Anyone up for a Hatchalong?

[9Catsz]

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No, I use Zoogen in Davis, CA. It is near my home, fast turnaround time, I can drive the samples over to them, and the avian vet for emus highly recommends them. He said in studies done on online DNA sexing labs inaccuracy ran up to 67%. That shocked me. He said Zoogen was the only one he would use. I have been very satisfied with them.

http://zoogendna.com/Home_Page.html

Wow, an inaccuracy rate of 67%? Guessing the sex would be more accurate.......I'm gonna send my shells to Zoogen....they're also $4.50 cheaper per test. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[The Sheriff]

They don't use the shell, just a chunk of membrane that has blood on it.

I talked to them yesterday and they said the membrane is good indefinitely so I don't need to rush.

 

[Irine]

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Just curious, how much do they charge?

 

[The Sheriff]

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Just curious, how much do they charge?

$20 for shell membrane or blood, $25 for feathers

 

[yinepu]

I have 3 eggs in the mail.. might get 3 more

now for the question of the day...

I have read an assortment of incubation temps to go with.. everything from 96. degrees on up to 97.5 degrees..

what is the correct range.. or is that it?




setting the temps now on my reptipro since chicken eggs are still in the brinseas. The reptipro goes in single digits for the temp (no tenths of a degree).. so not sure if I should move the chicken eggs to the reptipro or keep the reptipro for the emus. Temp wise the Reptipro stays rock steady and also cools if needed. I just can't fine tune it to the tenth of a degree like I can with the Brinseas.. but I have noticed the Brinseas do vary more when they are warming and cooling as far as temperature around the eggs. With the reptipro I can put the emu eggs on the bottom and on the middle shelf so they won't be up against the heating element (even though shielded) in the Brinseas
pros and cons:
in the Brinsea the tops of the eggs would be very close to the heating elements
Reptipro I can keep the eggs a comfortable distance away

in the Brinseas I can fine tune the temps to the 10th of a degree (with some trial and error)
Reptipro can only be set to a whole degree (97 as opposed to 97.5)

Reptipro has a cooling function if the bator gets too warm
Brinsea only heats


does anyone know what the internal temp of an emu egg should be during incubation?

 

[flyweed]

I have a friend of mine that has raised emu for about 20 years now, and he swears by 97.5F and 30% humidity for the entire hatch. He has had something like 90% success hatch rate over those 20 years, which is amazing to me.

I set my at 97F....as I find it fluctuates a bit over the course of the day...in the morning I'll come out and it'll be right on 97 and then when the kitchen starts getting busy with the kids, cooking, microwaving, etc etc, the temp will actually hit about 97.8F.....so I am fluctuating not quite 1 degree over a 24 hour period.

So keep it between 97 and 98f and you'll be good to go.

Dan

 

[flyweed]

Curious also...what Reptipro model do you have? I've been thinking of getting one for my quail eggs. since my emu eggs take up ALOT of time in my Brinsea

Would love to see some photos.

Dan

 

[Sumatra503]

My newest batch of Emu Eggs is currently in the mail!!!

Isn't it day 35 onward that the eggs begin to rock or is it a longer amount of days?

 

[yinepu]

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that I can do.. on the shelf it's reading 97.5 I'll have to check the top shelf and the bottom tray in a bit

thanks for the info!

 

[yinepu]

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I have the Reptipro 5000
I got one right after christmas (well.. for christmas but it was a few days late since i ordered it christmas eve)
it arrived with some issues , so I contacted Reptipro.. their customer service is amazing! they sent out a replacement as soon as they read my email and the new one is running great
Apparently fedex wasn't very kind to my first one.. lol