Texas ranch owner searches for 120 missing ostriches after extreme flooding

Waco, TX ( FOX 44 ) — The severe weather and flooding experienced in Central Texas this weekend has ruffled some feathers and one ranch is trying fix the situation.

The Superior Ostrich Company in Valley Mills is still looking for many of their birds that got loose.

“I’ve always had a finger in the ranching operation here all my life and I’ve seen several flood, but this was one of the granddaddy of all floods,” said Reg Lindberg, Superior Ostrich Company Founder.

Lindberg believes the floodwaters carried the ostriches into the Bosque River.

“Right now we’re looking at about 120 birds still unaccounted for,” said Lindberg.

Lindberg and his team have found 80 ostriches within five miles of the ranch. The others may come as a financial loss.

“When we process them, the meats worth anywhere from $2,000 to could be as much as $3,000. They’re valuable. It’s just a big hit,” said Lindberg.

Some of the ostriches have been found by using a helicopter and drone footage. Others show up the Lindberg’s front door.

“I found one this morning, and she was just up there walking around the house. She was looking for somebody to come out and maybe give her some food or something,” said Lindberg.

Beyond this win, Lindberg is still looking for the others.

“We’d like to be able to count the dead ones as well as the alive ones, and [we] would like to know what happened to them because it’s still a big mystery to me as to what happened to 120 birds,” said Lindberg.

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