First Emu Egg- Need Help!

[Irine]

Found our first emu egg today in the open field, no nest...what to I do?
1.Leave it as is?
2.Build a nest lol ?
3. Should I wait until more eggs show up until the male will start building a nest?
My intention is to have them hatch and raise the babies naturally.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would hate to see the egg go to waste.
Thanks in advance

 

[dnkfarm]

Where did you find the egg? Was it near the fence line or just out in the middle? Someone told me that the first timers may lay just anywhere. If u don't see him bothering w/it after a day or so I would pick it up.

 

[Irine]

It was by the fence , where they usually roost at tight, but there is no nest. I will go look at it today, just to make sure it's safe. There is a somewhat of a hill side and I am scared that the egg could roll down .

 

[dnkfarm]

In most everything I have heard, read or pictures I've seen They lay by or near the fence line. I think they only lay every 3 days. Wait and see if another comes. I have been looking for eggs and none yet hopefully soon. Good Luck!

 

[Irine]

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Thank you, I have been watching them

Will see what happens. Good luck to you 2

 

[Sumatra503]

I hope you end up with a nice cozy nest and some adorable babies!

 

[Irine]

Our first egg, today we found one more egg

The gang

 

[Sumatra503]

Those Emu look so huge next to you!

Nice to see the nice egg from the Dwarf Emu next to that regular emu egg!

 

[Irine]

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Thats my daughter...and yep- nice little egg

 

[chickenzoo]

Mine like to lay near fence lines, and once they get really started they can lay every other day or so. The nest can be a shallow depression in the ground with a pine needle or two over it or it can be a bunch of leaves etc... Make sure they have something to use, leaves, hay ...etc.. I would leave it there for awhile. It took about 5 eggs before Merlin started to sit them.