Emu Egg Hatch-along

[Slothinc]

Finally a good update!!! Today I am almost positive that I saw wiggles in the two eggs that were purchased locally! I had nearly given up. But they are on day 33/34 today and hubby and I both saw wiggles. I’ll be watching them again closely over the next few days to confirm!!!

 

[Strawberry74]

Finally a good update!!! Today I am almost positive that I saw wiggles in the two eggs that were purchased locally! I had nearly given up. But they are on day 33/34 today and hubby and I both saw wiggles. I’ll be watching them again closely over the next few days to confirm!!!

Yay! I am so excited for you! The first wiggles are so exciting!!

 

[Slothinc]

Yay! I am so excited for you! The first wiggles are so exciting!!

It really was so exciting and actually pretty unexpected because I have been watching them nearly every day for about a week and hadn’t seen anything. But they both wiggles independently of each other so I don’t think it was a table bump or anything… excited to try again today!

 

[Slothinc]

@FNF Today I am almost positive I saw your two eggs wiggle!!!!!!! I am so excited!!! After over a month of wondering and waiting and just feeling like nothing was happening, now I quite possibly have 4 chicks developing in these eggs!!! (And the last 2 I have are a week behind, so it is possible that they will start wiggling in the future, not sure!)

Also, since I have been keeping the incubator around 50% humidity, they are losing closer to the 15% mark. Fingers crossed that they will be able to hatch despite having the incubator too dry for the first couple of weeks!

 

[FNF]

@FNF Today I am almost positive I saw your two eggs wiggle!!!!!!! I am so excited!!! After over a month of wondering and waiting and just feeling like nothing was happening, now I quite possibly have 4 chicks developing in these eggs!!! (And the last 2 I have are a week behind, so it is possible that they will start wiggling in the future, not sure!)

Also, since I have been keeping the incubator around 50% humidity, they are losing closer to the 15% mark. Fingers crossed that they will be able to hatch despite having the incubator too dry for the first couple of weeks!

Omg I’m so happy to hear that!! Keeping fingers crossed!!

 

[Slothinc]

Omg I’m so happy to hear that!! Keeping fingers crossed!!

I hope so hard that we get some Fred and Ethel Jrs!!!

 

[FNF]

I hope so hard that we get some Fred and Ethel Jrs!!!

I’d love more grand-chicks

 

[Strawberry74]

@FNF Today I am almost positive I saw your two eggs wiggle!!!!!!! I am so excited!!! After over a month of wondering and waiting and just feeling like nothing was happening, now I quite possibly have 4 chicks developing in these eggs!!! (And the last 2 I have are a week behind, so it is possible that they will start wiggling in the future, not sure!)

Also, since I have been keeping the incubator around 50% humidity, they are losing closer to the 15% mark. Fingers crossed that they will be able to hatch despite having the incubator too dry for the first couple of weeks!

Very exciting!!

I can confirm wiggles in three as of today. I had thought I had seen wiggles in the other 2 at some point, but either they are sleeping or I was seeing things

 

[Slothinc]

So I am almost positive that I have wiggles in 4 of my eggs - the two from FNF and the two that I bought locally! They are around 37 days now. I am so thrilled that babies are growing!!!!

The last two eggs I have are a week behind and when I pulled them out to watch for wiggles, egg number 5 felt very different… immediately the feel and sound of the egg was different. Like porcelain. Which is something I had read on other emu threads. From my understanding, it means that either the egg is about to hatch (this one is definitely not ready to hatch!) or it is bad. Because it starts to sound like that when the air cell membrane detaches from the wall of the egg. So there is not much hope for that egg now. I did put it back in the incubator because it doesn’t stink, but after being so familiar with how these eggs feel over the last several weeks, this one is definitely off.

Its companion egg still seems normal. Crossing fingers it might be all right. Still no wiggles seen in that one but it is still fairly early as they are at 30 days.

The first 4 that I set should be hatching around Easter, if they continue well!

 

[WingItRanch]

So I am almost positive that I have wiggles in 4 of my eggs - the two from FNF and the two that I bought locally! They are around 37 days now. I am so thrilled that babies are growing!!!!

The last two eggs I have are a week behind and when I pulled them out to watch for wiggles, egg number 5 felt very different… immediately the feel and sound of the egg was different. Like porcelain. Which is something I had read on other emu threads. From my understanding, it means that either the egg is about to hatch, or it is bad. Because it starts to sound like that when the air cell membrane detaches from the wall of the egg. I did put it back in the incubator because it doesn’t stink, but after being so familiar with how these eggs feel over the last several weeks, this one is definitely off. Its companion egg still seems normal. Crossing fingers it might be all right. Still no wiggles seen in that one but it is still fairly early.

The first 4 that I set should be hatching around Easter, if they continue well!

Yay!!!!!