Pyxis' Emu Chat Thread

[Pyxis]

Do you lock down emu eggs on day 47?

For emus there's really no real lockdown. You tap test the egg to see if it's internally pipped, and once it is, you stop turning and just leave it alone. You don't raise the humidity or anything else for them.

 

[Pyxis]

Well, I didn't get a week three update posted yesterday because I accidentally conked out before I weighed them

So how about a week three and one day update? Lol.

Egg 22 has lost 36.5 grams, and should have lost 37.4, so it's within a gram of target! Egg A has lost 45.8 grams, and should have lost 37.6 So not good at all. But, since the taping weight loss has slowed down, at least. Egg B has lost 37.2 grams and should have lost 36.1, so just a little more than a gram over. Still in the acceptable range. And Egg C, which is of course behind everyone else, has lost 22.8 grams and should have lost 22, so a little bit more than it should have but not an alarming amount.

Overall things are going well! A is a problem, but there's not much to be done about it.

 

[WVduckchick]

Oh you are the perfect one then to test and see if the Brinsea humidity pump would work with this. I looked at the water inlet port on the outside and it looks like the thinner brinsea tube and sensor would fit.

So i bought one. I don't see how the Brinsea humidity pump could work with it though, since the pump is controlled by the unit and doesn't operate on its own. unless you could add some kind of sensor to it, I'm not sure how to make that work.
I did take a neat pic of day 5 candling of a call duck egg on this bator's candler light. It's bright!
(I haven't put any eggs in it yet)

Well, I didn't get a week three update posted yesterday because I accidentally conked out before I weighed them

So how about a week three and one day update? Lol.

Egg 22 has lost 36.5 grams, and should have lost 37.4, so it's within a gram of target! Egg A has lost 45.8 grams, and should have lost 37.6 So not good at all. But, since the taping weight loss has slowed down, at least. Egg B has lost 37.2 grams and should have lost 36.1, so just a little more than a gram over. Still in the acceptable range. And Egg C, which is of course behind everyone else, has lost 22.8 grams and should have lost 22, so a little bit more than it should have but not an alarming amount.

Overall things are going well! A is a problem, but there's not much to be done about it.

Did you factor in your extra day?

 

[Pyxis]

Did you factor in your extra day?

Yep, I did!

 

[SilksterTN]

So i bought one. I don't see how the Brinsea humidity pump could work with it though, since the pump is controlled by the unit and doesn't operate on its own. unless you could add some kind of sensor to it, I'm not sure how to make that work.
I did take a neat pic of day 5 candling of a call duck egg on this bator's candler light. It's bright!
(I haven't put any eggs in it yet)
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Did you factor in your extra day?

I didn't realize the brinsea pump worked off the incubator. The humidi kit is stand alone By the way would you mind taking a pic of the fan area in the incubator. Is there a cage or guard around the fan? I am not sure I entirely believe a post I saw on facebook this morning where some chicks were injured in that incubator by the fan unit. I don't actually believe much of anything I read on FB Thought it would be great if you could help us out

 

[Mylied]

Glad most of the eggs are doing well!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Well, I ended up putting some tape on A. We'll see what happens. In 15 days, the eggs might start moving, so I might be able to finally tell if we have developing eggs or not at that time!

In not emu related news, I found my first goose eggs of the year from my Lacie goose today! Those will be going right into the incubator. And they will still hatch before the emus do

Oh, and I hatched this little one last Saturday:

Well, I didn't get a week three update posted yesterday because I accidentally conked out before I weighed them

So how about a week three and one day update? Lol.

Egg 22 has lost 36.5 grams, and should have lost 37.4, so it's within a gram of target! Egg A has lost 45.8 grams, and should have lost 37.6 So not good at all. But, since the taping weight loss has slowed down, at least. Egg B has lost 37.2 grams and should have lost 36.1, so just a little more than a gram over. Still in the acceptable range. And Egg C, which is of course behind everyone else, has lost 22.8 grams and should have lost 22, so a little bit more than it should have but not an alarming amount.

Overall things are going well! A is a problem, but there's not much to be done about it.

I hope they do better this WK!

So i bought one. I don't see how the Brinsea humidity pump could work with it though, since the pump is controlled by the unit and doesn't operate on its own. unless you could add some kind of sensor to it, I'm not sure how to make that work.
I did take a neat pic of day 5 candling of a call duck egg on this bator's candler light. It's bright!
(I haven't put any eggs in it yet)
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Did you factor in your extra day?

 

[featherz]

Hey Pyxis, I am hatching two eggs as well!! Just started tho, I'll be behind you.

 

[Pyxis]

Hey Pyxis, I am hatching two eggs as well!! Just started tho, I'll be behind you.

So glad to hear you got some! That makes three of us from the NY thread now, lol. It's an emu party!

 

[WVduckchick]

I didn't realize the brinsea pump worked off the incubator. The humidi kit is stand alone By the way would you mind taking a pic of the fan area in the incubator. Is there a cage or guard around the fan? I am not sure I entirely believe a post I saw on facebook this morning where some chicks were injured in that incubator by the fan unit. I don't actually believe much of anything I read on FB Thought it would be great if you could help us out

The FB post (in this case lol) is true! Honestly, I find it hard to imagine how/why a chick would get up in the fan, but I contacted the company and they are sending me a fan cover. I'm testing the incubator empty now (having to increase the set temp go get it up to proper temp), but will take a pic of the fan area next time I open it.