Stuff found on emu egg

[Kaitlyn18]

I honestly dont know . did /does it flutter when you are holding still ? Or can you touch the egg without picking it up and feel it ? There is a water test for chicken eggs dont know how it would be w/ yours.

This is the first time I’ve ever felt it flutter. They say they can wiggle around now or even day 40 or even after that. I felt it flutter when I picked it up to see what was on it. Then my mom took it out of my hands and she felt it.

 

[lazy gardener]

If the embryo is dead, you may have felt it shift. I'm not saying that is albumen, or that your embryo is dead. Albumen oozing through the shell would be white, not yellow. I've never hatched an Emu! I'm merely guessing, based on my experience what may be going on. If I have any thing oozing out of an egg, it indicates that the egg is dead. How does the egg smell?

And, unless you have calibrated your thermometer, it is not calibrated. just because a thermometer says something, you can't believe it unless it has been calibrated against a good thermometer which is known and guaranteed to be reliable. I use a good digital medical thermometer which is guaranteed to be accurate to +/- .2*F, and calibrate in a cup of water to 100*. My other gold standard thermometer is an ancient mercury rectal thermometer which has a very slow response but is spot on re: temp. As for your hygrometer, did you do a salt calibration?

 

[Kaitlyn18]

Do you have white chalky stuff forming on your faucets? That's one way to tell I'd think.

My mom just told me we have hard water!!! Maybe that’s what it is???

 

[lazy gardener]

No , like the humidity is in the air then settles on the egg and dries.

The condensation from high humidity would not be hard water. When water evaporates, it leaves the minerals behind.

 

[Kaitlyn18]

If the embryo is dead, you may have felt it shift. I'm not saying that is albumen, or that your embryo is dead. Albumen oozing through the shell would be white, not yellow. I've never hatched an Emu! I'm merely guessing, based on my experience what may be going on. If I have any thing oozing out of an egg, it indicates that the egg is dead. How does the egg smell?

And, unless you have calibrated your thermometer, it is not calibrated. just because a thermometer says something, you can't believe it unless it has been calibrated against a good thermometer which is known and guaranteed to be reliable. I use a good digital medical thermometer which is guaranteed to be accurate to +/- .2*F, and calibrate in a cup of water to 100*. My other gold standard thermometer is an ancient mercury rectal thermometer which has a very slow response but is spot on re: temp. As for your hygrometer, did you do a salt calibration?

Yes my thermometer is calibrated to the temperature it should be and it stays on that temperature and if it happens to go below the heater kicks on. The egg smells normal and nothing more is oozing out. Everything that was on the egg was dried crusty and white.

 

[Kaitlyn18]

Yes my thermometer is calibrated to the temperature it should be and it stays on that temperature and if it happens to go below the heater kicks on. The egg smells normal and nothing more is oozing out. Everything that was on the egg was dried crusty and white.

My thermometer is built in to the incubator

 

[lazy gardener]

I do hope your little Emu is ok.

 

[Kaitlyn18]

The condensation from high humidity would not be hard water. When water evaporates, it leaves the minerals behind.

My mother just said we have hard water and I put a bowl of water of the water in there since beginning of incubation

 

[Kaitlyn18]

I do hope your little Emu is ok.

I hope!! I’d be so disappointed

 

[lazy gardener]

Just b/c your thermometer is built into the incubator that does not make it calibrated. You really should calibrate a separate thermometer and check it against your incubator thermometer before committing any eggs to it. Many incubator thermometers are off calibration.