Oops bought emu hatching eggs

[Yorkshire Coop]

Egg B MIGHT have had a slight wiggle today. Or I breathed too hard while leaned in so close I was practically crossed eyed trying to see a wiggle

Any more wiggles???

Or heavy breathing?

 

[AlleysChicks]

Any more wiggles???

Or heavy breathing?

A&B had slight wiggles yesterday. Nothing from C yet but that's my trouble egg.

 

[Dinoroar]

A&B had slight wiggles yesterday. Nothing from C yet but that's my trouble egg.

Hopefully 3 will pony up and start wiggling soon… but if not 2 out of 3 is pretty exciting.

 

[AlleysChicks]

Hopefully 3 will pony up and start wiggling soon… but if not 2 out of 3 is pretty exciting.

I hope so. But I'm not super hopeful with how it's been incubating.

 

[Dinoroar]

I hope so. But I'm not super hopeful with how it's been incubating.

I guess it hasn’t caught up in moisture loss? Do people ever sand off some of the bloom on emu eggs? I’ve done it with some very thick shelled/bloomed marans eggs I hatch for someone last year. I had them in with other eggs so I couldn’t just lower the humidity to compensate.

 

[AlleysChicks]

I guess it hasn’t caught up in moisture loss? Do people ever sand off some of the bloom on emu eggs? I’ve done it with some very thick shelled/bloomed marans eggs I hatch for someone last year. I had them in with other eggs so I couldn’t just lower the humidity to compensate.

It's way behind. I thought about trying that. But I wonder if it'd be too late to try

 

[Dinoroar]

It's way behind. I thought about trying that. But I wonder if it'd be too late to try

Still has 3 ish weeks left right? Seems like if it’s way behind maybe worth a try.

ETA: I used a magic eraser cleaning sponge on my eggs… it worked well because I felt like I could get the bloom layer off without feeling like I was at risk of damaging the egg.

 

[AlleysChicks]

Still has 3 ish weeks left right? Seems like if it’s way behind maybe worth a try.

ETA: I used a magic eraser cleaning sponge on my eggs… it worked well because I felt like I could get the bloom layer off without feeling like I was at risk of damaging the egg.

2ish weeks

 

[Dinoroar]

2ish weeks

Do you have a second incubator you could run on lower humidity? I bet a combo of that and thinning the bloom could help catch it up… that is if it’s developing at all.

 

[AlleysChicks]

Do you have a second incubator you could run on lower humidity? I bet a combo of that and thinning the bloom could help catch it up… that is if it’s developing at all.

I have eggs in my other bator. And I don't really trust it too much. I've been running dry since we've had so much rain