I have a breeding pair of emus in western Virginia. The female laid a clutch of ten eggs in late November and we had four chicks hatch about three weeks ago or so. I retrieved the chicks after the male hatched them and they are in my barn brooder/pen.The pair have just started laying eggs again...
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The emu cracked a hole in the shell this morning! It should hatch later today at around midnight or tomorrow morning! Sooooooo excited! Thank You sooooo much to everyone for the help and tips for hatching emus! What should I start feeding it? Meal worms, vegetables, etc... When should I...
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I have an emu egg and it started wrigging today, June 14. Its been 42 days since I put it into the incubator. I forgot that it was wiggling and I forgot to stop turning the egg. I just turned it a little bit. Im not turning the egg anymore, just waiting for it to hatch now. If I turned it a...
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If the egg is loosing too much weight, should you lower the humidity and if the egg is loosing too little weight you raise the humidity? Or is it the other way around?
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Alright i want to make sure everyone knows where the best and cost efficient large egg incubators are at...I feel everyone makes there own and or uses a chicken one because looking up emu incubator on google only shows multi thousand dollar ones. So if you have any incubator ideas or a good...
In February I purchased 3 emu eggs. I was so excited to start this new journey. In the incubator they go. My Hubby and daughter weigh them once a week to ensure that we were on track. Then we started the wiggle test... so exciting...then the first one started to hatch- we had to help the little...
I am on day 36 with incubating an emu egg. It’s set on 96.5 degrees and humidity stays at 48-50%. I added a bowl of water so it wouldn’t lose too much water. When I got home this evening to turn it I noticed stuff was dried on the egg. It doesn’t smell but when I picked it up something literally...