Ostrich farming

06.April 2022

The farming of the double-fingered ostrich for the production of feathers, skin meat and eggs began in the mid-19th century in africa. Commercial breeding of the largest flightless bird on the planet began in the 1990s.

Farming Practice

29.June 2020

The African ostrich was domesticated during the second half of the previous century in South Africa. Domesticated ostriches have been reared on Czech farms for their meat, leather and feathers since 1993. How egg laying and hatching take place? And what are the most frequent issues affecting ostriches?

Breeding and Fattening Ostriches

26.June 2020

Just twenty five years ago no one would have believed that there would be ostrich farms in this country. Which species of large flightless bird are suitable for farming and what should you feed them?