Emu Hatch-a-long 2012

[Grassman 52]

Never knew that a nickle weighs 5 grams - learn something new everyday

Now I will have to check to see if my scale is correct.

 

[Avie]

Hi all, here's my update as of today. This is my first year for emu eggs. I bought 3 from a guy who was advertising on Craigslist. We met up with him to pick up the eggs here in MD, but it turns out his farm was actually in Virginia. Not sure how long he had been driving around with the eggs in his car (and it had been pretty cold then).

Egg # 1 dried out way too fast.

I blew out the contents and it was all yellow (no trace of pink).

Egg # 2 was losing weight just perfectly, but yesterday morning it started to weep



I checked again in the afternoon and there was a longitudinal crack with lots of oozing. I'm glad I got to it before it exploded!
I broke it open, and again, no trace of pink.

Egg # 3 is on day 31. The weight is tracking perfectly, but is anyone home?




I'm feeling a little discouraged, but too soon to give up hope!
I e-mailed the guy I bought the eggs from. He had said that if none of the eggs hatched, he might still have some chicks at that time. I hope I hear back from him.

In the meantime (sorry for the Off Topic), I got a little bit of instant gratification this morning






These are from chocolate Society Finches. Incubation period 12 days

 

[msheets]

Avie, I love the pics you make in your post lol, pretty creative! I bet those finch eggs look tiny compared to the emu, 12 days...too bad all eggs don't hatch that quick.

 

[msheets]

Also don't give up! There are still eggs for sale if your 3rd egg isn't viable, has it rocked or anything?

 

[Grassman 52]

This weeks weigh in - 17 within range 10 losing to fast 4 losing to slow - will use the 27 as the base and raise the humidity a few points to 35%

1st setting is 28 days old today - when to they start to wiggle?


Age Set Date Egg # Location Starting Weight Target Actual Target
Eugene OR 13% 17%
28 8-Mar 3 617 572 568

558​

28 8-Mar 4 527 489 487

477​

28 8-Mar 5 538 499 490

487​

Auburn CA
28 8-Mar 7 569 528 527

515​

28 8-Mar 8 567 526 512

513​

28 8-Mar 9 481 446 441

435​

28 8-Mar 10 515 478 462

466​

22 14-Mar 11 556 524 512

514​

22 14-Mar 12 592 558 548

548​

22 14-Mar 13 584 551 542

540​

22 14-Mar 14 581 548 551

538​

Sanford NC
22 14-Mar 15 544 513 500

503​

22 14-Mar 16 615 580 569

569​

22 14-Mar 17 639 602 599

591​

Canyon CA
22 14-Mar 18 570 537 529

527​

Salt Lake UT
22 14-Mar 19 553 521 520

512​

22 14-Mar 20 546 515 515

505​

16 20-Mar 21 530 508 506

501​

16 20-Mar 22 539 517 514

510​

Kansas
16 20-Mar 23 646 619 605

611​

16 20-Mar 24 637 611 611

602​

16 20-Mar 25 620 594 600

586​

16 20-Mar 26 609 584 587

576​

16 20-Mar 27 640 613 614

605​

16 20-Mar 28 611 586 573

578​

Sanford NC
15 21-Mar 29 552 530 521

524​

15 21-Mar 30 634 609 600

602​

15 21-Mar 31 528 507 504

501​

15 21-Mar 32 584 561 554

554​

15 21-Mar 33 453 435 426

430​

15 21-Mar 34 478 459 447

454​

 

[Avie]

Avie, I love the pics you make in your post lol, pretty creative!

Thanks! I love my graphics tablet

It's so much fun...

I wanted to ask you -- how did you make your chick diaper? It was made from a sock? I couldn't see how it fastened -- were there tiny suspenders or something?

My remaining egg is a few days away from the wiggling stage. The suspense is awful !
I did see there's a few emu eggs available on ebay, sold by ratitemomma. I'm nervous about having eggs shipped all the way across the country though!

 

[msheets]

Grassman, I actually can't remember when they start to wiggle...I'll try to look back at some posts & find out

Avie, they're really easy to make & if you can get them to fit right they don't seem to faze them at all! I'll take some pics & post them so you can see, it's simple & you don't need a snap if you make them this way (=

 

[yinepu]

Grassman, I actually can't remember when they start to wiggle...I'll try to look back at some posts & find out

Avie, they're really easy to make & if you can get them to fit right they don't seem to faze them at all! I'll take some pics & post them so you can see, it's simple & you don't need a snap if you make them this way (=

around day 35 usually

 

[Yoda]

Ok I have 2 more eggs coming by friday LOL

 

[yinepu]

Ok I have 2 more eggs coming by friday LOL

nah.. you're not addicted to hatching emu



my emu bator has been taken over by sebastopol goose eggs.... so I'm out for this season!