about 3 seconds to bail off the 3yo before it errupted on me.
The thing absolutely terrified the horses- especially because of the drum noise that it made. It eventually wandered up to the barn and out of the pasture and we tried to find its owners while we fed it and kept it “happy.” It LOVED horse grain (which apparently is bad for them though) and I had a new responsibility to feed it every morning and evening with the horses.
In the long run, no one ever claimed it, and it actually still lives on the farm where it arrived that day, about 5 years later. I’m not sure why, but even from the first day it was there, if you walk up to it and touch it, it sinks to the ground. I dont know if it was trained to do this or if its some kind of emu instinct, but it does it every time.
Apparently now the thing is much less shy and has gotten into some trouble chasing horses around the pasture. But it is definetly a conversation peice. The woman breeds wb crosses and foxhunters- and she has an extra selling point now- by the time they leave the farm they are all emu proof!
You may have just found yourself a new pet!
LMH- It sounds like someone is starting to get attached to their emu. So when are you going to set up emu-cam so we can watch all of the fun?
… 
… may as well just lock this thread now … nothing more to talk about … nothing more to laugh about … 
… no more enjoyment in our lives … 
… but I guess YOU dont care about that, do you LMH?! 
… you just cared about getting rid of the emu, and didnt even give a THOUGHT to how it might affect the hundreds or perhaps THOUSANDS of COTH posters that checked in on this thread everyday to bring a little joy to their otherwise drab lives … 
… and now you have gone and ruined everything by driving the poor emu away …
I hope that you feel very very guilty and will perhaps consider getting ANOTHER emu to take his place … … on that can live AT your farm and never be taken away!
And then we can be entertained for weeks and months and YEARS!
:Spot:
I usta live in Canton (Brick Mill Rd) and know some horsepeople in the area. I wonder how many of you and I have crossed paths…
This thread has been enormously entertaining and I’m glad to have found it, even if it is causing LMH so much grief.
You really should have an emu barbeque, IMHO. Work it out with the neighbors.
{{{LMH}}}
Wow, Party Rose. Alphabetized and everything! Somebody had a spare second on this St. Pattys eve!
Now, I do have one POSSIBLE missing item, but I don’t know if it qualifies. Rainbow Ranch??
How, oh how did I miss this thread? Oh, yeah…I’ve been WORKING for a change. Well, at the moment, I’m not working.
I’m visiting Party Rose for the weekend. Yesterday, BeachPony, PR and I went to the wild animal park and had a terrific time. We saw lots of emus, but we did not see any gay equine porn
From now on, whenever our lesson horses need their sheaths cleaned, may I just send them to Chez Roundpen for a little “hygiene visit?”
Hey Spot-thanks for the info…these seem to be difficult damn birds to deal with don’t they?
It is POURING down rain here-all night all day…he is pacingpacingpacingpacing. 
That is ALL they do…ALL day.
I’m feeling conflicted between hungry thirsty Emu and frantic horses or the Giggle factor…
Well, that sounds like an idea. The only other question is, what do you do with it once it is caught?
He’s microchipped? How do you know that! (truly said with an amazed huh what tone 
)Is there a requirement?
I guess that would require getting close enough to touch the EMU???
Losing the emu is like losing a friend.
