Can more 4 or 5 emus be kept in the same pen?
With most chicks this is not a problem. But,…. as emu mature (around 14 months of age) their hormones start to rage and some of the “teenagers” may start to fight for territorial dominance. Sometimes it appears that these dominant birds don’t even like themselves. At this point they have to be separated or it is possible that a bird may be injured. Some birds are driven to be the “top” bird at this time. Most are hardly affected. Some growers successfully use community pens for their breeding birds. Community pens are made up of several females and two males. These work out only if the birds are fairly easy going and there is a “sight block” where the birds can get away from each other, out of sight.
