Anyone up for a Hatchalong?

[puzzler5]

so how long do I wait until I help my chick out of the shell?
he doesn't peep as loud as he was and he was pipped into the aircell since early yesterday afternoon.

 

[yinepu]

so how long do I wait until I help my chick out of the shell?
he doesn't peep as loud as he was and he was pipped into the aircell since early yesterday afternoon.

what day is he on and how much weight has he lost?.. has he cracked the shell at all?

an emu that is going "on schedule" with weight loss can take up to 3 days or so to hatch... so if you have one that has lost too much weight (or not enough) you may have to give them a little help..

Now having said all that.. the emu farmer's handbook states that if you have eggs from a pair that have had issues in the past hatching what you can do is to drill a small hole into the air cell so the chick can get plenty of air... however they don't recommend that for every egg or every chick.. just for eggs who have had a history (previous hatches) where the chicks have died in shell from lack of air

from what I have seen the chicks can hatch out in less than 24 hours from sounding.. or in a day or longer from sounding.. just depends on the chicks..



edited to add:.. what kind of incubator is he in and how many other eggs are in there with him?.. If you are using the Reptipro.. remember that each of those eggs are breathing .. and that incubator (even though I LOVE mine) is very air tight.. so you need to open the door often to allow for more oxygen in for those eggs and that chick so they don't suffocate.. in the beginning of incubation they don't need as much air.. but the closer they get to hatch the more air they need

 

[puzzler5]

reptipro 5000, day 48, 14.19%, there are 4 other eggs, air is not a problem I listen to it every few hours and talk to it so it will hatch, I can hear it moving in the egg and pushing and it peeps back.
also I got the one with the 2 turners so It has some airflow through the holes in the door for the cords.

I don't know the history of the birds other than some of them were rescued from a place with small crowded pens and the birds were stunted. I think they were first time emu people and got overwhelmed.
They were well taken care of once they were rescued and that was quite a long time ago.

I don't think I will be able to drill a hole because his body is stretched out and his head and body are in the aircell end.

 

[puzzler5]

"Now having said all that.. the emu farmer's handbook states that if you have eggs from a pair that have had issues in the past hatching what you can do is to drill a small hole into the air cell so the chick can get plenty of air... however they don't recommend that for every egg or every chick.. just for eggs who have had a history (previous hatches) where the chicks have died in shell from lack of air"

must be a genetic thing that causes some emus to have thicker denser shells?

 

[yinepu]

reptipro 5000, day 48, 14.19%, there are 4 other eggs, air is not a problem I listen to it every few hours and talk to it so it will hatch, I can hear it moving in the egg and pushing and it peeps back.
also I got the one with the 2 turners so It has some airflow through the holes in the door for the cords.

I don't know the history of the birds other than some of them were rescued from a place with small crowded pens and the birds were stunted. I think they were first time emu people and got overwhelmed.
They were well taken care of once they were rescued and that was quite a long time ago.

I don't think I will be able to drill a hole because his body is stretched out and his head and body are in the aircell end.

if he's on day 48 and close to 15% it sounds like he's right on track.. so I wouldn't worry too much

I would still open the door occasionally on the Reptipro just for some extra air flow.... lol.. but I'm a worrier like that!

 

[yinepu]

"Now having said all that.. the emu farmer's handbook states that if you have eggs from a pair that have had issues in the past hatching what you can do is to drill a small hole into the air cell so the chick can get plenty of air... however they don't recommend that for every egg or every chick.. just for eggs who have had a history (previous hatches) where the chicks have died in shell from lack of air"

must be a genetic thing that causes some emus to have thicker denser shells?

it could be.. I know some emus will lay the blue eggs.. and I've read one article where it said it's a normal egg with an extra coating.. then another article said it would be an egg that was missing the outer coating... so

.. i dunno for sure

 

[foulman007]

it could be.. I know some emus will lay the blue eggs.. and I've read one article where it said it's a normal egg with an extra coating.. then another article said it would be an egg that was missing the outer coating... so

.. i dunno for sure

One of my 9 eggs under Jupiter was a bright blue color. It was missing a layer of shell and cracked about 15 days into his setting. I opened where it was cracked and was able to see the developing chick. Just a little pinky sized guy with big black eyes. . I could not tell if it was dead yet or not but it would have certainly died from infection anyway. Just 28 more days till hatch.

 

[puzzler5]

#8 is finally out,how do you fit so much emu into such a small egg

it seems to have a strange beak is this normal?
the bottom and top isn't lined up right , will this fix itself?

 

[puzzler5]

he/she/it? got here at 7:30 tonight slowly fluffing up

 

[yinepu]

he/she/it? got here at 7:30 tonight slowly fluffing up

hey congrats on the baby!.. from the three i have hatched out one had a little bit of a misaligned beak as it was hatching.. when I checked on it after hatch it was fine.. so I think they might sometimes be a little off during hatch from breaking the shell.. I'm sure the more experienced emu breeders could confirm this if I'm right (it was also the bloody navel chick.. so he's my 'problem child")
but I think if they are only off by a hair during hatch it's no worry.. if they are really off it would be more like a crossbeak chick where it will eventually have issues eating