COLUMBUS ~ APRIL 2011, PART 1

SusanE · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:38 am

Ah geez, still 3 eggs and all scattered. Durand still sitting on Scout's cam at this hour. I should start another poll: Will any of the eggs hatch? yes or no. :egg16:

Edit: She must have flown while I was typing. Don't see her now.

SusanE · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:18 am

Seriously, how many of you have leaned forward and to the left to try and see if there is a 4th egg just out of cam view on the right?

rosekk17 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:30 am

SusanE wrote:

Seriously, how many of you have leaned forward and to the left to try and see if there is a 4th egg just out of cam view on the right?

I wish the cam was on a pivotal head so that we could move it around

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64268

SusanE wrote:

Ah geez, still 3 eggs and all scattered. Durand still sitting on Scout's cam at this hour. I should start another poll: Will any of the eggs hatch? yes or no. :egg16:

Edit: She must have flown while I was typing. Don't see her now.

How about something more basic...will the eggs end up in the same scrape!!!!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64268

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...Well, she's managed to pull #2 and #3 together...

I missed her going into the box, so I don't know how she did it..

SusanE · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:59 am

I was watching when she landed, echupping. She scraped around all over the place, then rolled #2 with her beak down the "hill" into the bowl.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64268

well, at this rate, she's gonna roll them on out the door..I can barely see her now...

SusanE · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:02 am

Sounds like gunshots! :egg14:

Durand is definitely startled and looking around!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64268

geeeeeeeeez...now one is out of view...

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64268

Yup....she's still looking around right outside the box...

position of the eggs before the egg "move" toward the door..

I will PAY someone to go out there, dig a really DEEP scrape (with unscrapable sides) and put the eggs in it!!! :egg7:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64268

On the ledge now... :sigh

SusanE · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:26 am

Did anyone else hear what sounded like two gunshots?

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64268

Here's MY $64,000 question..

How long can unincubated eggs remain viable (if they were viable to begin with) before they are no longer "good"... :egg16:

(I'm sure temp will have something to do with it..)

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64268

SusanE wrote:

Did anyone else hear what sounded like two gunshots?

I did, Susan....but Until you said something, I thought it had come off the Axel cam..(cuz, I've heard just about everything else with that cam..)

SusanE · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:32 am

skygirlblue wrote:

Here's MY $64,000 question..

How long can unincubated eggs remain viable (if they were viable to begin with) before they are no longer "good"... :egg16:

(I'm sure temp will have something to do with it..)

Yeah, been wondering myself. I don't think these eggs have had even one minute of warmth since they were laid.

SusanE · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:35 am

OH, there's another one! Scared the c.r.a.p. out of Durand . . . and me too!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64268

Which may be a good thing, since no development has started...don't know what happens during the night...(well, yes I do..nada..)...and I don't remember what the night temps have been..

DANG...did you hear that...I jumped out of my chair...

Dutch Eagle Fan · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:38 am

Maybe they have had too much warmth ? ! They have not been covered when the sun is shining on them. Overheating can do more damage I think.
Also the fact that they hardly get rolled over doesn't make me optimistic about the viability. :egg15:

The fact that the male is not at all tending to them either is another negative factor.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64268

Good point, DEF...I guess this just may be a learning year for the both of them...and for us...but, I'm still rooting them on...

If there is gonna be egg #4...I'm guessing late today or we'll wake up to it...if her instincts kick in, then maybe eggs #3 and #4 will have a shot...

Off topic...I've also got the Axel cam open....that baby in the egg is soooooooooo loud...and the pip is soooooooooooo small....its amazing...

catwoman · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:46 am

skygirlblue wrote:

Good point, DEF...I guess this just may be a learning year for the both of them...and for us...but, I'm still rooting them on...

If there is gonna be egg #4...I'm guessing late today or we'll wake up to it...if her instincts kick in, then maybe eggs #3 and #4 will have a shot...

Off topic...I've also got the Axel cam open....that baby in the egg is soooooooooo loud...and the pip is soooooooooooo small....its amazing...

And if you can catch mom off that egg, you can see movement thru that little pip! :egg5:

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