Most emu chick health issues can be prevented through healthy prenatal nutrition or chick nutrition.  Some things we have been asked about:

We don't normally assist emu chicks when they are hatching because the action of their struggling out of the shell helps to pull the yolk sac up into their body.  If an emu chick is positioned correctly, their head and beak will be towards the air space in the egg.  If their tail is towards the air space, they are malpositioned, probably cannot 'sound' or break into the air sac and will suffocate before being able to hatch.  Whistling or chirping is a sign that an egg has sounded, but is no guarantee that the chick is not malpositioned.

If you suspect you have a malpositioned chick (the egg is overdue for hatching) you can open the cool end of the egg (air sac), wet a finger and feel for the beak through the membrane.  Don't break the membrane.  If you cannot find the beak, you can make a guess as to where you think it is and carefully open another hole elsewhere.  The membrane will often be brown where the beak is trying to break through.  Make an air hole here so the chick can breath.  Let the chick hatch on it's own if at all possible.  Sometimes the head is between the legs and it needs more help, but this is a judgment call you will have to make.  After you have made a breathing hole for the malpositioned emu chick, give it a couple of days to hatch on it's own before giving further assistance. 

- If a chick is hatched (whether with your help or not) and the yolk sac has not been drawn up into it's body, it is going to die.  I have been told that if only a small amount of the sac is out, you can lubricate the area with a disinfectant ointment and push it into the naval.  Then wrap the chicks body in plastic wrap and a bandage for a couple of days to allow it time to absorb the sac.  I do not know if this will work or not and offer it here only as hearsay.
- the head retracts back until the beak is pointed upwards or over it's back.  There may be head tremors.  Sometimes the chick chirps excessively.  This theory is that high weight loss dehydrated the egg and that nutrients have not been absorbed properly. 

Prevention:  Give electrolytes in the water, expose to sunlight.  Treatment is Vitamin B complex shots. 

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