Pyxis' Emu Chat Thread

[Pyxis]

Got egg 11 tonight!

I think I may sell one egg to finance the purchase of a 'real' emu egg tray for the cabinet. My homemade one works fine but has a smaller capacity than a real tray does.

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

What incubator are they in? What does your homemade tray look like? Trying to soak up as much info as possible I’m almost out of room in my garbage incubator and this roller turner doesn’t budge these large eggs.

 

[Pyxis]

What incubator are they in? What does your homemade tray look like? Trying soak up as much info as possible I’m almost out of room in my garbage incubator and this roller turner doesn’t budge these large eggs.
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A GQF Sportsman Let me see if I have a picture of my homemade tray (which is now full!).

Edit: Doesn't look like I have a picture. I'll try to remember to grab one next time I open the incubator.

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

A GQF Sportsman Let me see if I have a picture of my homemade tray (which is now full!).

Edit: Doesn't look like I have a picture. I'll try to remember to grab one next time I open the incubator.

That would be great! Since there is a wiggle, the GQF is doing well then. Going back and forth deciding on a GQF or a Brinsea 380. GQF is much more affordable.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

That would be great! Since there is a wiggle, the GQF is doing well then. Going back and forth deciding on a GQF or a Brinsea 380. GQF is much more affordable.

Personally, I like GQF WAY better than brinsea. Not to interrupt lol, I just wanted to voice my opinion

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

Personally, I like GQF WAY better than brinsea. Not to interrupt lol, I just wanted to voice my opinion

Good to know! In the end, we’re just trying to hatch feathery velociraptors right

 

[Pyxis]

Good to know! In the end, we’re just trying to hatch feathery velociraptors right

The velociraptors themselves were also feathery, haha. Blue, my juvenile that I hatched last year from a breeder in TX, is actually named after the velociraptor from Jurassic World.

Personally, I like GQF WAY better than brinsea. Not to interrupt lol, I just wanted to voice my opinion

Same, I wouldn't spend the big money on a Brinsea cabinet. There's no need, really. I used to have Brinseas (actually still do have an Octagon 20), but now that there are more less expensive options out there and it's not just a Styrofoam incubator or you spend big bucks for a Brinsea, I don't think I'd buy a Brinsea again.

They're definitely good incubators! Just way pricey.

 

[Pyxis]

A more scientifically accurate depiction of Blue from JW, and Blue (the emu's) namesake:

Wrists are still pronated, though. Which bugs me, haha.

(Also she isn't really even a velociraptor - the book that Michael Crichton used for research had a deinonychus skeleton mislabeled as velociraptor. So all the JP and JW raptors are really based on Deinonychus. Real Velociraptor was the size of a border collie.)

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

Need to hatch some of those

Have you ever considered cassowary? I’m completely aware of how dangerous they are, but would be quite the specimen to have.

 

[Pyxis]

Need to hatch some of those

Have you ever considered cassowary? I’m completely aware of how dangerous they are, but would be quite the specimen to have.

I think I'd draw the line there, lol. I've seen one very up close at a zoo before. My brain immediately did this thing where it told me that that was a real live dinosaur and I should not get closer. Seriously, as soon as it took some steps all I could think was 'dinosaur'.

Ostriches I'd consider. I've got a friend up here that has a pair of ostriches along with his emus and they're okay. I even petted them. Big, but don't set off 'this thing will kill me' vibes in my brain like that cassowary did.

Also they cost like $10,000 so there's that, haha.