Story: Exotic farm animals

Ostrich and eggs

A female ostrich monitors her eggs and those of another female. Some ostrich farmers remove the eggs to a hatchery, while others leave the birds to do the job of hatching the eggs.

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Jim Esson, Exotic farm animals – Ostriches and emus, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18717/ostrich-and-eggs (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jim Esson, published 1 March 2009.

Comments

ride
10 October 2011

I really enjoyed this article. It was very informative. We have been to New Zealand once on a red stag hunt but hope to return and see some more of the country and animals.