Anyone up for a Hatchalong?

[cmfarm]

Oh, I want to join! I set my egg on the 20th. I am not weighing it but can I still join in? It looks like several people set their eggs around the same time as mine.

 

[yinepu]

Yeah, the fetoscope might be worth a try as it has a more specialized head, but I doubt it would be worth the money to try it if it doesn't work. An XRay would actually work, the shell would show up but you'd still be able to see the Emu inside it, course zapping a growing embryo with radiation can only be bad especially since these birds are fairly long lived.

Mine has interchangeable heads..

 

[yinepu]

Well tomorrow is the big day! I'm meeting the lady tomorrow at noon to pick up my emu eggs, as of yesterday she only had 4 but with 3 pairs & she already had 3 last Sunday, hopefully all 3 pairs lay another egg by tomorrow...oh my do I hope! I have 2 people waiting for them to hatch & buy them but if I have an extra female you can get her, I'll buy the shipping box to help out. I'm really thinking of getting another reptipro so I can incubate 18 eggs but if not I'm still doing 9 in my one. Hidden View Farm said they couldn't send eggs by anything other than the USPS but the gentleman in Maryland will ship FedEx/UPS overnight for me & so will another breeder, that's a relief since I'm going to have to have some shipped. For nursing school my awesome mom got me a state of the art stethoscope so I'm going to try listening for the heartbeat every weigh in.

What kind of scales do you all use? I got an "American Weigh Scale" aka AWS that's 1000g X 0.1 & it's pretty small but I put a nickel on it & it read 5g so it's accurate. I am beyond excited for tomorrow, please wish me luck that I'll get 3 more eggs by tomorrow so 7 total!

my scales is from Walmart.. digital with a glass platform.. weighs in grams, ounces and pounds .. no name on it but it does say it has a max rating of 5000g

 

[yinepu]

Ok I was nuts and bid on 3 more Emu eggs and won them. Eggs 8, 9 & 10 arrived today and will go into the incubator Saturday.

I've been restraining myself.. I figured I have 15 eggs.. if only a third hatch that still gives me 5 chicks... I think if I end up with any more than 5 I'm probably going to rehome a few

 

[yinepu]

I just hooked up the webcam. my first five will hopefully hatch next week.
here is the link
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/emu-hatch-due-week-of-2-6-12

 

[yinepu]

weigh in for four eggs...

A (from Elberta, Alabama)
day 1 625 grams
On January 20, (day 7) 615 (10 g lost or 1.60%)
On January 27, (day 14) 595 (20 g lost or 3.25%)
On February 3 (day 21) 580 (15 g or 2.52%).. total lost so far: 45g 7.2%

A-2
day 1 594 grams
On January 27, (day 7) 584 (10 g lost or 1.68%)
On February 3, (day 14) 571 (13 g lost or 2.23%)

D-1 (from Sonora, California)
day 1 505 grams
On January 27, (day 7) 496 (9 g lost or 1.78%)
On February 3, (day 14) 486 (10 g lost or 2.01%)

D-2
day 1 582 grams
On January 27, (day 7) 571 (11 g lost or 1.89%)
On February 3, (day 14) 559 (12 g lost or 2.10%)

 

[Yoda]

I've been restraining myself.. I figured I have 15 eggs.. if only a third hatch that still gives me 5 chicks... I think if I end up with any more than 5 I'm probably going to rehome a few

Yes me too! I figure if they hatch I wanted to donate a few to the brooksvale Farm, they do kids camps during the summer months.

 

[msheets]

Here they are! I still have 4 more to order but I may just giver her another week of collecting & go pick them up again.

 

[yinepu]

Oh, I want to join! I set my egg on the 20th. I am not weighing it but can I still join in? It looks like several people set their eggs around the same time as mine.

lol.. the more the merrier!

 

[yinepu]

Here they are! I still have 4 more to order but I may just giver her another week of collecting & go pick them up again.

oooh pretty!