Raising Ostrich For Beginners

Have you seen an ostrich? Do you know that ostriches are the largest birds in the world? Yes, ostriches are domesticated birds however they have lost their capacity to fly. These birds are long necked, long legged, giant birds. I'll wager you didn't know that these birds can run up to 40 miles per hour and live over fifty years.

For many different reasons ostrich farming is spread all over the world. The first reason and the most prominent, is the fact ostriches have good healthy meat. Ostrich meat is low fat, little cholesterol plus even low calorie. Ostrich meats is a healthier choice than beef or chicken. That is the reason why a lot of people prefer ostrich meat for their diets.

The ostrich feathers are incredibly beautiful. That is why they are admired from many of us. The ostrich's leather is even more desirable. Only the ostrich raisers produces this leather. Ostrich's leather is soft but tough and it very famous with the distinctive quill patterns. The bigger parts of ostrich farming income come from ostrich's leather sales.

Ostrich farming is quiet profitable reason being ostrich feathers and their oil are much-wanted products. In order to supply them, nevertheless , lots of ostriches are needed. That is the reason why often ostrich raising does not concentrate on production of ostrich feather and oil. Too many livestock is necessary for the these birds to complete even 1 order.

Raising ostrich is roughly more moneymaking business than farming cattle. Ostriches are incredibly suitable for farming. They can produce more than 40 young animals every year. Bird's gestation period is around 42 days. Ostriches may be bred for over 3 decades. You can calculate how many little ostriches ostrich raising could produce each year.

Ostriches are most of the times bred in pairs, in trios or in colonies. The natural male ostrich is able to mate to two or three females. The feminine ostriches lay the eggs nevertheless they often take breaks before they continue laying.

Nowadays it is quiet popular to speak about environmentally friendly ostrich farming. This type of ostrich raising gets more and more speed lately. Environmentally friendly ostrich raising means that livestock farmers use method of mating that is environmentally friendly. Ostriches are given no anabolic steroids, antibiotics, or hormones. Animals are not forced to eat against their will. They are left to roam freely and also to eat organic food.

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