Need Help Incubating! EMU EGG!

[Pyxis]

Her egg at it’s starting weight should be 2.7 so it’s actually losing a little under. I wouldn’t touch the humidity and just let it keep going. Weight loss will fluctuate and usually lose the most weight in the middle of incubation, or at least mine did.

Are you sure? I took the starting weight of 693 and multiplied by .15 to get that it should lose 103.95 grams over incubation. Divided by 50 days, that's 2.07 grams a day.

 

[FishMtFarm]

Ah yes, your right. I looked at the chart wrong....

 

[FEAREDALPHA]

Seems pretty on track to me; sounds like it's been losing an average of 2.3 grams a day, which is a little high but not terribly so. You just might want to increase your humidity a little bit.

OK GREAT! i thought it was for sure dead because it seems like it is losing way to much weight but alright that works for me!

 

[FEAREDALPHA]

Her egg at it’s starting weight should be 2.7 so it’s actually losing a little under. I wouldn’t touch the humidity and just let it keep going. Weight loss will fluctuate and usually lose the most weight in the middle of incubation, or at least mine did.

I thought it was loosing way to much weight so that works for me!

 

[Pyxis]

I thought it was loosing way to much weight so that works for me!

Not way too much, but a little too much, yes, which is why I suggested increasing humidity a little bit

 

[FEAREDALPHA]

Seems pretty on track to me; sounds like it's been losing an average of 2.3 grams a day, which is a little high but not terribly so. You just might want to increase your humidity a little bit.

Her egg at it’s starting weight should be 2.7 so it’s actually losing a little under. I wouldn’t touch the humidity and just let it keep going. Weight loss will fluctuate and usually lose the most weight in the middle of incubation, or at least mine did.

Ok great well i think i must be doing something right....i turn the egg by hand like 3 times a day and im going out of town overnight will it be fine if i dont turn it for a day or so?

 

[FishMtFarm]

I know of people who thought their eggs were dead and didn’t turn them for weeks and they still hatched so I think it could potentially be ok but if it were me, I would see if someone could just come and turn it once or twice while your gone.

 

[FEAREDALPHA]

I know of people who thought their eggs were dead and didn’t turn them for weeks and they still hatched so I think it could potentially be ok but if it were me, I would see if someone could just come and turn it once or twice while your gone.

Alright i did but im back so its all ok!

 

[FEAREDALPHA]

I know of people who thought their eggs were dead and didn’t turn them for weeks and they still hatched so I think it could potentially be ok but if it were me, I would see if someone could just come and turn it once or twice while your gone.

Not way too much, but a little too much, yes, which is why I suggested increasing humidity a little bit

Good news! I just took my egg out and placed it on a counter and it is leaning toward the pointed part and it is noticeably warm toward one side!

 

[FishMtFarm]

Sweet!!!