At 14 to 18 months of age they will weigh between 80 and 120 pounds. Many female Emu can lay eggs before they are 2 years old, whereas males attain sexually maturity between 3 and 4 years of age.
Emus breed just once a year, and their breeding cycle begins as the days start to become shorter - around April in Australia. Winter is therefore the emu breeding season. Australian research has proven that emu breeding season is dependent upon the length of the day. The amount of daylight directly influences the production of reproductive hormones, and this not only affects when the females lay eggs, but also when the males mate.
Emu males look after the eggs. They will often stop eating and drinking while incubating the eggs.
Female emus do not need a male to lay eggs, but they do need a male in order to produce fertile eggs.
There is no species of bird in which the male lays the eggs. Male emus do not lay the eggs, but they do incubate them.
Yes. Female emus do not lay their eggs all in one day.
Yes, but the eggs will never hatch as they will not have been fertilized.
Yes. Male emus build the nest and incubate the eggs once the female has been enticed to lay them in the nest he has built. They will incubate the eggs of more than one female at a time.
Male emus are only referred to as male emus and female emus as female emus.
Male emus are only referred to as male emus and female emus as female emus.
Female and male emus do not have any particular names. They are just male and female emus.
Yes female Angle can lay their eggs without a male. But the eggs will not be fertile.
Both male and female emus have blue on their necks. It is impossible to tell the male and female apart by appearance alone.
If this is a reference to emus, both male and female emus have blue on their necks. It is impossible to tell the male and female apart by appearance alone.
Female emus have no part in looking after the chicks. They only lay the eggs. The male builds the nest, incubates the eggs and raises the chicks.
She does not lay eggs and she can not have nymphs without a male
No, the female cannot lay eggs without a male, unless they have mated before hand and the female is willing to continue laying the eggs.
They don't. Both male and female emus have blue necks. It is virtually impossible to tell the male and female emu apart by their appearance.
the female cant lay egg without the male
No. Without a male they cannot produce eggs.