I have three emu chicks that hatched Saturday from my two unrelated pairs. Two will be related. I am asking $50.00 each. I am located in central Arkansas.
I haven't had a problem hatching them. I was hatching four out of five eggs every time I set them. Last hatch I got five out of five. I did have some eggs that I lost to the weather. We had a lot of snow this year during laying season. I think all together I really only lost about five...
I am so glad they hatched for you. As I said, I was worried about shipping them. These were the first that I shipped out (actually first of any eggs I have shipped) and I was worried I wouldn't do something right. I hope that you and your family enjoy them as much as I do.
Thanks everyone. I do hope to see another in my coming hatches. I don't plan on moving the set up I have so that I don't change anything.
Fay,
So glad to hear the emus are doing well. They seem to be pretty hardy whereas these quail are doing great one minute and the next they are just...
I regret to say that I lost the silver chick today. It was fine this morning when I checked water and feed then 4 hours later it was lying dead in the brooder. What little wing feathers it had at one week old were all tipped in white. I don't know where this color might have come from but...
Thanks everyone for your comments. I will post an update when it feathers out and try to get a picture up.
DuranAndy, I will gladly sell you some eggs if I get any from it.
Yes it was the only one to hatch like this. I do have more eggs in the incubator. I guess I'll see if I get any more and maybe try to breed them together and see what I come up with? Or should I breed back to the parent stock? I know nothing about the color mutations.
I hope this picture comes through. Has anyone seen a valley quail chick this color? I do not have any other quail in this pen and I got this chick from my Valley Quail.
I would like to thank everyone for the interest in the emu chicks I had on the auction board, however, I have sold all of them at this time. If I get any more eggs, I have talked to a few who are interested in eggs, I will get back with you in the order I received messages. I have also talked...
Fay,
That's fine, but please get a message to me and see if I still have them. I have had a lot of interest. If I don't have these, I have more due out from April 5 to probably May 1. I have 16 eggs in the incubator and so far (knock on wood) I have had a good hatch rate.
Fay,
I am about 45 miles out of Little Rock. I don't know where you are located, but would drive some to meet you.
Foulman007,
I only raise them for fun. I wasn't going to hatch any this year but had some interest in eggs, then had way to much snow to get the eggs to everyone, and then...
I am not opposed to shipping, I have just never done it before. So, yes, I would check into it and ship when it is warmer. I should have a few more hatching in the next month.
Mostly just for fun. However, I have a mare that objects when it comes to feeding time. She has kicked a couple of them to death and we did process those. My finance made jerky out of them and it was pretty good if you like that sort of thing. (He does, not me so much.) We have not...
I only do it as a hobby. I wasn't even going to hatch eggs this year, but had a few people interested in eggs and then we had all the snow. Anyway long story short, by the time I was able to get eggs to the ones I needed to, I had 15 eggs in the incubator myself and then just said "what the...