Nieuborn Ostrich Farm

[...] . According to Anton Kruger, a manager at the South African Ostrich Business Chamber (SAOBC), Ms Fillies has discovered a goldmine. “A day-old ostrich sells for R150 and a 10-month old goes for [...]

[...] with protien 1 Ostrich egg wold take about 40 minutes to hard boil You can stand on an ostrich egg and it would not break [...]

[...] beef depending on the age at which they are slaughtered. It is high in protein yet low in fat. Ostrich meat is believed to be far better from the health point of view as it contains far less fat, and [...]

[...] -month old goes for anything above R1 000 – it is a lucrative business,” he says. More ostrich meat is exported from South Africa than any other red meat, and the industry clocks a [...]

[...] of the phrase, they are breaking new ground Another National Female Farmer of the Year is Felicity Fillies, a teacher by profession, who started raising ostriches in 2004 and now runs Nieuborn [...]

[...] of them. Her obsession with the birds proved to be a blessing in disguise. Last Saturday, Felicity Fillies, owner of New Born, an ostrich farm near De Aar in the Northern Cape, won the top female [...]

[...] and their hard shiny surface is pitted with superficial pores of various sizes and shapes. Ostrich eggs are the largest of all eggs, the yolk is the largest single cell that exists today on our [...]

A woman who scooped a national award as a top farmer has not only made a name for herself but has also helped a small, forgotten town bounce back on t [...]

[...] the national map, writes Clive Ndou. When a retired teacher in the Northern Cape bought four ostrich chicks for company, little did she realise that the little birds would later lead her to sell her [...]