Two weeks later, our emu is still carefully sitting atop his nest of adopted goose, duck, and chicken eggs.. he may actually hatch something. In emus, only the males incubate eggs and care for babies, the females lay eggs and bounce; that's the end of parenting for them. pic.twitter.com/hQsgnn03SZ
— Foxfeather Zenkova (@foxfeather) May 27, 2022
Foxfeather Zenkova is a wildlife rehabilitator and educator, and has a coop. In this coop are chickens, geese, turkeys, ducks, and now an emu. The male emu is just doing what comes natural, as emu females lay eggs and then take off, leaving the male to warm the eggs and then raise the young. This guy takes his responsibilities seriously, even though they aren't his eggs, or even his species. On June 23rd, the eggs began to hatch!
The best dad and his tiny child. pic.twitter.com/teggWmFwxq
— Foxfeather Zenkova (@foxfeather) June 24, 2022
He seems to be quite a patient and caring father. The chicks that have hatched so far are chickens; the other species will take longer. Before this is all over, this one emu dad could have his own menagerie!
Good morning from BB-8 and too many tiny emus!
— Foxfeather Zenkova (@foxfeather) June 28, 2022
You can hear him hissing and growling, the babies hiding behind him because the dogs were with me as I was doing morning chores.
Any dog could be a dingo and is not to be trusted (if you're a new emu dad, anyway). pic.twitter.com/RrxzGcTIaj
There are more pictures of this family you can see in the Twitter thread. -via Metafilter