OstrichLand
From Burden's Landing
610 E. Highway 246 P.O. Box 490 Buellton, CA 93427 805-686-9696 ostrichgirl -- at -- verizon.net
Ostrich Facts
From the OstrichLand brochure:
- Adult ostriches stand 8 to 9 feet tall and weigh 250 to 350 pounds
- Ostriches mature at 2 to 3 years, and breed until 40 years
- An ostrich can reach speeds of 45 mph
- The oldest ostrich on record is 81 years old
- The ostrich is the only bird with only 2 toes
- An ostrich egg weighs 3 to 4 pounds, the equivalent of 24 chicken eggs. Ostrich eggs hatch in 42 days.
- A good hen lays 40 to 60 eggs a season. One layed 120 eggs!
- Ostrich farming started in South Africa in 1857
- Ostriches are vegetarians and eat 3.5 pounds of food a day
- Each ostrich produces 1.5 pounds of feathers per season
- Ostrich hens incubate the eggs during the day, the rooster sits on them at night.
- An ostrich chick grows one foot taller each month
- The ostrich is native to Africa
- Ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand.