Re: Lady Chatsworth News

I thought about that...I can easily get her into a large pen or the side
yard that can be closed off...but he is wild and I don't know about
that. The day her foot was bleeding and I took her into the house for a
couple of hours to doctor her and make sure she was fine, he was
freaking out and flying around looking for her. I think if she decides
to nest in the barn or the stalls like the ducks do, she will be O.K.
She had her nest OUTSIDE the barn door where the dogs, racoons, skunks
could easily get to it. And if it was bad weather...she would have to
sit on that nest no matter what!

  

james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
  That's a shame. Can they be confined for a time?

On Mar 17, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:

> Well....that is EXACTLY what happened. Her nest (this being her first
> year) was not in the safest place. When I went to check on the eggs 
> last
> night they were all GONE and her nest was destroyed. I cried. Dang it. 
> I
> know she will rebuild somewhere else...I just hope it's in a safer 
> PLACE
> this time. I was just crushed.
>
>
>
> Donna wrote:
> as long as a preditor doesn't get the eggs... betting
> it will all be fine. Congrats!
>
> Donna
>
>>
>> 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
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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