The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[JerseyHen]

Do hatching Emus need a steady high humidity to hatch? I keep getting nervous when the lid opens.

EEK... You took it out of the bator. Your making me so nervous lol

x2, I was wondering that too. I hope it doesn't shrink wrap, but since I know nothing about emu eggs...

 

[CibolaChooks]

The ameraucana thread has crickets chirping in it. Does anybody know Wheatens, its been so long since I've had baby Wheatens. Im thinking both male and females wing feathers start out like this but i really cant remember.

 

[Gardeningmama]

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It says Ratites need low humidity throughout, but wasn't clear on lockdown.

 

[PAchickenlover]

The live emu hatch cam is the best! I can't walk away, afraid of missing the big moment!

 

[ronott1]

The ameraucana thread has crickets chirping in it. Does anybody know Wheatens, its been so long since I've had baby Wheatens. Im thinking both male and females wing feathers start out like this but i really cant remember.

The color determines boy or girl.

Dark color equals a cockerel.

 

[aceschix]

The ameraucana thread has crickets chirping in it. Does anybody know Wheatens, its been so long since I've had baby Wheatens. Im thinking both male and females wing feathers start out like this but i really cant remember.

Yes, this looks like a boy

 

[JerseyHen]

It says Ratites need low humidity throughout, but wasn't clear on lockdown.

Found this on a page about hatching ratites:
Hatcher environments need to be adjusted to allow enough humidity to prevent shell membranes from sticking to the chick. Running the hatcher at setter humidity until external pipping and then turning the humidity up to 70-75 % RH has been successful in preventing "sticky" chicks from occurring.
http://www.pleysierincubators.com/incubation_ratite_eggs.htm#humidity

Then I found this that says much lower:
During the final stages of the hatching process and after external pipping, a relative humidity of 30 to 40 percent is recommended. It is also suggested that the hatcher dry bulb temperature be run at 0.5oF higher than the incubator temperature since the hatcher will routinely have fewer eggs than the incubator.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/poulsci/tech_manuals/emu.html

 

[Corny Caleb]

Do hatching Emus need a steady high humidity to hatch? I keep getting nervous when the lid opens.

EEK... You took it out of the bator. Your making me so nervous lol

Oh, so sorry lol, since they usually hatch in the dessert, they don't require much humidity, (20-30 percent humitidty) and I'm making sure that it doesn't go below that. In fact, i couldn't get the humidity low ENOUGH lol.

 

[JerseyHen]

Oh, so sorry lol, since they usually hatch in the dessert, they don't require much humidity, (20-30 percent humitidty) and I'm making sure that it doesn't go below that. In fact, i couldn't get the humidity low ENOUGH lol.

Phew, good to know. It makes total sense.

 

[Corny Caleb]

Found this on a page about hatching ratites:
Hatcher environments need to be adjusted to allow enough humidity to prevent shell membranes from sticking to the chick. Running the hatcher at setter humidity until external pipping and then turning the humidity up to 70-75 % RH has been successful in preventing "sticky" chicks from occurring.
http://www.pleysierincubators.com/incubation_ratite_eggs.htm#humidity

Then I found this that says much lower:
During the final stages of the hatching process and after external pipping, a relative humidity of 30 to 40 percent is recommended. It is also suggested that the hatcher dry bulb temperature be run at 0.5[SUP]o[/SUP]F higher than the incubator temperature since the hatcher will routinely have fewer eggs than the incubator.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/poulsci/tech_manuals/emu.html

Wow, we'll then, I'm going to raise the humidity...just in case lol, don't want to risk it.