3 Feathers Emu News — Emu hatching

If you are looking for emu chicks we still have some available. We have contacted everyone on our waiting list, and did not hear back from many, so if you have not gotten an email from Tony, please reach out. Or if you are still looking, please do the same. Please talk to Tony and calling in the afternoons is best: 360-748-3031.

A shout out to the Mason Middle School in Tacoma and Ms. Erica’s 6th grade class. They took the responsibility to incubate some big green emu eggs from our farm this spring as part of their Biology study. As you know from reading our Facebook posts these past months, hatching emus isn’t easy. They were successful and helped welcome a new wobbly head into the world. This is “Jake”, who has come back to the farm after the special care he received from all the students. They learned all about emus and we are very proud!!

We are breathing a HUGE sigh of relief!!! We had a bit of a scare during the last storm and power outage—a tripped breaker meant our incubators got dangerously cold and we were fairly certain (well, Tony was absolutely certain) we had lost all of our eggs in the incubators—they were full up with 9 trays of eggs so we were almost in tears!!!! Heartbreaking days. But… we just kept turning them and watching and hoping against hope… and OH MY GOODNESS—they have started to hatch. So…prayers answered and I am so thankful for it!!! Just love these little wobbly...

A hearty thanks to King 5 Evening program for taking the time to highlight 3 Feathers.   We got to show off our birds and our lovely products, and also each other since we are a living love story, of course. Check out the video.... #3Feathersemus #king5evening #emuoilforhealthyskin  

June 6 Farm Visit Day cancelled this year. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well during this weird and difficult time.  We have been waiting to make a final decision on our annual Farm Visit Day to see if circumstances were improved enough to go forward.  We really look forward to the opportunity to meet everyone and share our farm with you all and it is with great disappointment that we decided to call off the event.  However, in light of continuing risks and our desire to assure that everyone stay safe, we think this is...