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Other Nature Related Information / Other Nature Web Cams / Re: Ostrich egg cam! Hatching now
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on: 13-Oct-13, 02:00:07 PM
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Update
October 13, 2013
Day 43
Why assisted hatching is required for Goofy
She is at high risk.
I contacted experts regarding the odd shape of Goofy's egg and her lack of progress compared to Miss Perfect, who both pipped at the same time
The problem is that Goofy's egg is not round, it is flattened, and thus she cannot rotate inside like a normal chick in the egg, so her beak cannot go to new places in the shell. I do not see how she could rotate in the egg. And for the past 20 hours she has pecked at the same spot. I believe she is stuck.
In the commercial ranching world, they would not have even attempted to hatch a malformed egg.The rancher I got her from did not realize her odd shape when he gave her to me.
The largest egg, "Goofy" is flat. 1430 grams 8-31-2013. Measurements are 4 7/8 wide and 4" the other way wide, and 6" tall.. This makes her narrower than the smallest egg I got.
(The smallest egg was 4.25" wide, but even. 1190 grams 8-31-2013 - Miss Perfect)
Anyway I am going ahead with this since this is a high risk hatch for Goofy.
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Anything Else / Totally OT / Re: Confessions of an Urban Explorer: “Damn Conscience” Rochester Subway
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on: 09-Oct-13, 11:31:17 AM
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Going by this area many, many times over the years for various Dr. visits, I was always intrigued by what the buildings were at one time. Even though the years brought much disrepair to them with broken windows, crumbling bricks, broken facades, foliage growing on the exteriors, they still looked like they were beautiful at one time and the setting was park-like. Personally, I think making this beautiful area into a vast parking lot anchored by a Costco kind of sad.
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