Eggs for lunch.
Hard Boiled
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Quail? Soft or hard boiled. Oops hard boiled, don't eat them all at once.
Yes Tom......No Phil. Mary has these pint sized quail in the bottom of her bird cages. She grinds the eggs up and mixes in with the feed.
These eggs aren't going to make it. When the water was down she was only 6" above water level. It rained a little and it won't be long before she's flooded out. Lots of times young ones nesting for the first time make this mistake. It's early enough that she will nest again, maybe even somewhere higher. The wood ducks around here are looking hard for hollow trees to nest in now. While having coffee this morning I bet there were 4-5 pair scoping out trees in the back yard. I put the bluebird houses
up a couple of weeks ago and have a pair nesting in one. Wrens and Oreoles will be back in a week or two.
up a couple of weeks ago and have a pair nesting in one. Wrens and Oreoles will be back in a week or two.
I hope that view isn't from the new house. I thought you moved to higher ground.
Cannabals.
Yep we are 60' higher. The goose us in the pond a quarter mile south of the old house.
Build some wood duck houses and put them in the backyard, that would be neat.
We talked about that this morning Tom. I've had 4 on another guys pond for over 40 years plus 3 at my old house. A tip for anyone with wood duck houses is to put a piece of roofing steel on the top. I also used a light steel plate at the back to hang them from. They last forever then.
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Caught her off the nest today stretching her legs. They usually get something to eat a couple times a day and wet their feathers so the eggs stay damp for better incubation. Looks like maybe 7-8 eggs. Around 28 days to hatch.
