Re: Lady Chatsworth News

26-28 days is what I've read.
  

Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
  So how long do you suppose til you see babies?
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lady Chatsworth News


> LOL....yeh, I won't second guess her. When she DOES sit on her nest she
> will give you a good "going over" if you get close to her. She doesn't
> want ANYbody or anyTHING to get close to her and her eggs. And she does
> a really great job of covering up her nest when she isn't there. If I
> didn't know that she had a nest and was sitting on it...I would NEVER
> know it by walking by when she's gone. Totally camouflaged. She's so
> smart. I'll try to get some pics of her on her nest and her with her
> "man". He usually hangs out by the pond now that she is on a nest.
> 
> 
> 
> james singer wrote:
> Thanks for adding uncles, Bonnie. Yes! Pictures! And Uncle Island sez 
> never second guess a Lady.
> 
> 
> On Mar 16, 2006, at 1:28 PM, Bonnie & Bill Morgan wrote:
> 
>> How exciting! Trust your Lady Chatsworth's instincts. If the eggs 
>> don't
>> hatch, she will be much wiser the next time she nests. If you get a 
>> chance,
>> please send pictures! You know Lady Chatsworth has a number of human 
>> aunt's
>> & uncles in this group!
>>
>> Blessings,
>> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Jesse Bell
>> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:59 PM
>> To: Gardenchat
>> Subject: [CHAT] Lady Chatsworth News
>>
>> Well, our Lady Chatsworth has six eggs so far in her nest. What 
>> concerns me
>> is the fluctuating weather...from warm to really cold..and she does 
>> not seem
>> to be sitting on them for long. When she leaves her nest, she covers 
>> the
>> whole thing up with dirt, sticks and leaves so nobody can see it. But I
>> don't know if that is enough insulation to keep them warm.
>> This is my first goose so I have no clue. I DO know that our guineas 
>> take a
>> week to lay around 20-30 eggs and don't sit on them until the last egg 
>> is
>> laid, then they start sitting on them. But they don't start that until 
>> April
>> sometime. Our ducks are beginning to nest as well.
>>
>>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
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> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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