Web Directory

» Animal and Animal Products Import: Ratites and Hatching Eggs
   Provides information on the procedures involved in importing ratites and other avian species into the US.
   http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/ratites_eggs.shtml

» Emu Production
   Article from the Texas Cooperative Extension providing information on the commercial farming of emus.
   http://posc.tamu.edu/library/extpublications/emuproduction.pdf

» Incubation and Hatching of Ratites
   Provides information on the environmental factors involved in the hatching process and how hatchability may be improved.
   http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PS006

» Nutrition Guidelines for Ostriches and Emus
   Information on feeding programs which have been developed by using basic physiological and historical information available about ostriches and emus, combined with knowledge about the nutrient requirements of other poultry species.
   http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1696.pdf

» Ostrich Production
   Article from the Texas Cooperative Extension including information on the commercial farming of ostriches.
   http://posc.tamu.edu/library/extpublications/ostrichproduction.pdf

» Poultry Preparation: Ratites (Emu, Ostrich and Rhea)
   Information from the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service on raising ratites for meat, the inspection process and the way the flesh is marketed.
   http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Ratites_Emu_Ostrich_Rhea/

» Ratite Nutrition and Feeding
   Recommendations for diets.
   http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/2902/2902-1089/2902-1089.html

» Ratite Production: Ostrich, Emu and Rhea
   Introduction to ratite production as an alternative livestock enterprise, pasturing, and resources.
   http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/ratite.html

» The Incubation of Ratite Eggs
   Article from the Texas Cooperative Extension including information on the egg, the hatchery, temperature, humidity, positioning, turning and assisted hatching.
   http://posc.tamu.edu/library/extpublications/Incubation%20of%20Ratite%20Eggs.pdf

» The Oklahoma State Ostrich Book
   Provides information on ranching ostriches, handling eggs, incubation, chicks, growing birds, disease control and other management problems.
   http://instruction.cvhs.okstate.edu/kocan/ostrich/ostbk2.htm

» USDA: Raising Emus and Ostriches
   Introduction and extensive list of related links.
   http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/srb9706.htm