I used a humidity gauge my first year and decided it was too wildly inaccurate and caused me to question and over-analyze things. I had terrible hatches constantly messing with everything. And, that was just for chicken eggs. I ditched them all and now I go by either weight or just visually...
We now have 2 emus! Yay! Of my original 3 eggs, one was infertile and 2 hatched. Pretty good for my first try. Must be beginners luck ;-)
Our second emu hatches...
Two emus and a goose snuggle together.
_______________________________________________________
And, now that my hatch is...
Our Thing 2 hatched at 12:04AM and it was way too big after hatching to stay in the incubator. We snuggled for about 2 hours until dry until he/she could go into the brooder. Yikes, tired night. My other egg is wiggling and whistling but no pips. It's day 50. The other egg, Thing 1, did not lose...
I second that! I am forever scarred by an exploding goose egg... it was terrible!!! It was EVERYWHERE!!! The horror!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't imagine THAT with an EMU EGG.
My infertile egg was losing weight, too. Eventually, it started giving off odors.
I have wigglers! Day 36 and I'm getting anxious. So sad to hear about the ones who are losing emu babies. It's making me nervous. One of my eggs is following 15% weight loss on the chart exactly and the other one isn't losing as much weight but still wiggling.
After my unfortunate stinky Earl... the egg that got blown...
THING-2 Wiggled! Yay! So, I definitely have at least one fertile egg. And, I'm sure it wiggled this time. Both me and dh saw it wiggle twice. I think it was on day 31 and still no action from Thing-1 but still early yet.
Thank you! What a great help you are! I blew the egg. There were yellow chunks and liquid, maybe early death or infertile? I'm not experienced enough to say but I did get a video!
Well, I've really learned a lot on this thread even though I don't talk as much as everyone else... so thanks!
Unfortunately my first egg due is starting to smell rotten. Boo Hoo! It is day 40 ish... too tired to reach calender.... but I still have 2 more chances.
Would you try and blow the...