Need Help Incubating! EMU EGG!

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I just stumbled upon this thread and read some of the posts. I have an emu farm and we incubate Emu eggs. To successfully hatch Emu eggs you should incubate at:
97.5 degrees
Humidity never higher than 35%
Open all air vents

I let the humidity get down to 20% before adding more water.

We have auto turners but I still open the incubator cabinet one to two times daily to hand turn. I do this so fresh air will get inside incubator. Fresh air is very important when hatching emu eggs.

Hope this helps. Good luck!
 
SuncoastKeys said:
I just stumbled upon this thread and read some of the posts. I have an emu farm and we incubate Emu eggs. To successfully hatch Emu eggs you should incubate at:
97.5 degrees
Humidity never higher than 35%
Open all air vents

I let the humidity get down to 20% before adding more water.

We have auto turners but I still open the incubator cabinet one to two times daily to hand turn. I do this so fresh air will get inside incubator. Fresh air is very important when hatching emu eggs.

Hope this helps. Good luck!
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Alright Thank You so much! I will slow down my humidity for sure and whats your opinion on emus? Do you think that they are smart? Can you train them at all? Why do you have them? :)
 
FEAREDALPHA said:
Alright Thank You so much! I will slow down my humidity for sure and whats your opinion on emus? Do you think that they are smart? Can you train them at all? Why do you have them? :)
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I. Love. My. Emus.

Train? (Not laughing at you... laughing at the thought my emus would ever be trained!!!)

We got our first two emus to help protect our flock of Welsh Harlequin ducks. We now have 10 and will be adding 2 more this year. They are just big goofy birds. They are pains in my a$$, sometimes literally. At times they seem like the stupidest animal on earth. Other times their intelligence surprises me. The males are the ones who do the nest sitting and they raise the young too. Clearly emus have their priorities straight.

In all seriousness, emus are not for the feinthearted. You must have strong fencing, at least 6 feet high, and they need room to run. Give them that and keep them fed and watered and you’ll receive back many years of enjoyment from these Jurassic Park creatures.

Did I mention they love to play in water too?
 
SuncoastKeys said:
I. Love. My. Emus.

Train? (Not laughing at you... laughing at the thought my emus would ever be trained!!!)

We got our first two emus to help protect our flock of Welsh Harlequin ducks. We now have 10 and will be adding 2 more this year. They are just big goofy birds. They are pains in my a$$, sometimes literally. At times they seem like the stupidest animal on earth. Other times their intelligence surprises me. The males are the ones who do the nest sitting and they raise the young too. Clearly emus have their priorities straight.

In all seriousness, emus are not for the feinthearted. You must have strong fencing, at least 6 feet high, and they need room to run. Give them that and keep them fed and watered and you’ll receive back many years of enjoyment from these Jurassic Park creatures.

Did I mention they love to play in water too?
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Im so in patient! HAHA I got an emu because we have land for one and my $600 conure parrot died and i just got it after 5 months! I hope it can give me the same enjoyment!
 
SuncoastKeys said:
I. Love. My. Emus.

Train? (Not laughing at you... laughing at the thought my emus would ever be trained!!!)

We got our first two emus to help protect our flock of Welsh Harlequin ducks. We now have 10 and will be adding 2 more this year. They are just big goofy birds. They are pains in my a$$, sometimes literally. At times they seem like the stupidest animal on earth. Other times their intelligence surprises me. The males are the ones who do the nest sitting and they raise the young too. Clearly emus have their priorities straight.

In all seriousness, emus are not for the feinthearted. You must have strong fencing, at least 6 feet high, and they need room to run. Give them that and keep them fed and watered and you’ll receive back many years of enjoyment from these Jurassic Park creatures.

Did I mention they love to play in water too?
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So if he hatches what should i have prepared for him/her? Should i have starter ratite feed a heat lamp? I made a emu run outside for the future already! I really hope it hatches haha!
 
1) Food: Either Ratite starter or a non-medicated starter/grower crumbles. Preferably one of the better brands.
2) Supplement with kale and spinach. Don’t let it become their main meal though.
3) Heat lamp: Keep it to one end so they can move out from underneath if they get to hot
4) Newly hatched emu chicks usually don’t eat for the first couple days until they’ve digested the yolk sac absorbed at hatch. You might have to attract them to the water and food. For water I use a white crock bowl and I float kale on top. This attracts them to peck at it and they learn to eat the kale and drink the water. For the crumbles I use a dark colored crock bowl or a shiny silver bowl- the crumbles stand out against these backgrounds, again attracting them to peck at it. I also sprinkle crumbles on a dark towel placed on the bottom of our Hatcher and/or their pen when they move to that. They are very curious so you can use the curiosity to get them to start eating.
 

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