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  1. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    If you have to make a rescue or inspection hole, set the egg out for a minute or two. The cooler spot on the egg is where the air cell is located. You can use a medium sized drill bit and slowly start making a tiny gouge in the egg shell. Once you do that for a bit, you can use the very tip of...
  2. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    Awesome! Hope all goes well. Are the thermometers and hygrometers calibrated or checked? They can be off as well. My trusty thermometer is actually off by .2 degrees.
  3. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    I’ll just run down the list of what I do now and you can decide what information to use 😊 I don’t weigh the eggs anymore and haven’t for years. I have two GQF cabinets 1502s. One old and one new. They are both off by a couple degrees in each direction. One trusty thermometer that is checked...
  4. ShannonsChimkens

    Hatching Emu Eggs

    If you want to go on a road trip to Washington state, I have a bunch 😂
  5. ShannonsChimkens

    Anybody have a Youtube Channel?

    Emus, chickens, dogs and dirt bikes over here… https://youtube.com/@shannonschimkens7261?si=xYUEL76eieQixpDp
  6. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    The one with issues died today. And it was clear that it would not have survived. Something wasn’t right with it. Saved me from the evil chore of culling! Thank goodness. The hatch bag sounds like a great idea. With two incubators going, I can at least split the eggs into each one at the...
  7. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    Unfortunately, chick #4 isn’t doing well. I knew something was wrong with it when it wasn’t trying to get out of the egg at all. So I picked it up yesterday morning and found that it broke a blood vessel at the bottom side of the egg for the air hole. The inside of the egg had a lot of blood...
  8. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    I’m trying to think what I would do in that situation. I would probably set the humidity level a little lower for a bit so things can even out. That’s a tough one though. What day are they on?
  9. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    #3 hatched last night. Another blonde male. #4 from the standard female may not hatch. It could have a deformity or is just a weak chick that won’t thrive. It’s still in the membrane and hasn’t even tried to exit or make an air hole in the membrane.
  10. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    That’s left over waterproof flooring underlayment. Since they like to spray poop (learned from previous seasons) decided to go up the walls a bit lol they seem to also karate chop their water while drinking? The $50 pen this year saved so much time and mess. Thank you @Strawberry74 ! This is...
  11. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    Just put it up! Thanks for the idea This thing is huge! I put it out in a cabin we have in the yard. That way they can get used to colder weather without the actual weather getting to them. Just needs puppy pads and shavings.
  12. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    You’re welcome. I only check mine now because I heard one peeping one day, I was extremely excited for it to hatch. First or second one from my female from about 6 years ago. I heard it the next day. Kept waiting. Then its peeps started to get frantic. Then they started to fade and were ever...
  13. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    If you haven’t seen it move or heard any peeps, I would open the cooler end VERY carefully and take a peek inside. (This is my personal preference rather than waiting to see if they die or not) At those temps, the chicks should be hatching on day 49 to day 51. Some could say the humidity is kind...
  14. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    These little peets?! He was being a good test subject.
  15. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

  16. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    I have photos of vent sexing emus if anyone needs them.
  17. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    lol, ok ok. I’ll get out of bed and hold him shortly. Emus are surprisingly easy to vent sex. But it has to be done within the first couple of days after hatch. Their “parts” kind of retract a little and make it much harder after day three. The males have a little doohickey and the female does...
  18. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    First one is a blonde male 🤗
  19. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    Put something small that makes a sort of antenna on top of the egg. You will see the movement SO much easier. Anyone that has hatched or attempted to hatch emus knows the feeling of thinking you saw it move but aren’t sure lol then you start thinking you’re crazy. I just had the play pen...
  20. ShannonsChimkens

    2026 Emu Hatch-Along

    I liked that pop up playpen idea so much that I just bought one lol not really feeling the whole building a pen thing right now. 2 males and 2 females. The standard male and white female have paired up (100% blonde chicks). The blonde male and standard female have paired up (50% blonde/50%...
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