White Emu
A variety of the Emu
Emu · Dark green eggs · Laying
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About the White Emu
White Emus are the homozygous form of the same leucism gene that produces the blonde — two copies give a lightly-peppered near-white bird, often with blue eyes (distinct from true albinism). Whites are markedly rarer than blondes and more inbred, since the colour is uncommon, and breeders caution against pairing white-to-white. Beneath the pale coat it remains a full-sized Emu with the breed's hardy ratite traits and 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