Emu Egg - Good News Bad News - HELP!!!!!!!!!

[CritterHill]

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Oh man, I'm just imagining that thing exploding into stinky, rotten egg nastiness...

 

[ginbart]

Go for it

But can I ask, why did he have it on the back porch for two weeks?

 

[EmptyNest]

You guys are the best - such enablers

I've located a bator and will run it home on my lunch hour and get it going so I can set the egg tomorrow night. I thought the 17 days I've got left on my chicken eggs was going to take forever. I read that emu's can be 48-55, oh well, that will help take my mind off the chicken eggs a little bit.

Good point on the exploding egg (and I was thinking that not hatching was the worst thing that could happen)un

As for keeping it, you bet. I've got 12 acres here and plenty of room for one emu.

I'll keep you posted on how it goes.

 

[EmptyNest]

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I have no idea. He knew I was dying to get one of the eggs. Next year I'm going to have to call him every day and see if she has laid yet

 

[shmooborp]

have fun candleing that sucker!

 

[KYBOY]

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You can get those 12 million candle power spotlights at wally world pretty cheap

 

[ginbart]

Does your dh have a spot light. Maybe you could use that some how.

 

[EmptyNest]

Great idea - we do have one of those high powered lights. I'll look at it tonight and see what I can see then maybe incubate a few days and look again. Do you suppose it would be like a chicken egg and show veins around 7 days or so???? Then, if we determine it's bad any ideas on how to blow that thing out and keep the shell - it's absolutely beautiful. My youngest son thought maybe a small drill bit.

 

[twigg]

At 2 weeks, hatchability should still be around 60% or more.

If it hasn't been frozen, then it has likely been at a decent temp for that time.

You have nothing to lose at this point, except 56 days wait. You won't be able to candle it, so sit back and hope.

Good Luck

 

[dickiebird]

Don't worry about the egg blowing up, we had a cracked emu egg on the back deck for a month or longer. I asked my wife why she kept it and she didn't have a reason. I asked her to get rid of it before it got any worse. A few weeks later I went to cut the back yard and found it in the grass, she had just tossed it over the rail and figured it would break and just go away, I moved it and when I finished the grass I took it to the garage to drill a couple of holes and blow it out and just save the shell. These shells are very hard, kinda like tempered masonite, well the egg imploded, smelled worse than any skunk I've ever encountered. Washed up with the garden hose before I was allowed inside.
We have had emus for a while and get a few eggs every spring. If you want to save the shells drill a 1/4" hole in each end, use as little presure on the drill as possible as too much force will chunk a bigger piece out of the shell than you will like. I then open up a large paper clip into a "L" with the foot of the L about 1" in length. Chuck the verticle portion of the clip in a drill that can be ran at a low rpm. Insert the foot of the L in the egg to break up the yoke with the clip spining only fast enough to do the job. I then place my lips over one of the holes and blow the contents out the other hole into a clean container.
Emus do not make good pets!!!