Recent content by jhebert9

Hi everyone, just seeing the replies. Luckily my little Reptar is doing wonderfully. Eating like a champ now, and growing FAST. Already probably doubled in size since hatch! Guess he/she just needed a little time!

Good afternoon everyone! I'm a newbie to the emu world. I've raised chickens for years, but this is my first Emu. I ordered 2 eggs, and one hatched and I now have a bouncing baby emu, Reptar :) She hatched Wednesday of last week. I width-held food for 48hrs and water for 24 hours. She still...

Update: I figured out what went wrong, and I feel like CRAP. My brooder thermometer malfunctioned, and basically my chickens baked :( On a brighter note, I recently hatched 10 silkies and 5 bantam cochins, and they ALL did wonderful :) have 13 silkies due to hatch this weekend!

ChickenPox: Don't take this the wrong way, I don't wish ANYONE bad luck, but I AM glad I'm not the only one. Sorry about your bad luck, too. I'm located in deep South Louisiana.

It was within hours.

Thanks for the pictures. I'm looking for a hatcher-a separate container that I can move them to when they begin lockdown, so I can have an incubator with low humidity, and hatcher with high humidity.

Thank you. We haven't been able to figure it out, as I've done nothing different from this to my previous hatches.

I'm incubating with a hovabator genesis, but need to construct a hatcher, as I often have multiple hatch dates. I'm having trouble finding good photos/instructions from people who have successfully made hatchers. Anyone?

Not very good. I have 10 hatch, but they ALL died shortly after hatching. Don't know what's going on here.

So far I have 2 hatched, 5 external pips, but still 8 with nothing.

No pip from the egg yet. As soon as it's dark, I am going to candle it.

Update! Still just ONE pip. Getting anxious, now!

Hey everyone! I decided to make my 1st hatch-a-long. I primarily raise silkies, but I have a few other eggs in my incubator. I currently have: 14 Silkies and 1 barnyard mix due TOMORROW from eggs from a local breeder (Monday, July 14, 2014) 5 Silkies from my flock due July 29, 2014 15 Frizzle...

Hatch day is tomorrow, have my 1st pip!