Strawblady2000
04-07-2006, 02:31 PM
It truly is!
So, I'm doing my morning routine yesterday. I have a few birds on eggs right now, or going to nest soon. I have a bengie pair that I was worried about because the hen laid 7 eggs and I wasnt sure when she was going to stop. I candled the eggs (without touching them, thanks to outside-hanging nest boxes) and it was a beautiful sight. Tiny red veins and a little heartbeat. Absolutely amazing how the egg works and develops. Sometimes, before hatching one can see the chick swirling around inside the egg. This was so simple, though. Tiny heart just beating away.
The heartbeat was what really made me stop and think how amazing and beautiful and simple yet complicated things are.
<insert mushy moment here>
Also, today, I was doing my morning routine...and I have been wondering about my gouldian pair that always eats their babies. The hatch date is today. I'm expecting the worst (knowing that they always eat/throw babies out) but hoping for the best.
Froom afar, I just looked at the parents, who are sitting very tightly. I noticed them eating something...looks like the little chicks have hatched, as they were eating the shells.
All I can do is check the flight floor for babies and keep my fingers crossed. Normally I have to foster, but I wanted to give them another chance. Seems in the past, the chicks hatch, the parents eat the shells, continue pecking at the babies and then the chicks are disposed of. Its sad, but Im hopeful.
On another note, my other gould pair that I've been REALLY wanting to lay seems to be getting closer to getting it right, lol. The hen is only a year old, so this is her first season. She's laid in the nest, albeit there were only 2 eggs in there (1 laid on floor of cage) so they did not incubate. But...its a step closer, lol.
Anyways...feeling a respectful to the process of life. That little heartbeat...to see it was amazing. The Good Lord keeps me in awe and wonder every day.
So, I'm doing my morning routine yesterday. I have a few birds on eggs right now, or going to nest soon. I have a bengie pair that I was worried about because the hen laid 7 eggs and I wasnt sure when she was going to stop. I candled the eggs (without touching them, thanks to outside-hanging nest boxes) and it was a beautiful sight. Tiny red veins and a little heartbeat. Absolutely amazing how the egg works and develops. Sometimes, before hatching one can see the chick swirling around inside the egg. This was so simple, though. Tiny heart just beating away.
The heartbeat was what really made me stop and think how amazing and beautiful and simple yet complicated things are.
<insert mushy moment here>
Also, today, I was doing my morning routine...and I have been wondering about my gouldian pair that always eats their babies. The hatch date is today. I'm expecting the worst (knowing that they always eat/throw babies out) but hoping for the best.
Froom afar, I just looked at the parents, who are sitting very tightly. I noticed them eating something...looks like the little chicks have hatched, as they were eating the shells.
All I can do is check the flight floor for babies and keep my fingers crossed. Normally I have to foster, but I wanted to give them another chance. Seems in the past, the chicks hatch, the parents eat the shells, continue pecking at the babies and then the chicks are disposed of. Its sad, but Im hopeful.
On another note, my other gould pair that I've been REALLY wanting to lay seems to be getting closer to getting it right, lol. The hen is only a year old, so this is her first season. She's laid in the nest, albeit there were only 2 eggs in there (1 laid on floor of cage) so they did not incubate. But...its a step closer, lol.
Anyways...feeling a respectful to the process of life. That little heartbeat...to see it was amazing. The Good Lord keeps me in awe and wonder every day.