Hank's Backyard

05/14/2024

Happy emus in the yard

05/14/2024

https://youtu.be/1_nGct-5HLQ?si=6VAA846T_0BCHtMG

Hank is an Emu that lives with me in Austin Texas. I am a human named John and we, as well as 3 other emus and 20 odd chickens (plus 3 dogs and a cat), are ...

01/11/2024

We got some new baby Emus!!

Housing baby Emus is always a challenge mostly because of the grand mess they make - ie., lots of p**p :) But, they are settling into their new house and ge...

12/27/2023

12/27/2023

Sam the Emu being cuddly

12/26/2023

Hank hasn't had a good scratch in a bit ...

11/27/2023

Mason has expressed an interest in gardening in the greenhouse - so we're doing some upgrades.

We installed this Planta Sungrow Greenhouse a few years ago but haven't done a lot with it. Recently, my son has expressed an interest in the greenhouse and...

11/16/2023

Sam being a very handsome and gentle Terror Bird :)

11/07/2023

Happy hour at Hank's Backyard

11/06/2023

About half the time Bean (6 lbs of feisty) chases Rocko (90 lbs of muscle) off the big mattress on to the tiny blanket - Bean is the tiny king :)

11/03/2023

Sam’s feet are pretty frightening

11/03/2023

Jack and Allie found the smallest pond ever :)

11/01/2023

Checking on the chicken mama this evening and found this little joyousness.

10/28/2023

The crazy speed of emus

10/18/2023

Mushroom up in my tree - how cool. Anyone know if I can eat that one :)

10/08/2023

15 minutes or so of 4 Emus being cute over on Hank's YouTube channel - but for those short on time, this is the gist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOiu1TujZbw&t=935s

10/07/2023

Gardening with emus - somewhat challenging fun

10/06/2023

The emus and chickens carved some pumpkins - well sort of ...

I was trying to do a slight variation on the pumpkin chicken carving motif by making it a competition between the chickens and the emus. There was (some) pl...

09/16/2023

Sam and Jackie just can't seem to stay out of each other's way - sheesh.

09/13/2023

Sam and Jack have a bit of a train reck. And, we have the first rain in 100 days

It didn't last long, but my my how a little rain just changes the whole thing - everybody is happy, excited and running about. Sam got just a little over ex...

09/01/2023

Cracks due to the drought we're having in Texas - these things are leg breakers

The giant cracks in our dry dry soil are an accident waiting to happen. This crazy heat dome / drought we're having will end at some point, but for now we'r...

09/01/2023

Sam really is the strangest Emu around

08/29/2023

Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to grow watermelons on my own, but Central Market had one the other day - Hank the Emu was overjoyed.

08/29/2023

It's pretty hot in Texas these days - we're trying all kinds of things - misters, air-conditioning, ponds - anything that works.

It's hot in Texas these days - and chickens and emus are not immune. We have a little swimming pool for the emus and, they jump into the community water tro...

07/23/2023

Terror Bird or Mop Dinosaur? Lately, I'm leaning toward the later.

Generally, today started out quite serene. We did some weed-eating and foraged in the garden for grapes and cherry tomato's. Later, we decided to let Hank ...