Emu Hatch-a-long 2012

[Kiril749]

Wow, things happen fast.......just took the kids out to the bus, came in and egg 1 hatched. I got it on video.......I have to run to work but I will post it tonight. I'm naming this one Sydney.......cuz she is Australian after all.

 

[Grassman 52]

Pogo spent the night in the chicken brooder with my meat birds.

I took Yoda's advice and ran to Home Depot and purchased a small piece of outdoor carpet 6x8' for $12 bucks and a 6' piece of wire shelving for $5 - for under $20 bucks Pogo has a new home with room for his friends.

 

[Kiril749]

Pogo spent the night in the chicken brooder with my meat birds. I took Yoda's advice and ran to Home Depot and purchased a small piece of outdoor carpet 6x8' for $12 bucks and a 6' piece of wire shelving for $5 - for under $20 bucks Pogo has a new home with room for his friends.

Great idea, I'm going to do the same after work. I have a large dog crate I'm using for the first week or so. The indoor/outdoor carpet in easier than a towel.......as a towel may slip.

 

[yinepu]

Day 55 and we have our first baby Emu - Let me introduce you to Pogo
350g and very healthy - this baby is soooo big compared to the chickens - ducks - and geese I have been hatching

congrats!

 

[yinepu]

Wow, things happen fast.......just took the kids out to the bus, came in and egg 1 hatched. I got it on video.......I have to run to work but I will post it tonight. I'm naming this one Sydney.......cuz she is Australian after all.

congrats

 

[Kiril749]

Hi all,

So I've had one of four eggs hatch this morning. Two more are moving but I can't hear them yet. Is it common for emu eggs set the same day to hatch a few days apart? Is there a good chance these could hatch still?

 

[yinepu]

Hi all,

So I've had one of four eggs hatch this morning. Two more are moving but I can't hear them yet. Is it common for emu eggs set the same day to hatch a few days apart? Is there a good chance these could hatch still?

it's the same as for any type of bird..

even clutches of chickens, ducks and so on don't always hatch on the same day

 

[Tame Emu Guy]

Go, Pogo!!

S.E.

 

[Grassman 52]

Day 57 for one egg still moving but no chirping - this one has me worried

Day 51 for 10 eggs - 7 have good movement and all have lost 15 -16% of their weight

Pulled three cold to the touch and if I move them back and forth I can feel sloshing - Will open up "after" breakfast - the smell gets my wife a little ****** off.

Checked for sounding and I can hear chirping from the next batch - Tap tested and moved 4 into the hatcher.

 

[Kiril749]

Here's little Sydney......one day old. Egg 2 has sounded, and egg three is still moving. Can't wait for them all to be together, hopefully soon!