Incubating Emu Eggs at 99.5 F

[VirulentVulpine]

Yesterday I purchased some emu eggs and set them in my incubator at 97 F. Today I replaced the thermometer in my incubator and it’s reading 99.5 F. I bought another one just to make sure, and it’s definitely 99.5 F.

If I lower the temperatures now by such a large amount, will it kill the egg? I’m trying to decide if it’s worth the risk lowering the temps.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

@Pyxis ??

 

[Pyxis]

You are definitely going to want to lower them. 99.5 is too high for emu eggs. It actually might be in the dangerous zone for killing them. There's a range that they're okay to incubate at, but the safest range is 96.5 to 97.5. Higher than that is getting risky.

 

[VirulentVulpine]

You are definitely going to want to lower them. 99.5 is too high for emu eggs. It actually might be in the dangerous zone for killing them. There's a range that they're okay to incubate at, but the safest range is 96.5 to 97.5. Higher than that is getting risky.

Thank you so much. I just moved them into a different bator set at 97.5, it’s on the high end but I figured it’s better to avoid having a massive temperature fluctuation.