Emu Hatch cam. He hatching now

[mitch324]

title says it all.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/emu-hatch-due-week-of-2-6-12

 

[Yay Chicks!]

Watching now

 

[ChickensXOXO]

Watching too!

 

[featherz]

Me too! I saw you tapping, I SO wanted to do that. My fingers were twitching. LOL.

 

[mitch324]

Me too! I saw you tapping, I SO wanted to do that. My fingers were twitching. LOL.

That's the great thing about Emu's no lockdown and it helpd to encoragre them by tapping and whistling.

 

[Yay Chicks!]

Whew! That's a lot of work. I'm tired just watching the process!

 

[SarahIrl]

Not exactly speedy, are they?! Have cooked and eaten my dinner and he's still no further along! That's why i like incubating ducks, two smashes and they're out! Plus, I do NOT have the room for Emus!

Good luck!

BTW, what's the success rate of massive eggs like those? I can't hatch geese, big eggs seem to fail me. I'm at about 10% success rate on those.

 

[mitch324]

These are eggs 6-8 for the year. And the have all at least internally pipped. They are local eggs.

1-5 were shipped eggs only 1 chick is doing well. I had another chick hatch but he is going down hill with wry neck.

Last year we hatched 2 out of three.

I have another 22 eggs in the incubator. Once they reach 35 days they start wiggling. All up to egg 13 have started to wiggle.

49 to 54 days to hatch

 

[The Breaker]

And hes out

 

[Yay Chicks!]

I took a walk, came back to check and there he is! Yay!