Emu chick with open yolk site

[Strawberry74]

Even better yet ...he just pooped! For the first time that I've witnessed anyway so the innerds are at least working!!

 

[Strawberry74]

Ohhh that last pic

Melts me!

 

[LaFleche]

How is Tiny Titan doing? Any updates for us?

 

[Strawberry74]

Hey sorry, been busy with new baby goats and all that entails. Titan is doing well but....

I got the DNA results and all 4 emu were female. I only wanted male so they are off to new homes! It was a fun hatching experience.

Thanks for asking!

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Good morning,

Hoping to get a little advice. I know many may have experience with other hatchlings that have had this issue that can possibly offer advice and hope.
This little one hatched unassisted yesterday afternoon and the site where he absorbed his yolk wasn't quite closed and some flesh seemed to be outside. Not bleeding. I talked to a few friends who are vet techs. One recommended to glove up and use an iodine dipped gauze to gently push it in if I could. That seemed fairly successful. I tried wrapping him in vet wrap to hold some guaze to the site and keep it clean. That was not successful. It was also suggested to suture the site closed in case it was intestines to avoid tissue drying out. I didn't feel comfortable doing that. I have the stuff but never researched it. It was looking much better last evening so I spray it with vetricyn, put a little triple antibiotic on and went to bed. He is alert and hanging with his friends this morning. They are all getting their legs under them.

The site looks about the same, but not fully closed and drying up. Any suggestions? Does this little one have any chance of survival or will there be potential complications as he starts eating? Should I attempt a suture?

I don't know a whole lot about emus, but had a chicken like that once. she lived and seemed to be healing nicely, until she died for no discernable reason. I think that she was not strong enough, even though she healed, she never got the nutrients she needed from the egg yolk (hers was broken, as opposed to just being unabsorbed)

Edit: nice! it's good to know your emus are doing well

 

[LaFleche]

Hey sorry, been busy with new baby goats and all that entails. Titan is doing well but....

I got the DNA results and all 4 emu were female. I only wanted male so they are off to new homes! It was a fun hatching experience.

Thanks for asking!

Why do you want to keep only the males?

Usually people want the exact the opposite.

 

[Strawberry74]

Why do you want to keep only the males?

Usually people want the exact the opposite.

Males are the friendliest. When you have males and females you actually want to keep more males than females. The opposite of most bird species.

 

[LaFleche]

Males are the friendliest. When you have males and females you actually want to keep more males than females. The opposite of most bird species.

That is very interesting.
I know nothing about Emus other than that their eyes are beautiful and they have a friendly face

 

[ducklover128]

Omg I know for sure now, I NEED EMUS! I thought I did, but now I know for sure. But then I think about how much trouble we've had with chickens and ducks, and our 1 beautiful goose, and it scares the crap out of me. Are emus harder than chickens and ducks? What other types of birds do you have? Oh yeah, I'm the one you were just helping with the broody hen that hatched 3 babies and left the nest, and then had another egg to hatch. I'm going to research emus and other types of birds right now. It'll keep my mind off the baby outside. If it makes it I'll have to think of an emu type name for it. How many emus do you have?

 

[Strawberry74]

Omg I know for sure now, I NEED EMUS! I thought I did, but now I know for sure. But then I think about how much trouble we've had with chickens and ducks, and our 1 beautiful goose, and it scares the crap out of me. Are emus harder than chickens and ducks? What other types of birds do you have? Oh yeah, I'm the one you were just helping with the broody hen that hatched 3 babies and left the nest, and then had another egg to hatch. I'm going to research emus and other types of birds right now. It'll keep my mind off the baby outside. If it makes it I'll have to think of an emu type name for it. How many emus do you have?

I actually don't have any emu. I hatched some for a guy who raises them and was considering keeping 2 males, but all but 1 of the 7 that hatched were females. The hatching was fun but takes 55 days!! I have a lot of farm animals and ultimately decided I needed to keep with just my current species and not have a new learning curve with a new type of bird. I have enough stress lol! I will hatch for him again though if he asks. It keeps my incubator full of fun in the boring winter months and I don't have to worry about finding homes!