Day 56 and don't know what to do or think????

[IHeartCapnHook]

I took him out for about 1 min. To see what I could see, if I could see anything. The bator is right back to where it should be. I have a cabinet bator so I needed to peek in for the temp, humidity (I have had a difficulty in keeping my humidy up during the baking period. All was good. Now the wait time... how long should I wait??? How many days "past due" is too many days?

 

[chickenzoo]

Take a listen to it and see if you hear any scratching or feel it move in the egg while holding it. My one egg rocked like crazy the week before it hatched, this second one did not, but I hear it trying to pip and moving in the shell. 1st hatched on day 50. If it's been 56 days, I'd try and open the top of the egg shell where the air sack is and see if you see anything, if you do place some clear tape over the hole and make sure it doesn't dry out.

 

[IHeartCapnHook]

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My egg is very very... symmetrical. it's not very obvious which end is the pointy end? Any suggestions on how to tell???

 

[IHeartCapnHook]

HOLY CRABAPPLE, BATMAN!!!!

I think someone is in there! I didn't feel movement or hear anything. I took a tap to the top (i kinda kept tapping it until I decided which side was the air sac). Low and behold, the membrane wiggled. I thought it was maybe the yolk/white. So I tipped it just a little very slowly and it moved a lot. I can't see anyone in there. I think that there is, though! Oh this is FAR too much suspense for a gal! However, it is a good thing I went in this morning because my humidity was down at 35 from the towels drying out!!! Can't suffocate the little guy!!!

 

[Britney]

Looking for an up date on your emu egg?

 

[IHeartCapnHook]

I CRAMMED my ear to the cabinet door and couldn't hear anything over the fans. THEN... after feeling like defeat has taken place, I heard something jostle in there. I am assuming he is still baking.

Is there a way that he can be an "overdue" baby? Like come out 2 weeks late? When I peeked into the hole yesterday he seemed to only take up about 2/3 of the shell. The GIANT air sac was on the side that kept rolling up. Or am I going to get a little guy who doesn't make the hatch?

How large are they when they hatch? I've done chicken and duck, but this is the first emu.

His name is Edward the Emu just like the book. My kids have been reading the book to him through the incubator over and over so he will "recognize" his name at hatch. And if she ends up being Edwina (not sure how to sex an emu???) then she will also "recognize" her name. Man, I love the emu books!!!!!!!

Anyhow... still waiting... not sure when to throw in the towel? Not sure when to call it a loss? Not sure when to lose patience and jump in there and break him free from his jail (okay, I KNOW not to do that, but I really really want him).

guess time will tell (and so will emu hatching experts) on what happens next.......

 

[Britney]

You said that you were on day 56 yesterday and from what I read on the internet 56 days is not late. I wouldn't open the bator I would leave it be. I don't know about emu eggs. Just chicken eggs. If it were me I would leave it for another week. I know that chicks can be late. Just keep us posted and lots of luck.

 

[flyweed]

if you feel the chick is alive yet and having a hard time getting out, you can CAREFULLY open up the shell above the air sack, and hopefully the beak has at least broken into the air sack, and then from there the chick should be able to do it..but you could observe better, and help if need be.

By allowing the chick to pierce the inner membrane this will minimize any bleeding of the membrane. The spot is then marked with a X. Then, at the X, the shell is broken away to the extent of the air space remaining in the shell. Do not tear away the membrane any more than the chick already has. If too much of the membrane is torn while it is still wet, excessive bleeding will occur which weakens the chick and can be fatal to the chick.

Once the shell is broken away, the egg is placed back in the hatcher for approximately 12 hours. Remove the egg and spray the membrane with a fine mist of water. Gently peel the membrane back to the line of the already broken shell. Gently grasp the chick's beak and pull the head and neck out of the shell. Place the egg back in the hatcher and allow the chick to complete hatching on its own. Allowing the chick to struggle to hatch will ensure that the remaining yolk sack is completely pulled inside the chick's belly.

I'd say if you don't see any shell pipping at all on day 57 or 58 it won't happen without help.

Dan

 

[IHeartCapnHook]

Someone with severe anxiety disorder should NOT be hatching ANYTHING! I have gone into 2 near panic attacks over the bloody emu!!! I didn't see or feel anything so I must have a dead baby. I did the hole. He was in there. I did the waiting. I did everything. Now I took the leap and actually cracked a bit more of the shell so I could see if the sac had been pipped or whatnot. Holy anxiety disorder, Batman! I thought I was going to die... all the while, holding my wee little egg trying not to drop it as the world swam upside down.

Good news.... his little beak has pipped the sac. Bad? news is there was blood around his little nose and I KNOW I didn't cause it because I was way over on the other end with his huge toe sticking out at me.

Kid came in, knew what was happening, and rescued Edward(ina) the Emu and I took a pill to make me better.

SSOOOO.... after I tell the world how crazy I actually am, can someone tell me if the blood is a good thing and he is just working his way out and hit a vein or something like that....or is the blood mean that he is bleeding to death in his egg???!!!!????!!!!!

I can still hear him singing occasionally, so he's not dead... yet.

 

[IHeartCapnHook]

Now that I have almost stopped freaking out over the emu... (and yes, I was this way with EVERY hatch of chicken)

At 1 day old will he be able to stand with the aid of his shelf lining to avoid splay leg???
Does he develop like a chicken just a lot faster? How toasty should I make his little bed?
When do I put in food and water?
At one day old, should I start handling him just as much as I did the duckies and chickies to make a friendly emu?