Thursday, February 28, 2013

Ostrich Cam 2013

Live ostrich cam: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ostrich-egg-cam-live

Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Real-PIP-Ostrich-Page/498324633586792

Fun Facts About Ostrich Eggs (taken from Facebook page):  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8KqAFWT3tkAZjllTWZDdnNTUm8/edit?usp=drive_web

Three eggs hatched Oct 13

Sounds of baby inside egg scratching the shell:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qde6_z2-4zE

Two of Three Trying to Hatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpGnJL1qgXg

Ostrich Goofy Needed Help, but has hatched:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb8cm0N5SSY

Popcorn (formerly Goofy) Outside the Egg:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CacvZKopass

Skippy (formerly Ms Perfect) Hatching:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQd-nbUUsws

Rascal Hatching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAVjQTUK0w0

Ostrich Fact Sheet:  http://www.theanimalfiles.com/birds/ostrich/ostrich.html

Ostrich Fact Sheet #2:  http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102002371

More Good Info on Ostriches:  http://www.arkive.org/ostrich/struthio-camelus/video-01.html

And, More Good Info:  http://tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=4734

And, Still More Info:  http://www.ostriches.org/faq.html

More:  http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/ostrich/

All You Need to Know About Raising Ostriches:  http://www.nzfarmstays.com/Chicks.html

Baby Ostrich Dance Party:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A84DSgU6mQY

Another Baby Ostrich Dance Party:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuJYbVxVwk8

Baby Ostriches Twirling:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K8wA8GqGDY&feature=youtu.be

Cartoon Ostrich Dancing:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RGrCyDAVuk

Five Day Old Ostrich Not Very Graceful:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyh3hKQfONw

Baby Ostrich Rings Bell:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUdkiOc9ebE&feature=youtu.be

Sadly, baby ostrich Skippy passed away on Oct 21. If you would like to light a candle for Skippy and the Dash family, here is the link:  http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Dash

Popcorn and Rascal (day after Skippy died)

Baby Ostriches Crossing Road in Africa:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avul0t2cfXc&feature=youtu.be

Cartoon, Donald Duck and Ostrich:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9CekZ_V-Sc

How Fast Does An Ostrich Run:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r-b8uY7C9E

Sound of Baby Ostrich Trilling:  https://soundcloud.com/talonstrike/pip-ringtone

Baby Rascal Dancing:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7uOoBbLFZE&feature=youtu.be
Outdoor Ostrich Pen Under Construction

Popcorn and Rascal Visit Outside


Attempt to Fix Rascal's Splayed Legs

Rascal Has Leg Shackles:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V08jNkVQaPE


Rascal's X-Ray
Rascal's Leg Brace

Running in New Outdoor Pen:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cLDGUxgTog

Raccoons Try to Get Baby Ostriches:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ7qvFaCx5o&feature=youtu.be




Full Brace to Fix Rascal's Crooked Bone
Article on Ostrich Sleeping Patterns:  http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/08/25/ostriches-sleep-like-platypuses-and-look-wide-awake-when-they-do/#.Unmi-vnZh8H

Brace Failed. Rascal Fell and Could Not Get Up:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPdxi6Crigc

Daddy Dash Gets Rascal Upright and Soothes Her:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxVcBF_1elc

Rascal Trying to Eat Kale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N64jxO3POaI

Kids in Yard, Zoom, Zoom:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-4q5-suXLs&feature=youtu.be

Rascal now has a harness to help her walk:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi8N1QAn-TQ&feature=youtu.be