Hatch Time

26 April 2010
Hatch time for the first set of eggs. 5 Emden Geese and 5 turkeys. Not sure if the turkeys are Bourbon Reds or Blue slate, think most are Slate. And the dad could be either Bourbon Red or Spanish Black. Guess it doesn’t really matter. I’m hoping to raise some of them for meat, and in the end, they will all be about the same.
Got up yesterday, Sunday 25 April, and there was one goose egg that had pipped. There is a small hole and you can see the beak and hear it whine. Sounds like a puppy almost. By the end of the day the hole had gotten a little bigger, but not much. Came home from work and the hole is bigger still, but the baby is far from being out of the shell. And no more have pipped that I can tell. Moved the incubator out of the closet and into my room so I can get to it and see it better.
I have a second batch of eggs in another incubator, 9 geese and 6 turkey eggs I think. Also put in 12 chicken eggs a week later so they should all hatch on 13 May. Some of those eggs are the Bourbon red and others are the Slate. Picked a wide variety of colors for the chicken eggs. Got the biggest ones I could, ones that were pretty fresh. Some one said to use day old eggs not the just laid ones, so that is what I did. They should be pretty. Plan to take most of them to the auction in Bolivar and try to sell them. Some of the geese and turkeys I plan to sell also. Guess I can put an add on Craig’s list, too.
Collecting eggs for the next batch. Have 12 turkey eggs and 4 geese eggs. Want them to hatch about 25 May. Right now the plan is for me to make a trip to Texas to get stuff from storage the weekend of 21 May, so want them to hatch when I get back.
Got a peach tree and an apple tree and planted them in the garden, but other than that haven’t done anything there.
On the 24th, I took my Praxis II exam for Middle school Science. Think I did good enough. With that, Will have finished all my requirements for teaching except Student Teaching, which I am scheduled to do in the fall. Excited about that.
Rained here over the weekend. The grass is really growing. Got a new lawn mower, and just need to try to keep up with the grass and weeds. And I’ll try to keep up on here and post pictures of all the new critters. See ya.
Clay