Emu Hatch-a-long 2012

[yinepu]

The first one is doing great so far, The other two haven't pipped yet but I can hear them inside the eggs. When do I offer help? Friday is day 51.

what was your incubation temp?

I was at 95.5.. had hatch dates of 53 to 55 days

at 97.5 they hatched out between day 47 and 52 with most around the 51 day mark

 

[Yoda]

The temp at the bottom is 96.5. I know egg 4 will most likely hatch on it's own cause it is rockin and rollin but egg one is the one thst has not lost a lot of weight. I hear it chirping but it is not moving hardly at all. You guys said I would have to help it out but I do not know when? Egg 1 was on the top shelf of the incubator at 97 - 97.5.

 

[Raptor65]

My egg pipped this morning, hasn't done anything more since then but I put up a temporary webcam anyway:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/emu-egg-hatch1

I take that back, it made a big crack after I put the camera in though you can't see it in the stream (That bit sticking up at the top is where it pipped).
The quality isn't that great right now, I'm using a PS3 Eye cam. I'll move the incubator out to the other camera later on and it'll look better.

 

[yinepu]

The temp at the bottom is 96.5. I know egg 4 will most likely hatch on it's own cause it is rockin and rollin but egg one is the one thst has not lost a lot of weight. I hear it chirping but it is not moving hardly at all. You guys said I would have to help it out but I do not know when? Egg 1 was on the top shelf of the incubator at 97 - 97.5.

it's your call since it's your egg.. I would be tempted to drill a small hole first and see if I could see anything.. but even at that I think i would wait til later this evening or even tomorrow...
You'll have to be the final judge since I can't hear how he sounds

 

[ES Emus]

I would give it the benefit of the doubt, we have had chicks take up to three days to hatch once they have started peeping. Assisting nature with the hatch rarely turns out well...

 

[Raptor65]

I had one stay in the egg for 5 days after sounding last year before I went and broke her out myself. She was malpositioned was the problem and couldn't use her beak to pip the shell so all she was doing was straining against it with her feet and getting nowhere, she survived the hatch but still died a 6 days later.

This was a very last resort decision as she was starting to weaken and I decided it was better to have her die outside the egg if that was what was going to happen. Once they pip they have a ready supply of fresh air and a couple days worth of yolk to keep them going.

 

[Raptor65]

Anyone who wants to watch the live stream of my hatch better keep a close eye on it now, almost there.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/emu-egg-hatch1

 

[Grassman 52]

That was great to watch - thank you

What did you do with the chick when you pulled it from the incubator and then put it back?

 

[Raptor65]

I put some Vetericyn on the navel, good stuff for wounds and germs without being invasive.

 

[Toast n Jelly]

I put some Vetericyn on the navel, good stuff for wounds and germs without being invasive.

I need to hug her