Re: Lady Chatsworth News

Ohhhhhhh....sadness abounds.  *sniff*
  

Daryl <pulis@mindspring.com> wrote:
  Maybe some crosses are fertile - are the goose hybrids the offspring of the 
Canada female or the domestic? ) or maybe I was told fibs to soothe my 
feelings, like that my pet rabbit escaped from whatever tore its pen into 
smithereens - nevermind the tufts of Thumper fur that I found a few feet 
away.

d


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Lady Chatsworth News


> Nice that it's real quiet here today and I have time to do this sort of
> thing. Here's something else...
> "Canada Goose X domestic goose hybrids have a wide variety of different
> markings, including extended white on head, red on bill, and red legs."
> I found this at
> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Canada_Goose_d
> tl.html
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> Behalf
> Of Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:21 AM
> To: 'gardenchat@hort.net'
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Lady Chatsworth News
>
> Awww.
> Well, there's always adoption.
> http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/product/goose_eggs.html
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> Behalf
> Of Daryl
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:08 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lady Chatsworth News
>
> Jesse,
>
> I've had to miss a lot of messages. Is he a wild/Canada type and she's
> domestic? If so, from what I remember, that cross is sterile. Eggs are 
> laid,
>
> but never hatch. There used to be lots of non-productive nests near the 
> pond
>
> on which I grew up. Very sad for the couple, and hard on the Mom who kept
> setting, trying to bring off a hatch.
>
> Hope the next attempt is more successful.
>
> d
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jesse Bell" 
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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 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.
>
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