Black Emu
A variety of the Emu
Emu · Dark green eggs · Laying
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About the Black Emu
The Black Emu is the darkest expression of the breed's natural plumage range rather than a distinct mutation: birds in damp, wetter conditions develop a deeper, sootier grey-brown than the rufous-tinted emus of arid red-soil country. Juveniles also begin blackish, barred with brown, before settling to the adult tone. It is the same hardy farmed ratite, with the male incubating the clutch of deep-green eggs.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Dark green
- Eggs per year
- About 30
- Purpose
- Laying, Meat
- Sizes
- Standard
- Incubation
- 52 days
- Broodiness
- High
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Purity
- Pure
- Origin
- Australia
- Scientific name
- Dromaius novaehollandiae