It takes about 2 years to get full adult size. Surprisingly they eat very little grain for their size.. 1 horse scoop per bird per day typically if they have other things to eat, like grass, seeds......
Well the little bugger is still scratching and pushing... no pip yet, I'm starting to worry. Day 52 will be on Wed, I'm wondering how long it normally takes to get through that thick shell.....
I hear the 1st egg pecking and moving inside when I picked it up and listened. Can feel it push in the shell!!!!!!!! I've just kept it all the same right now, humidity 33-38% temp at 97.7 I figured daddy emu's don't up humidity, so hope he's ok... LOL
I thought you were suppose to up it to 50-60% humidity at hatch? If I can keep it at 33-40% like it has been, then that will be good, I can just keep it in the Hovabator.
My problem is I have 2 eggs in the hovabator, a week apart and my 2 cabinet incubators won't go down to 97. With my chickens in the cabinet bators, I leave it at the same temp and humidity for all of them, just put in or ready to hatch.... and they all hatch fine. I just don't want to up the...
Ok, when do i stop the turning and up the humidity? I have another egg in there so i might have to move the 1st egg into my Dicky incubator with the chicken eggs, do you think the 99.5 temp would hurt?
You'd be surprised, I have a lot of people ask me if I'm selling any. I bought 2 a year ago that were suppose to be females... both boys. So I had to sell them... didn't have a problem.
I have about 2 weeks left on the first egg, a week more on the other. I got curious since I didn't check fertility until the 3 rd egg, so I took out the first egg and placed on the counter and watched....... small rocking.... I focused my eyes... still....... then a big jump in the egg and hard...