Rupert the Rhea Update 🥚

So many of our visitors over the last 5 weeks will have noticed that Rupert our male rhea has been very busy and committed to sitting on his nest of eggs 🪹

When he first sat on the eggs, he was displaying some possessive behaviour, so we respected this and left him for a while

When he allowed us to come and have a check over the nest, we were very surprised (& impressed!) to see that he was actually sat on 2️⃣7️⃣❗️eggs

Unfortunately, this was far too many eggs for him to keep them all warm, so we took 13 of the freshest eggs to put in the incubator, leaving him with 14 to comfortably sit on and keep warm

Last year, he only managed to sit on them for 2 weeks before he came off the nest. This year he sat on them for four weeks, but started to get bored on the fifth week, with him on and off the nest ⏱

We are sad to say that unfortunately, none of his eggs have hatched 😔

We are determined that next year we will try to help him a bit more so that he can finally crack it (apologies for the pun 😂) and hatch his long awaited chicks 🐣

On a positive note, we have had 8 rhea chicks hatch out of the incubator 🎉 Don’t you think they look like something from the prehistoric era! 🦖

Hello sunshine ☀️

We hope you’re having as much fun this Half Term as Greg playing around in his fresh, shavings 🥰

If you haven’t yet, you can book your Half Term tickets through our website on www.littleowlfarmpark.co.uk 📱