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Barnyard Buddies:  a little project/wish me luck-no luck/no hatch  |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 24 2007 : 5:17:13 PM
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I bought 4 goose eggs from a lady in Ocala, FL last weekend..I got them home and have them on a heating pad and also with a 60 watt bulb over them..trying to maintain a 99 degree temps...turning the eggs 4-5 times a day and giving them a 15 minute a day "cooling" period. ..yes, I did some research online..
also about once a day I moisten them ever so slightly by putting a little lukewarm water on my hands as I turn them. I only do that about 2 times a day .
Anyhow..wish me well..I'd be delighted if just one of them hatched out, but of course I'm not holding my breathe.
But at only $2 I didn't figure I had too much to lose on giving it a try.I'm on day 6 today on a 29-34 day project.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
Edited by - Tina Michelle on Mar 22 2007 1:09:51 PM |
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vintagechica
True Blue Farmgirl
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Eren
Poolville
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 24 2007 : 5:23:10 PM
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Oh man! xx xx fingers crossed that you are a goose mama soon! Cant wait to see some photos.
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2007 : 6:37:12 PM
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I'm keeping my fingers crossed too. :0)of course it's a challenge trying it this way..but at least I can come away from it saying"I tried"
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
367 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2007 : 6:49:30 PM
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MMmmmm if that works, I might try that to get my silkie babies. My fingers are crossed.
Farmgirl and mother of 2
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2007 : 6:56:37 PM
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I've used a regular people thermometer stuck under the egg LOL to see if the temperature was 99..so far it is maintaining at about 99.3..just a tiny touch warmer than the recommended 99. So I have been giving the eggs the recommended 15 minute per day cool down time too.
If anything..my research has been quite fun on this..and very intriguing.
I'm an inquisitive one anyhow..and like a challenge..so this one certainly shall be just that.
I'll keep ya'll posted...whether we meet with success or a batch or rottens..(yeah eewe gross! LOL)
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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babs
True Blue Farmgirl
226 Posts
Babette
MN
USA
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2007 : 05:46:41 AM
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Tina, good luck, hope it works. Positive feelings coming your way!
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2007 : 08:26:48 AM
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thanks.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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happymama58
True Blue Farmgirl
1210 Posts
Patti
Missouri
USA
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EmmJay
True Blue Farmgirl
352 Posts
Mary Jane
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Canada
352 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2007 : 07:05:19 AM
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Good Luck 
Don't give up and PLEASE keep us posted.
What I did with chickens last year, was kept a spray bottle and filled it with warm water to mist the eggs once a day. They should be kept humid.
"Thank GOD I'm a country girl"
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gregs_lil_farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
219 Posts
birdi
hartford
me
USA
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Posted - Feb 26 2007 : 07:48:15 AM
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Good luck, Tina. By the way, off the subject...do you have a favorite color? I am going to send some thing and would like to try to match ya.
-Simple pleasures make my heart smile- |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2007 : 08:43:58 AM
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thanks gals..
Birdi ..my fave color is yellow..It just is a really cheerful sunshine color.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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shelle
True Blue Farmgirl
404 Posts
Shelle
oklahoma
USA
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2007 : 11:27:26 AM
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I'm on day 8 so far...about 20 or so more days to go.They are supposed to start hatching at day 28-34.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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FarmGirl~K
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Kelly
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 26 2007 : 12:54:25 PM
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| Good Luck Tina. We did this successfully with lizard eggs one time. But ours we had to leave in the same position so they wouldn't drown in their own sac. They were so cute when they came out. I can't remember how long we incubated them for. You will have fun when the babies hatch. Remember, you will be their mom. Are bird eggs like reptiles in that the temp. determines the sex of the hatchling? |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2007 : 2:29:18 PM
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I have no idea about the temperature determining the sex of the bird..maybe someone else might know.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2007 : 8:33:42 PM
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looked this evening with a bright light and 3 of the 4 eggs appear to have some development going on in them..we'll see what happens!
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2007 : 8:37:24 PM
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Tina,
Is the bright light the Farm Girls way of doing an ultrasound ? :) And the bright light is the modern version of candling.
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2007 : 8:52:16 PM
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lol well I guess so..it was a 60 watt bulb and I cupped my hands around the egg..I could see the air sack and something darkish shaped like in the eggs... in 3 of them.
so yep..I guess I did a farmgal ultrasound today LOL
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2007 : 2:56:55 PM
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already to day 24 today on this project..one egg appears to be clear with no color in it when held to a bright light, but 3 eggs all have a darker color and the air sacks have enlarged a bit...now I certainly hope that the darker color doesn't mean rottenness..eeew. that would be just disgusting!
If and this is a big "IF" these eggs actually do...the "pipping" is supposed to begin in about 4 more days.
Tomorrow begins the "do not turn the eggs" phase.
It has already been an interesting project.
I turn the eggs about 3 times a day and each time I'll get them wet a little bit to keep them moist enough to provide some humidity.
Who knows??? in a few days we'll find out one way or another if this actually has worked.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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LadyCrystal
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Alicia
Rhode Island
USA
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Posted - Mar 14 2007 : 3:50:47 PM
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Hi Tina,
Sounds like your experiment is going well. The clear egg is going to be no good. The chick never developed in that one. The others sound good. I bet in a few days you can start to hear some chirping. I'll keep my fingers crossed that nothing goes wron with the hatching. Good luck,
Alicia
http://fromcitytocountrygirl.blogspot.com/
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
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Posted - Mar 14 2007 : 6:09:21 PM
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Oh Tina, How neat!! Heres hoping you become the newest Mother Goose! Keep us posted!!!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2007 : 10:29:33 PM
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now mind ya'll I have no idea what I'll do with these babies if they hatch "in the city!!!" haha..but at least I'll have had the chance to say.."I tried it!"
Now right around the corner from me is a large goat farm with about 200 goats and 2 old nearly blind donkeys(donkeys with cataracts)..in a residential area...this goat farm is directly behind a resturaunt off the highway..it has been "grandfathered in" and has been there for over 30 yrs! It's only one street over, and about a city blocks length away...not very far at all..actually they used to have roosters in the area too and we used to hear the roosters every day.
I'd think that if the folks have tolerated that for 30 yrs..what's one baby goose... huh?...but of course I do know where there are other geese....in fact right in town in another residential area there is a large duck pond and there are muscovy ducks and toulouse geese kept there and folks take them cracked corn and bread scraps., etc...so..if I'm not able to keep any here..well..I will have a place that it/or they can go and be fed and folks can enjoy seeing it/them..."if" it/them even hatch out.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2007 : 11:34:41 PM
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Any cheeps yet, Tina? That's so exciting!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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Barnyard Buddies: a little project/wish me luck-no luck/no hatch |
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