Re: Lady Chatsworth News

Oh darlin' - that is SO sad, I am so very sorry!  For you and Peeper!
:-(


On 3/17/06, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> 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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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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