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Well, my first batch is out! Six out of six eggs hatched :celebrate:celebrate I don't have my most recent pics on the tablet yet but will try and get them off the camera tomorrow. Still waiting on another six eggs, due April 8th to 16th oddly enough out of the first batch I started five eggs...

Nice chicks! Your setup looks a lot like mine :) I wish I had some cute little guys to show off right now! My first batch is only on day thirty, so I'll just have to admire yours for now :) 88% is impressive what type of incubator are you using?

Briefvisit, Thanks for the link! And you're right definitely lots of good info in past posts spent much of last weekend on the computer going through them :) And for anyone whos interested I did open the gate between the pens last week but tho Tazz and the guys did look at the open gate no one...

That is very interesting, I know doves can lay fertile eggs as long as three weeks after mating. But I had no idea about emus. Tazz is strutting and booming at the fence so I think maybe she will fill a second nest if Mel or Sid are interested. I only hope changing up pens won't make them...

Well, rats! Maybe I'll have a try putting her in with the boys. If I get lucky she won't fight with them:fl I know a lot of people keep their emus as trios, I had planned on it myself before Tazz got naughty.

I have four Emus three are 2012 chicks, and the fourth is at least twelve years old. Two of the 2012 chicks were sold as female and the third as male I now think that only one is a girl and the other two are boys. That's a bit of a problem since I was really wanting two pairs! Anyway last year...

Egg #5 680g, still waiting for my second pair to start, they are both two years old three in April. At what age have most of your emus begun to lay?

I'm in southern Wisconsin. The weather has been really wired this year soo cold! Real feel of 7F this morning when I did chores.

I got egg #2 last night, 625g. Love your camel!

Gosh! I don't know but hope someone can help! There are some very expernced people here.

The chicks are doing fine but my camera isn't All my babies get electrolytes for the first ten days, and he's definitely not getting antibiotics! Thou the probiotics are a good idea!! I love them for calves. Today they spent half an hour playing in the greenhouse and ate ten meal worms each.

The chicks are living in the potting room attached to the greenhouse and when I clean the pen I like the little guys to run out from under the heat lamp. Now right under the lamp a thermometer reads 100f with room to get cooler if they want, the greenhouse is around 89-90f and the chicks LOVE...

I don't normally use antibiotics (have been largely organic for years) in fact I don't even keep them in the house. But I won't let any animal get sick or be in pain just so I can say no drugs. And I do totally agree over use is a huge problem. I only asked because you mentioned not absorbing...

Yep, this baby is a fighter. And very determined! Do you think a round of antibiotics might be called for? in case hes not absorbing the yolk quite right. If so what would you recommend? Ether way I will be keeping an eagle eye on him!

Not a cork screw, more like a small whitish thread. but size wise very like, you would use the same sort of pressure to expose the penis. I wish I'd got pics, it's kinda hard to explain.

I vent sex and look at head patterns. Get a pretty good job on them too. If I'd had someone to take pictures while I did it I would have got pics and posted them. basically just like sexing a goose or turkey.

Thank you for the kind words! It was hit or miss with him, could have gone badly wrong (I'm lucky it didn't) had he stayed in the shell much longer I think I would have lost him. Today he is up and eating/drinking/walking seems fine (maybe a little slower then the others) but getting stronger...

Everyone is hatched, I'm so glad they all made it. Purple band had some trouble and I almost lost him But he is doing great now. I have a thread in the emu forum (don't know how too post a link, sorry) that I will update if you want hear about it. They are all growing like weeds eating and...

Wow! 20 years how many have you hatched? Yes the chick was in the wrong position. I was keeping an eye on the chick and about 11.00 it's breathing started to get very labored so I felt for the beak and made a small hole in the membrane so baby could get more air. Unfortunately it sounded like...

Two are infertile, and #3 is resting comfortably in the hatch-er. I bumped humidity up to 60%. Sure hope the little guy makes it! Thanks for replying I will keep you updated, and happy easter