Previous hatches here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/emu-hatch-2013
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/emu-hatch

**Article will be updated with pics and info as eggs are weighed or added

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Temperature: 95.5ºF
Length of Incubation: 55 to 58 days
Humidity: N/A (see below)
Incubator used: Homemade Coolerbator
Turning: Hand turning 5 times per day
The eggs will need to lose 12 to 15 % +/- 1.2% of their weight total during those 58 days of incubation. Humidity will be adjusted if needed. However past experience tells me that humidity is not crucial as our dry incubation methods work perfectly for emu eggs (relative humidity anywhere between 25 and 30% with NO water added to incubator).


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The first two eggs probably won't hatch. These were the first two laid by Rose and were outside for a few days with night time temps down in the upper 20's. I plan to incubate them anyway just for the heck of it.
The next several eggs that she lays are being sent to Shawn Tolman in Idaho. After that I plan to set a few more then will have eggs available for others (either to hatch or blown out for crafting). I may or may not list available eggs on ebay.... still undecided right now. However interested parties can PM me for egg availability.


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Both of these eggs that I am incubating were laid at the end of November 2013

Egg 1:
Date laid: end of November 2013
weight in grams: 519
Date set: 11/30/2013
Date due to hatch (approx): 1/24 - 27/2014
needs to lose approx 77.85 g over total of incubation
1.4g per day.. 9.8g per week
12/07/2013
12/14/2013
12/21/2013
12/28/2013
1/04/2014
1/11/2014
1/18/2014
1/25/2014

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Egg 2:
Date laid: end of November 2013
weight in grams: 462
Date set: 11/30/2013
Date due to hatch (approx): 1/24 - 27/2014
needs to lose approx 69.3 g over total of incubation
1.26g per day.. 8.82 g per week
12/07/2013
12/14/2013
12/21/2013
12/28/2013
1/04/2014
1/11/2014
1/18/2014
1/25/2014
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Egg 3:
Date laid: November 29, 2013 (early morning)
Sent to Shawn Tolman on December 2nd
511 g at receipt (thanks Shawn!)

Egg 4:
Date laid: December 1, 2013 (late evening)
Sent to Shawn Tolman on December 2nd
518 g at receipt (thanks Shawn!)
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Egg 5
Sent to Shawn Tolman along with 2 eggs from a local breeder

Eggs 6 & 7 were found frozen and split.. Rose had laid them in a different nest .. we believe that was due to a very nasty ice storm which dropped our day time temps from the 70's into the 30's in one day... eggs were disposed of due to freezing and splitting

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Egg 8
Date laid: December 14, 2013 (early morning)
Weight in grams: 564
Date set: 12/14/2013
Date due to hatch: 2/7 - 2/10/2014
needs to lose approx 84.6 g over total of incubation
1.53 g per day.. 10.71 g per week
12/21/2013
12/28/2013
1/04/2014
1/11/2014
1/18/2014
1/25/2014
2/1/2014

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Egg 9
Date laid: December 17, 2013 (early morning)
Weight in grams:
Date set:
Date due to hatch:

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