Emu Hatch-a-long 2012

[yinepu]

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I always send mine in a ziploc bag.. BUT I also make sure they are very dry before sending the samples in.. so that may be the difference

 

[Grassman 52]

Got my results from Zoogen last night:

7 samples
6 males
1 female

sending out three more today - I really need at least one of these to be a female. The whole idea was to get a few breeding pairs

May have to sell some of the male chicks or raise for meat - still re-thinking my game plan.

 

[yinepu]

Got my results from Zoogen last night:

7 samples
6 males
1 female

sending out three more today - I really need at least one of these to be a female. The whole idea was to get a few breeding pairs

May have to sell some of the male chicks or raise for meat - still re-thinking my game plan.

I hope my "curse of the boys" hasn't rubbed off on ya!

I have 2 samples to mail in.. I vent sexed the others as I had people ask for boys.. everyone was a boy too (so they were re-homed to a few locals).. haven't bothered to vent sex these last two since they like to kick way too much!

Either way we'll be keeping them for now.. hopefully I have 2 girls.. but I'm not gonna hold my breath considering my luck!

 

[Grassman 52]

This is what i get for making fun of all your "boys"

 

[Avie]

I hope my "curse of the boys" hasn't rubbed off on ya!

Wow...

I wonder if the dead-in-shell and died-during-hatch were predominantly female.

With humans it's the males that are more vulnerable genetically because of the Y chromosome -- males get stuck with the sex-linked mutations (such as hemophilia). But with birds it's the opposite, males are "XX" and females are "XY" and it's females that get stuck with the sex-linked recessive mutations.

(Note -- it's not called XX and XY in birds, it's called something else, ...???)
(Also -- I never understood how they wound up the opposite of mammals...???)

 

[Grassman 52]

Just got back from the post office - mailed out my last three samples - I need one more female

I was thinking the same thing - wondering if the two that died during hatch or just afterward were females - for $20 a sample + shipping I would not test just to find out.

 

[yinepu]

Just got back from the post office - mailed out my last three samples - I need one more female

I was thinking the same thing - wondering if the two that died during hatch or just afterward were females - for $20 a sample + shipping I would not test just to find out.

could always do a necropsy on the dead chicks


it would make sense since a female will mate with more than one male.. having more males would mean that more nests could be set each season

 

[moonjelly]

Hi again, back with some more weights! I'm currently on Day 26th. What's going inside the eggs at this age? When do you notice any signs of life? Based on my weights, I think everything is okay so far which makes me very optimistic!

Egg 1

April 20th - 581.3
April 27th - 566.0
May 3rd - 556.0
May 16th - 533.4

Egg 2

April 20th - 542.4
April 27th - 528.3
May 3rd - 519.1
May 16th - 496.5

So excited!

 

[Yoda]

Hoping for a double hatch for you moonjelly !!! You should see the egg move or rock when you whistle to it after week 5 and around the 48th day you will hear chirping when you whistle to it.

I officially moved Sorin and Callisto to the shed with the rest of the birds

I also moved them into the big bird pen LOL I have peafowl and chickens so I have a very large pen in my backyard and I had to use plastic fening to make a seperate pen in the main pen for them LOL I took pictures ands will post some tomorrow night after work. The male Sorin still got a scrap on his beak even with the plastic fencing

 

[moonjelly]

Thanks! I really hope they both hatch. I don't want one to be all alone. :/ I am picking up some ostrich chicks this week though, but they'll be a little bit ahead of the game.