EMU Eggs

[johnnymax]

Well, the other day I had a few beers with a friend and later that night he went hoe and the Queen went to bed. I was on eBay unsupervised and two day later I had four emu eggs. I scrambled (excuse the pun) to make an incubator out of a foam ice-chest and have the eggs in it. Not sure what the odds are of getting them to hatch, but I am trying to do everything right. I lost a bunch of chickens to a dog in the neighborhood, I figure they will protect my flock, LOL

 

[danielle82]

wow, thats kinda cool, though if I was the queen I would start questioning your alone time lol
I hope they hatch, and I hope you post pics

 

[johnnymax]

7 days in the incubator and we are turning the eggs 6 times a day. Humidity is right at 40% and I have been weighing the eggs every few days. They need to lose 17% of their weight over the 50 day incubation period and they are right on target well within 2 grams. I raise and lower the humidity to keep them on their weight loss schedual... Crossing my fingers...

 

[danielle82]

sounds tricky, but you seem to have it under control! Good luck

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

I hope your hatch goes well. Careful on your flock guards . Our emu loved humans, but hated all animals smaller than themselves, thus, massive chicken stomping. Now they are on a large farm running with cattle. My buddy said at first they were agressive towards new calves, but guesses they got an attitude adjustment by momma cow. Now they stay a short distance from the herd.

 

[Miss Sebright]

Cool! And Good Luck!

 

[countrychics]

i di dthe same thing on ebay, and now i have lots of emu.... heres one that just hatched... i have bought eggs from three different sellers on ebay..if u want im me and tell me youre seller... check out 2 week old baby moo and his friend the kitty manx...

and he he was before he hatched, i took him out of the bator just a sec, to take a comparison pic of the egg size and my childs head...haha