Scope of Emu Farming in Kerala

  

  Kerala is blessed with raining and summer seasons which comes periodically.Emu bird is much suitable for this type of climatic conditions.Emu birds makes less environmental pollution compared to other poultry species and the less efforts required to maintain them makes these birds a suitable species for farming.

Please read my previous posts for getting an introduction about Emu bird farming before further reading.

Emu bird farming

Advantages of Emu bird

Economic importance of Emu bird

 Food habits of Malayalees are changing day by day.Even though basically keralites are vegetarians, more and more people are adding Non-veg items to their daily food.Main Non-veg items we use are made up of poultry items like chickens,tharavu(duck),kaada and red meat items like Beef,Mutton,Pork etc.Introduction of Emu meat will be a revolution in eating habits of keralites.

 Emu meat belongs to Red meat category.The other meat items which belongs to this category like Beef,Mutton,Pork contains rich Cholesterol contents,which makes these meats as a food item which should be avoided at least by heart patients,over sized people,and people above 50 years old.The possibility of Emu meat is here.Emu meat is a Red meat which is 98% Cholesterol free!.With good marketing and ensuring the availability it can develop as an independent business area.

In developed countries ,Doctors suggest Emu meat as an acceptable food item for cardiac patients.Emu rearing is a huge business there.

 Emu bird is new to Kerala and only few people are doing emu farming right now.But the income generated by these few people are high and more and more new farmers are attracted towards this field.Emu rearing is a long term farming which requires only small investment for starting,but takes two to three years for generating income.The main reason for it is because Emu requires 18 to 24 months for maturity and after that only it start to lay eggs.

 The interesting thing which is happening in Kerala is:-only few people have good collection of Emu chicks and, more and more people are starting Emu farming-which makes high demand for Emu chicks and low availability.

The increased price for Emu chicks helps existing farmers to earn more benefits for their money and effort.

 Other states in India like Andra Pradesh,Tamil Nadu,Gujarat already formed Emu farmers Associations,which helps them for producing value added products from Emu and marketing it.As a starting phase in kerala,formation of such associations will enhance the growth of this field.

 Production of Emu oil also has its own importance in kerala. Many pharmaceutical companies are using Emu oil as an ingredient in their product due to its natural abilities to penetrate through human skin and medicinal effects.Lots of Ayurvedic companies are manufacturing their products in kerala and if we can ensure continuous availability of Emu oil,they will be our valuable customers. 

Emu Oil has great market among Ayurvedic manufactures in Kerala.

 The other value adding uses like use of Emu nails,skin,leather,feathers are also revenue generating products.But Emu farming in Kerala is not that much developed to use these items as an industrial basis.Formation of Emu farmers Association in kerala will bring big changes for this.
  

   Check some main Emu farms in Kerala.

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Economic importance of Emu bird

 Before we start a new business,it is very important to analyse its importance in our society or in its related field.We did this in the case of fancy pigeon farm,same way analyzing the economic importance of Emu bird is very important before starting an Emu farm.It is the key factor for the success of  Emu farms all over the world.

  Emus are just like a coconut tree,all parts of Emu are used for industrial purposes.The bird itself is an important asset.4-6 months old emu pairs costs 15000 rupees.Breeding pairs costs 30000 rupees.The main Economic important parts of Emu are its Eggs,meat,leather,Oil,nails etc.Lets check all these in detail..

Importance of Emu Egg

 Emu is an Australian bird and it is new to many parts of the world including India.So the availability of this bird is less and demand for chicks are very high.This makes Emu eggs very costly compared to other poultry eggs.Now Emu eggs are mainly used for incubating for new chicks.The other importance of emu eggs are as a food item.Emu eggs are rich with nutrients and can be used as an item in our daily food.Egg shells can be used for ornamental purposes.Now an emu egg costs an average of 1000 rupees per egg in India.

Importance of Emu Meat

 Emu meat is very similar to beef.But it is 98% cholesterol free.so it is recommended by doctors of all over the world as a healthy meat for heart patients.Meat is rich in protein and less in cholesterol.Even though the meat is popularising,lack of enough birds makes it very difficult for getting emu meat.Emu meat costs 500 rupees per Kg in India.

Importance of Emu Leather

 The Emu skin is very soft and durable which makes it as one of the fancy item in leather industry.Emu skin can be used of making hand bags,gloves,briefcases,shoes etc. One adult emu leather costs 4500 rupees.

Importance of Emu Oil

 Emu oil is extracted from Emu fat.Emu oil has same density of human oil.so it penetrates easily in human skin.Emu oil is used in various medicines as a medium for penetrating through human skin.Emu oil is one of the costly item extracted from Emu.Great economic possibilities are associated with emu oil.From an adult bird we can extract 5 liters of oil and Emu oil costs 3000 rupees per liter.

Importance of Emu nail

 Emu nails are used popularly for ornamental purposes.The figure shown is an Emu nail used for jewellery purpose.

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Advantages of Emu bird

  Before we think to start a business,it is very important to know each and every corner of the subject.Same way it is very important to know about Emu before we start the farm.

  Emu bird is the second largest bird in the world.The largest one is the ostrich.They belongs to ratite family and are flightless birds.They are from Australia and shipped to USA.Now they are popularizing in all parts of the world including India.

Behavior

   They are flightless and are good runners.They can run at a speed of 60 Km/hour.They are friendly towards humans and becomes aggressive very rarely.They are always active and love to live as a group.

Body condition

   A mature Emu will have a height of 5 to 6 feet and weigh 90 to 120 pounds.They will have max 1 Kg food per day and have strong food conversion ratio.Emu will start to lay egg when it is above 18 months old.At that time the number of eggs may be 15 or 20,then it gradually increases as the age increases.The increased food conversion ratio and increased number of eggs are important advantages of Emu.

Disease resistance

  Their immune system is so developed that they are resistant to almost all diseases.Only some digestive problems and physical wounds are found as issues and are very common in every livestock.Their immune system makes them a less risky poultry item.

Commercial importance

  Almost all parts of Emu are used for commercial purposes.Their meat is cholesterol free.Emu oil has its own importance.Skin ,egg and nails are used for ornamental purposes.All these makes Emu a commercially important bird.

Ease of maintanance

  Rearing Emus is a less labor oriented work.There is no safety risk-as they are friendly towards humans.The only work involved is feeding them which will take only a few hours in a day.

Infrastructure

  The infrastructure required for an Emu farm is a land covered using fence of six feet tall.A small shelter for keeping emu food will do the rest.So less infrastructure required for Emu bird compared to other poultry livestock.

Visit the page Economic Importance of Emu bird for getting detailed information about the Economic value of Emu bird.

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EMU bird farming

    Here i am introducing a bird which is not common in India-The Emu bird.It is an Australian bird,but livestock farmers in all over the world are now turned towards Emu farming as this Emu farming business is a good income guaranteed business.Thats why here i am introducing it to you.

   Emus are  well adapted to various climatic conditions and are resistant to lots of diseases.So it will be a good idea if we plan to add them as one of the livestocks in our farm.These birds require less attention and it is a less labor required job.Almost all parts of this bird are useful and are costly.Emu farming is popularizing all over India including Kerala.So it is the right time to start.

   Here i am giving you only an introduction,i will go for the details in coming posts.Hope we can utilize this new business opportunity very effectively at its initial stage itself.

EDIT:Present condition of EMU farming is not favorable in India.The price of the birds are declining heavily and lots of Emu farms reported great losses.The main reason is the reports of scams in the field of Emu farming from Tamil Nadu and increasing feed costs.So be careful while starting an Emu  farm business now.

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