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Pyxis' Emu Chat Thread

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Happy Birthday to all emus!!

Some time ago, Supreme Emu -- me -- decided that, like horses, all emus would have their birthday on the same day.

Why? Well, in the wild, they hatch at plus-or-minus-the-first-day-of-spring; and over time, you tend to mark their development by seasons.

[Oh wait! I get it. He is talking about wild emus, which all hatch at the same time of year.]

So happy birthday to Tooshtoosh and Limpychick, who become (young) adult emus today.
 
Hello. I sent you a message earlier and it would not allow me to send it all.

I have three emus and would love to know more about yours habits, food regimen, etc. I have lots of questions. #1 being how to deal with a 16 month old emu terrified of thunderstorms.

I hope to hear from you.

Tammy from Central North Carolina.


Pyxis said:
A couple days ago, I got really lucky and won a raffle for an emu egg. I've wanted emus for years but was dallying on actually getting them. Winning the egg has kicked my butt into gear and I bought two more eggs from another breeder to get me started and hopefully ensure I get at least one emu from this hatch.

I've decided to start this thread to journal my first attempt at hatching these amazing birds.

Today, the raffle egg I won arrived in the mail. An early morning call from the post office had me scurrying over to pick it up. It was packed very well, with foam lining the outer box and the inner box nestled safely in newspaper. The egg inside was wrapped in bubble wrap to keep it safe.

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The egg itself arrived in perfect shape and will go into the incubator tomorrow.

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It will be tagged with the number 22 so that I can tell it apart from the other two eggs when weighing. Why 22? That's the number I chose in the raffle that got drawn and netted me the egg!

This egg and the other two will go into my Brinsea 20 Eco for incubation. I will be trying to find an incubator with more headroom for the (hopeful) eventual hatch. The incubator is coming up to 97 degrees now, getting ready for the addition of the eggs.

Edit: For anyone reading through now, egg 22 hatched on 4/8/18. Eggs A and B didn't hatch, but another egg that was purchased later, egg C, did hatch on 4/20/18.
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GetFitStayFit said:
Hello. I sent you a message earlier and it would not allow me to send it all.

I have three emus and would love to know more about yours habits, food regimen, etc. I have lots of questions. #1 being how to deal with a 16 month old emu terrified of thunderstorms.

I hope to hear from you.

Tammy from Central North Carolina.
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Hi! Welcome to the thread :)

Mine aren't afraid of thunderstorms (or fireworks) but I think what I would do is firstly make sure that the one that's afraid is safely put away in their barn when you expect a storm so it can't panic and hurt itself. Then, I'd find a treat that it really, really loves - and only give it to it during thunderstorms. It was start to associate the storms with good things and the tasty treats instead of something that's scary.
 

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