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First pair laid their first egg mid-December. They laid in a flood prone location so i moved the nest not more than 2 meters away and they abandoned the nest completely and laid in a better location. My second pair started laying end December, laid in an awful location too and I moved the nest 10 cm away and they abandoned the nest too and found a better location. My emus will notice the smallest difference. Both females lay every 3 days exactly, while sometimes every 2 days.
My first pair had 7 eggs in their nest and decided to take over the second pairs nest abandoning their eggs. Why they abandoned their own nest is beyond me. Vladimir the male emu seems like hes going to sit tomorrow or the day after (he sits on the eggs and gets off), so he's preparing I assume. I grabbed the eggs Vladimir abandoned and put them in the nest he stole and put the second pairs eggs in the abandoned nest of the first pair (Vladimir's eggs are older so it's best they get incubated first). Vladimir has nine eggs in his nest and I was wondering if that is too much? I know Vladimir's mate will probably lay 1 or 2 more eggs.
Another problem, since the first pair took over my second pairs nest, will my second pair use the nest the first pair abandoned? I did put the 4 eggs that they laid in that nest but seeing how picky my emus are, I feel like the second pair is going to lay somewhere else now.
I'm planning on moving both females in my first field once both males sit on their eggs as last year the females slept and hung around the sitting males. The females made the area muddy and used the nest areas as bathrooms which was a nightmare for keeping the eggs clean.
Hope to have a few chicks this year!
How do you find the males raising the chicks goes? This year if Ciara stays laying into spring I was thinking I would let Sebastian hatch and raise a few.