Anyone up for a Hatchalong?

[kimfeatherfriends123]

I am in

Ok I have never tried to hatch emu eggs before...I will set tomorrow.....Will probably bug the heck out of everyone. Gosh what big beautiful eggs they are....I was kind of shocked when I saw them....I thought goose eggs were big....

 

[kimfeatherfriends123]

What is best way to test for fertility....and weekly how much weight should they loose. Its sounds like it might be an algebra formula and I'm not so good at that????

 

[The Sheriff]

They should lose 12 to 15% of their staring weight by lockdown. Here is a link for a study done in Poland. If you scroll down you can see the chart for weight loss:

http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue4/art-41.html

This site has lots of good information. It is a little hard to navigate but they cover most of the subjects related to raising emus. I learned a lot from this site.

http://www.eemufarming.com/

 

[mitch324]

My eggs showed up today. I have them resting now. The incubator is ready I plan on setting them in the morning.

 

[chickenzoo]

Scratch....scratch...peck..... I hear a emu chick trying to get out...... !!!!!

 

[foulman007]

I STILL HAVE NO EGGS WAH!!!
I sure hope she lays soon last year she was from jan 1st till may.
I really dont agree with the "lockdown" part of emu incubation . I opened the incubater 3 to 7 times a day tapping and peeping at them. I hatched all that were fertile and had no dead in shell chicks. I of course did not attempt to help any chick out of it shell but talked them thru it. 22 out of 27 attempted . my worst hatch rate was trying to hatch the eggs I was leaving for Neptune to hatch out. one of them burst under him spoiling all but 5 of 8. out of them 3 hatched the others were rotten early quitters.
I wish all of you hatcher luck and hope to join in soon.

 

[chickenzoo]

Bad news.... He died in the shell. It tried to pip the wrong end and the inside was real sticky..

 

[mitch324]

That sucks! sorry.

 

[foulman007]

 

[The Sheriff]

Aw, sorry Chickenzoo. Such a long time to develop for that. Wow. Do you have more in the incubator or under your boy? I hope so.

I just weighed mine and they are all in the normal range for weight loss. They range from 6.4 to 6.9% and the range is 7.5% =/- 1.2% at the halfway point.

Mary