Pyxis' Emu Chat Thread

[SilksterTN]

Egg C wiggled tonight

 

[AmberKnits]

Oh my goodness, the suspense...

So 3-10 days left?

 

[Pyxis]

Oh my goodness, the suspense...

So 3-10 days left?

Hopefully! Could hatch as soon as Saturday, or technically it could go as long as until day 62 so that would be 4/20. I doubt that though with the temperature I have been using.

 

[SilksterTN]

Hopefully! Could hatch as soon as Saturday, or technically it could go as long as until day 62 so that would be 4/20. I doubt that though with the temperature I have been using.

 

[lazy gardener]

After hatch, then what? Do they need a brooder/heat? How much heat, how long? Then, what is your plan for them?

 

[Pyxis]

After hatch, then what? Do they need a brooder/heat? How much heat, how long? Then, what is your plan for them?

Yes, they do need heat and a brooder. I have a 'chick nursery' corral set up for them with indoor/outdoor carpeting as the floor (they are prone to leg issues so they need something with a really good grip at first) and a heat lamp. They need heat for about two to three months. Generally once they lose their stripes and grow in their 'real' feathers they can come off heat.

Eventually when they no longer need heat they'll be moved outside into a big 120' by 100' pen with their own housing. They'll share the run with some chickens and other poultry and double as livestock guardians.

 

[AmberKnits]

Hopefully! Could hatch as soon as Saturday, or technically it could go as long as until day 62 so that would be 4/20. I doubt that though with the temperature I have been using.

Okay...thank you. I needed to know when I should clear my schedule for, since I’ll need the whole day to keep checking this thread.

 

[AmberKnits]

Yes, they do need heat and a brooder. I have a 'chick nursery' corral set up for them with indoor/outdoor carpeting as the floor (they are prone to leg issues so they need something with a really good grip at first) and a heat lamp. They need heat for about two to three months. Generally once they lose their stripes and grow in their 'real' feathers they can come off heat.

Eventually when they no longer need heat they'll be moved outside into a big 120' by 100' pen with their own housing. They'll share the run with some chickens and other poultry and double as livestock guardians.

Do you have the pen all set up? The weather has been miserable. I know I have some outside chicken and rabbit related jobs to do and I’ve been procrastinating.

 

[Pyxis]

Okay...thank you. I needed to know when I should clear my schedule for, since I’ll need the whole day to keep checking this thread.

Lol! I wish I knew what day to take off work Just gotta hope they decide to hatch when I'm around.

 

[Pyxis]

Do you have the pen all set up? The weather has been miserable. I know I have some outside chicken and rabbit related jobs to do and I’ve been procrastinating.

Not yet, the snow has made it impossible to do outside projects. The pen will also be the run for my brahmas, so I would have been putting it up either way at least, lol, and it's not something I have to do only for the emus. Just gonna use taller fence than I would have otherwise.