Ostriches do not lay eggs throughout the year like chickens do. Once they have laid enough eggs to cover with their bodies and wings they will start incubating them.
The male ostrich has black feathers and the female has grey feathers. This is for camouflage. The female will sit on the eggs during the day and the male will sit on the eggs during the night. With her grey feathers and his black feathers predators can not see that it is ostriches sitting on eggs. The incubation period is 42 days before the chicks hatch out. Considering the size of their eggs which weigh about 1,5kg each, and also considering that a chicken egg takes 21 days to hatch, it is actually very quick.
We have our breeding birds in huge camps where they can mate and lay their eggs with as little disturbance as possible. We also want to make the surrounding area for them as natural as we can. We find that this makes them breed better and as farmers we want as many fertile eggs as possible. Emu eggs require The amount of time required to incubate an egg can very quite a bit depending on the type of bird.
See the chart below. Please note that several factors can change the amount of time listed below, such as incubation temperature, humidity level, egg handling, and genetics.
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