Leap Year Hatch.... Who's with me? *updated with webcam link*

[herwitsend]

We had another hatch during Leno last night and woke up this am to 3 more! So, the chick count is 5 with at leas 6 pips. Hard to keep track with all those little chicks tumbling all over them and turning them upside down.

There was quite a bit of blood (at least a half teaspoon) in the bottom of one of the incubators near the egg. The chicks all seem fine so I am assuming all is okay. It just looked to be a lot of blood for such a tiny creature to lose. Glad I wasn't watching when that one hatched... I wouldn't have been able to sleep last night!

 

[yinepu]

We had another hatch during Leno last night and woke up this am to 3 more! So, the chick count is 5 with at leas 6 pips. Hard to keep track with all those little chicks tumbling all over them and turning them upside down.

There was quite a bit of blood (at least a half teaspoon) in the bottom of one of the incubators near the egg. The chicks all seem fine so I am assuming all is okay. It just looked to be a lot of blood for such a tiny creature to lose. Glad I wasn't watching when that one hatched... I wouldn't have been able to sleep last night!

congrats!..

i woke up to another chick this morning too.. so that's 4.. the 5th egg was put in a day late and is working on hatching..

 

[yinepu]

here's my leap day baby emu.. he had a rough start.. bloody navel and had a hard time getting his feet under him.. but today he can sit up straight and tall.. so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

 

[Orpingtons4U]

here's my leap day baby emu.. he had a rough start.. bloody navel and had a hard time getting his feet under him.. but today he can sit up straight and tall.. so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

how big are they when the hatch

 

[yinepu]

how big are they when the hatch

this one weighs 433 grams this morning .. so he's just shy of a pound.. and he's a 'small" one since he lost a little too much during incubation..
the last chick was just over a pound

when he sits upright he's taller than a soda can..

 

[builderone]

Congrats everyone. I love that emu.

 

[herwitsend]

Is everyone done? What were your numbers?

We still have 3 I'm waiting on. I thought for sure they would be out this morning.

For now, we have 21 (one baby died in the brooder yesterday) out of 41.

 

[yinepu]

Is everyone done? What were your numbers?

We still have 3 I'm waiting on. I thought for sure they would be out this morning.

For now, we have 21 (one baby died in the brooder yesterday) out of 41.

On the 29th I had 4 mutt chicks hatch out (#5 was a day late.. but he made it.. so that was 100% hatch rate)
and 1 emu chick hatched out