tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660533478957028592.post5811379161071750775..comments2023-05-22T08:47:59.548-04:00Comments on Lady Holiday: MassacreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660533478957028592.post-58330283179354636952012-05-24T20:00:59.039-04:002012-05-24T20:00:59.039-04:00So you might know we have a peacock and a peahen. ...So you might know we have a peacock and a peahen. The hen recently went missing for several days and I feared the worst. But they recently became of breeding age, and as it turns out, the hen had laid five eggs and was sitting on them in a secluded spot in the woods, which is why we had not seen her in a while. <br /><br />Not really sure what to do, we left her and the eggs alone, even though we have an incubator and nice coop and have raised our own guineas from eggs in the past. Turns out, leaving them alone was a mistake as some kind of predator got to the eggs and ate four of the five. We were able to get the fifth one, incubate it, and hatch it. We're not exactly sure it'll make it, but it's made it for several days now with us taking care of it as we have the guineas in the past.<br /><br />The moral of the story should be obvious...leaving those cocoons may have just cased them to get eaten by something else anyway. We *are* part of nature, no matter how much we try to avoid it.<br /><br /><br />--DonnieDonnie Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357027036761231453noreply@blogger.com