RE: Lady Chatsworth News

She didn't move it cause you found it did she?

Donna

--- Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> 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 <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> 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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