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and they first moved to Woodbridge, which wasn’t rural enough, then Nokesville and after that Remington. From there they became familiar with Rappahannock and in 1994 moved to Amissville where they purchased 14 1/2 acres.
That may not seem like a lot for a farm with the number of ostrich he has, but then they don’t need as much room as cows do. In fact they need very little room and are content in small confinement areas of less than an acre. They are almost self sufficient when raised in groups in paddocks of five to 10 acres.
They also live a long time, up to 80 years, and reproduce at two and four years of age and continue to reproduce for 12 to 40 years after reaching full maturity. Each hen will generally lay 20 to 60 eggs annually.
Frank now has just over 100 babies and says he’ll probably have 500 to 600 this year.
For now, he supports his farm by selling parrots — Macaws, Cockatoos, and African Grays; and tortoises — leopard, spur thighed and others; along with fish, Afncai} cichlids, and even bonsai trees.
The parrots, which Frank has been selling for 20 years, are hand raised to reduce the numbers taken from the wild. Parrots which are hand raised are docile. They are taken as eggs and hatched in the incubator, then hand fed until they’re old enough to eat on their own, at about 12 weeks. They must be fed every hour
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