Emu egg

[KingD]

Ok......so.....I have bought an Emu egg from eBay.

Any specialists on here to advise?
I will incubate myself.
I have a Brinsea Ovation 28 eco

 

[ButtonHoarder]

you can buy an emu egg on ebay?!? Cool!!
*goes on ebay and looks up emu egg*

 

[Pyxis]

@Pyxis might have emus, sorry if you don't!

Yes I do

Incubation temperature can vary, but the most commonly used is 97.5. At that temperature, they take about 50 days to hatch.

Humidity must be carefully monitored and adjusted, and you have to track the egg's weight loss to know how to adjust it, so weigh it when it comes in.

 

[KingD]

I don't know much about emus, but I know that shipped eggs often have horrible hatchability. The chances aren't great that one egg will hatch.

I'm a positive man.
It will hatch

 

[Corbdee]

I just have one requirement for when it hatches: you name it limu

 

[KingD]

Thanks!
Yep it has a week or two left.
I hope so too!

 

[KingD]

you can buy an emu egg on ebay?!? Cool!!
*goes on ebay and looks up emu egg*

Yeah and they're not cheap either so I'm going to make sure I get the necessary information needed

 

[KingD]

About a month left

 

[Pyxis]

Yep. Seems to be going the right way.
I still have my doubts that it will hatch as it was stuck at the postal service place for a few days

The Post Office murdered my Ayam Ketawa eggs that way this week.

But emu eggs last longer without losing viability, so at least there's that. I know a breeder who has hatched eggs that were six weeks old.

 

[Pyxis]

Limu emu
(And doug)

Li(berty)Mu(tual) emu?