Emu Hatch-A-Long 2014

[ES Emus]

Hi everyone want to give a quick update. I am sadden to say that I lost a lot of birds in 4-5 days. I lost both Emus, 5 peafowl, 1 duck and 6-8 chickens. I found out when the last chicken died that it was poisoned. Turns out someone was tossing rat poison into my shed and those that ate it unfortunately died from it. I was getting up in the morning and noticing little things that made me think like how did the blind peacock get out of the shed when I put him up on the perch that night? I found all my birds out one morning and I know I locked them in that night. Now my little chicken door locks with a hook and eye lock and has the spring loaded guard attached so animals cannot "pop" it open and get inside. Well now it has a padlock and the main door has a deadbolt. I look on the ground to be sure noone tossed the rat poison into the pen before letting out the birds. I lost my 2 Charcoal white eye peacocks and to replace them is $1100 each. I got the cameras for night vision and will put them up. I will be breaking someone's legs when I catch them. I am thinking it is teenagers.

Ok I just placed my 2 Emu eggs into the incubator (ReptiPro 6000) Egg 1 is 577grams and egg 2 is 592 grams. After I bid on the eggs I found out that a woman not far from me has a pair of 19 year old Emus and 10 young ones. She is over whelmed with the birds and we talked. After my surgery on Tuesday and the healing of it I will be buying some birds off her. I met her and was with her birds and it was funny to see 8 of the 10 all lying around me like they were in kindergarten LOL Her Emus were very tame and you could pick them up with very little fighting from them. I just do not know how to sex them yet so out comes my Emu book LMAO!

do you know who poisoned your birds?!,

 

[Yoda]

no not yet but when I do I have a lot of people who will teach them a lesson

I am waiting for the cameras to come in.

 

[glt4570]

Hope I'm on the right page. Have a breeding pair in a pen with a closed in shelter with a door. She laid two eggs 11/15. One was outside and broken, the other exactly where I would have asked her to lay in the enclosure on pine shavings. No more eggs till 12/5, and she's been close to every third day since. I've removed the first laid (close to Robins egg blue). Have put six in incubator. Eight on nest, but no indication he is going to set. It's now 1/19. Does anyone think he'll ever set on these?

 

[farmchick897]

My male won't sit until he gets between 10-14 in the nest.

 

[glt4570]

Guess I should have left those six in the nest. She's laid s couple outside and that's when I thought he might set. Just seems to be getting late. Thanks.

 

[Petritis]

36,5 60% 36,5 60% 36,5 C 57 %
DAYS 0 7 14 21 28 35 42 49
Egg ID 12/09/13 12/16/13 12/23/13 12/30/13 01/06/14 01/13/14 01/20/14 01/27/14
Egg 3 – True 658,0 641,0 626,0 612,0 599,0 586,0 570,0
grams Loss 17 15 14 13 13 16 570
2,65% 5,11% 7,52% 9,85% 12,29% 15,44% #DIV/0!
3 : wiggling 3 : wiggling
Egg 4 – True 653,0 635,0 619,0 605,0 590,0 577,0 560,0
grams Loss 18 16 14 15 13 17 560
2,83% 5,49% 7,93% 10,68% 13,17% 16,61% #DIV/0!
4 : wiggling
Egg 5 – True 650,0 634,0 622,0 610,0 598,0 587,0 575,0
grams Loss 16 12 12 12 11 12 575
2,52% 4,50% 6,56% 8,70% 10,73% 13,04% #DIV/0!
5 : wiggling
Egg 6 – True 646,0 628,0 620,0 597,0 582,0 568,0 552,0
grams Loss 18 8 23 15 14 16 552
2,87% 4,19% 8,21% 11,00% 13,73% 17,03% #DIV/0!
6 : wiggling
Egg 7 – True 642,0 625,0 610,0 597,0 583,0 570,0 557,0
grams Loss 17 15 13 14 13 13 557
2,72% 5,25% 7,54% 10,12% 12,63% 15,26% #DIV/0!
7 : wiggling 7 : wiggling
Egg 8 – True 638,0 622,0 608,0 597,0 584,0 572,0 562,0
grams Loss 16 14 11 13 12 10 562
2,57% 4,93% 6,87% 9,25% 11,54% 13,52% #DIV/0!

Egg 9 – True 651,0 632,0 619,0 604,0 589,0 576,0 562,0
grams Loss 19 13 15 15 13 14 562
3,01% 5,17% 7,78% 10,53% 13,02% 15,84% #DIV/0!
9 : wiggling


I set the humidity at 65 % but i am not sure if it is correct for the best result.

 

[Petritis]

35,5 C 60%
DAYS 0 7 14 21 28
Egg ID 12/24/13 12/31/13 01/07/14 01/14/14 01/21/14
Egg 10 – True 636,0 621,0 602,0 587,0 575,0
grams Loss 15 19 15 12
2,42% 5,65% 8,35% 10,61%

Egg 11 – True 660,0 649,0 634,0 622,0 612,0
grams Loss 11 15 12 10
1,69% 4,10% 6,11% 7,84%

Egg 12 – True 660,0 646,0 627,0 Out-smell
grams Loss cracked 14 19 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2,17% 5,26% #VALUE! #DIV/0!

Egg 13 – True 661,0 649,0 635,0 623,0 613,0
12 14 12 10
1,85% 4,09% 6,10% 7,83%

Egg 14 – True 657,0 644,0 629,0 616,0 604,0
grams Loss 13 15 13 12
2,02% 4,45% 6,66% 8,77%

Egg 15 – True 642,0 628,0 611,0 598,0 586,0
grams Loss 14 17 13 12
2,23% 5,07% 7,36% 9,56%

Egg 16 – True 635,0 624,0 608,0 597,0 586,0
grams Loss 11 16 11 11
1,76% 4,44% 6,37% 8,36%

 

[ES Emus]

Our first chick of the season hatched a little before 1:00 am this morning! Despite being the first egg of the season (laid Dec. 2nd) and being a noticeably smaller egg than the rest of the clutch, the hatchling came out fill-sized and very healthy!

 

[Ellamumu]

SOOOOO ADORABLE!!!!!!

 

[glt4570]

My hen has laid 19 eggs. Number 20 will likely be here in the morning. I'm still seeing them breed. 6 are in incubator, 8 are in nest, 2 are in kitchen. Question...would taking the female away encourage him to set the nest?