Emu Egg Hatch-along

[MGG]

Lucky you! I have 3 geriatric emus now, aged 24 (Dookie - male, hatched and raised at home), 25 (Ianna - female, acquired at age 1 year) and 33 (Earl - male, acquired at age 12 years). In his younger years Earl was a great emu dad and raised several broods. Sadly he lost his mate Princess to a freak accident. Dookie and Princess (Earl's mate) were hatched here in a styrofoam tabletop Hovabator.
I would love to hatch and raise emus chicks again after many years, but I'm concerned that if I did they will likely outlive me.
I've never had one with a nasty temperament toward humans, but it is not unusual to need to separate any that are not mated pairs as the females attack each other as well as males that are not their mate.
I will be waiting to see those sweet little fuzzy striped footballs with chubby little dinosaur feet. They are adorable. Hope they hatch!

Aww, wow! 33! That's pretty old. Well really they all are but especially him! What's the average lifespan of them?
Thank you, me too!!! So cool to meet so many other emu keepers on here.

 

[MGG]

Beautiful eggs, thanks for sharing!

Thanks!!!

 

[MGG]

I weighed them today, I should have yesterday because it would have been one week but we were gone late.
So today is 8 days, egg #2 is spot on with weight loss but egg #1 is going a little fast. Not sure what to do about that? I don't want to compromise #2 by raising humidity more. I've been running more at 40% already too.

 

[MGG]

I weighed them today, I should have yesterday because it would have been one week but we were gone late.
So today is 8 days, egg #2 is spot on with weight loss but egg #1 is going a little fast. Not sure what to do about that? I don't want to compromise #2 by raising humidity more. I've been running more at 40% already too. View attachment 4035492

My scale doesn't measure in decimals on grams unfortunately. I kept them in my calculations just because why not though.

 

[WingItRanch]

Thank you!!! Not sure of anyone here that has emus besides the zoo. I'll look around though and see.

Can I ask where you're located? (General location is fine). It's not on your profile.

 

[MGG]

Can I ask where you're located? (General location is fine). It's not on your profile.

Oh, of course. I'm in South Dakota. The frigid NE part, lol.

 

[WingItRanch]

Oh, of course. I'm in South Dakota. The frigid NE part, lol.

Ah ok. Yeah, maybe not as many Emu keepers up there. Have you seen the post where someone made "clothes" for their emu because it had feather loss in the cold weather? It's hilarious.

 

[MGG]

Ah ok. Yeah, maybe not as many Emu keepers up there. Have you seen the post where someone made "clothes" for their emu because it had feather loss in the cold weather? It's hilarious.

I don't know if I have, haha! That sounds pretty funny. Like a horse blanket?

 

[WingItRanch]

I don't know if I have, haha! That sounds pretty funny. Like a horse blanket?

Ohh so much funnier... here it is: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/featherless-emu-need-winter-coat.1434040/post-23705087

 

[MGG]

Ohh so much funnier... here it is: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/featherless-emu-need-winter-coat.1434040/post-23705087

Omg that's great
I love the sleeve on his neck
Thanks for linking!!!