ZUNI, Va. (WAVY) — Along Route 460 in Isle of Wight County, a couple's farming dreams are unfolding at the speed of an ostrich. Or rather — 21 ostriches. Greg Bullis, and his wife Christine Bullis, own and operate the Bullis Family Farm, which, in addition to the ostriches that race up and down the enclosed pens, has chickens and bees. Now, they want to expand the farm and take advantage of agritourism zoning districts to add a farm brewery. But to have one, they first had to have a working farm. "We bought this property, and we found out really quick that we’re no good at growing tomatoes," Greg Bullis said, "and so we were looking at some kind of livestock to raise."   And that's how they came up with the idea of raising ostriches, a magnificent bird that is the fastest on two legs, reaching speeds of 37 to 43 mph. It grows up to nine feet tall and can weigh up to 350 pounds, and they drink about a gallon of water per day. They bought their first ostrich Nov. 10, 2019. A retired Marine, Greg Bullis remembers the day well, as it coincides with the Marine Corps' birthday. Standing in one of the long pens where the ostriches race up and down, Greg Bullis described a farm that will have birds, bees and brew. “I’m an entrepreneur at heart, and I can’t see just starting something and then stopping,” he said while standing inside a large open area under a 28-foot high roof, pointing out other features it will have. “This is all going to be the keg storage, and over here will be the brewing area. And that is our brew pot. It's a German made brew pot that we got from an auction, and it’ll do about 125 gallons of beer a day.”  But make no mistake, the stars of the soon-to-be-called Kampe Bullis Farm Brewery are the flightless, yet fast ostriches. And while watering the birds, there was a commotion out front. "Somebody just stopped by," Christine Bullis said. "This is a normal, every day occurrence." Rita Walters and Strawberry Bailey were driving by on Route 460, saw the ostriches, and stopped in.   “So when we were driving by, we thought, 'Wow, they are big birds,'” they said, laughing.  And the ostriches will definitely earn their keep at the Bullis' farm. “Here’s what we will be selling: ostrich steaks, hamburger, whole chickens and eggs," Greg Bullis said. He noted that 24 regular eggs equals one 3-pound, 14-ounce ostrich egg that sells for $50 each. “We will brew the beer, and we will take the grain from the brewing process, and we will feed it to the ostriches that we will process — connecting the whole process," he said. The bees are part of the brewing process, also. “It is a farm product," he said. "It's an agricultural product that we can use in the beer brewing process, which helps qualify us for the agritourism legislation.”  Virginia’s agritourism legislation allows farmers to use their land for activities other than farming, including farmers’ markets, farm wineries and farm breweries. And soon, the ostrich family on the farm will grow. “Come May or June, we will have little baby ostriches when they hatch out," Greg Bullis said. "They are about 12 inches tall.”    So how will the farm be different a year from now? Well, in the next couple of months, they will hope to have opened the Kampe Bullis Farm Brewery. Beyond that? "Hopefully, you’re going to see a bunch of happy people walking around with beer, and feeding ostriches, and we’re going to brew some root beer for kids, stuff like that," he said. "When you come back here, we may have a band out here or doing a farmer’s market." ...read more read less