2026 Emu Hatch-Along

[Strawberry74]

I liked that pop up playpen idea so much that I just bought one lol not really feeling the whole building a pen thing right now.

2 males and 2 females. The standard male and white female have paired up (100% blonde chicks). The blonde male and standard female have paired up (50% blonde/50% standard chicks).

But I’ve seen them randomly pair up with each other lately, so all colors are possible. Will most likely see a bunch of blondes.

Yay! The pop up brooder is awesome and so useful!!

 

[Strawberry74]

Weighed eggs on Saturday. Nothing has changed on that front. The first round are at day 31 today so wiggling should start becoming noticeable if I can find the time to watch for them! I did watch a few when I was weighing on day 28 and I think I saw some!

How's everyone else's hatch progressing?

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

Weighed eggs on Saturday. Nothing has changed on that front. The first round are at day 31 today so wiggling should start becoming noticeable if I can find the time to watch for them! I did watch a few when I was weighing on day 28 and I think I saw some!

How's everyone else's hatch progressing?

Put something small that makes a sort of antenna on top of the egg. You will see the movement SO much easier. Anyone that has hatched or attempted to hatch emus knows the feeling of thinking you saw it move but aren’t sure lol then you start thinking you’re crazy.

I just had the play pen delivered to my gate. It will be a mad scramble Saturday to get it put up and lined with something to keep the poops from spraying out through the netting material. They go out in a little cabin we have on the property, so have to get that organized first. So much to do!

I checked about 6 eggs due to hatch Sunday and early next week. All moving