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Thank you for your replies. Your comment about his egg being smaller is interesting. My chick is the third egg my hen ever laid(first two were infertile). His was about 370g, down under 300 by hatch. Hopefully he will grow out of it. thanks again

Did these toes straighten out? I have a similar problem with an 8day old chick. He hatched from a very small egg(370g). They seem to be getting worse.

Did the eggs end up hatching? I'm interested in the weight loss of emu eggs and would love to know how you "experiment" turned out

Thanks for all the info! I know mine are not inbred. I got them from a friend who got his males and females from difference sources. Hopefully they get along otherwise I’ll need to get a new female

Ok, thank you for the advice! Would I have any issues breeding siblings together for one generation? I know with other birds(pheasant, chicken, pigeon, etc) there are no issues with this, but I have no experience with emus. Thanks!

I got two pairs of emu last spring. Two sets of brother/sister. I want to avoid inbreeding so I have kept all four identified to make sure I separate them correctly into pairs. However, when they reached about a year old this spring they have started fighting. One of the males must be at the...

I have always had really good results incubating chicken eggs. I use a GFQ Sportsman 1502. I typically have 90% of my fertile chicken eggs hatch. I have recently gotten into raising ringneck pheasants. I ordered some melanistic ringneck eggs from a reputable sources. I placedthe pheasant eggs...

Did you find any? I could hatch ya some chicks if you want

I’ve always had a couple cats that live in my chicken coop, and more than a handful of Tom cats have come and gone, and none have ever bother a chicken, including hens with chicks. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen, but just make sure it’s really the cat before you go trapping and stealing...

It will be fine. It’s better off than the billions of birds in the wild that need to avoid getting eaten every day.