Jeez, sorry guys, for some reason I just saw this now....I guess it's my "Mark all topics read" habit. One hatched, the egg that was due with him was clear, so we sent him to live with another 3 emu chicks on another farm. After that, we had a kid visit and pull the bator off which cracked our...
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I told my husband I was planning on selling them, and he goes "They'll be worth more if they're bigger..."
Em, we'll all be coming to visit you on your emu ranch, before your DH is done.
You'll be visiting my husband. I'll be living down the street.
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*I* am not going to do anything with an emu. *I* am going to sell them. Someone else can have that eye pecking out devil creature.
Smart lady.
I try, I try.
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Or all none!
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I love boomerangs. It's an ---kicking you can give out again and again and again. The gift that keeps on giving.
We're trying to rehabilitate him! I promise!
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I've started a Kleptothreadiac's Anonymous for those three...
I'll keep you posted, but all I'll be doing is watching the temps and humidity levels...hubby will be the one talking to them and such. He covered those eggs as lovingly as he did our daughter when she was born!
You guys are hilarious.
I had them settling in the brinsea tray on their sides all night, and I'm going to put them in at 6:00 pm today. Hubby covered them with a baby blanket before he went to bed, with the tops just sticking out.
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I thought you quit turning at 43 and they could hatch as early as 47?
incubation period 50-56 days temp 97.5 humidity 30-35 last 3 days 50-55 stop turning eggs 49 days
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