If the Egg be a Rockin' . . .
(I wrote this Wednesday morning, but due to internet issues couldn't get it published until today)
Last night, we noticed that two of the eggs had cracks in them . . . but nothing happened and nothing happened . . . We got up this morning and they were in the same state.
After a few hours, I peaked in to see one of those eggs rockin' away with some much larger cracks in it:
I think it took it another hour to get any farther.
This is where I started getting excited. I got my camcorder out and started recording. I sat there several minutes urging the keet to hatch. Then Roy came along and looked over my shoulder at the camcorder. He noticed that I only had five minutes of recording time left and said, "It's not going to hatch in the next five minutes."
"Darn," I said. I turned off the camcorder and took it to my computer. I wanted to clear off some other videos from the camcorder so I would have room to film the hatching of our first egg. I had some difficulties because I have a new computer, so I had to install the video editing software. Then I had to move 1955 files from the memory card to the computer (I don't do this very often, can you tell?).
As I was in the process of all that computer work, I heard a little raucous from the incubator. It was hatching! And my camcorder was still attached to the computer! I hurried to get everything back together in time, but I only caught the very end of the hatching process. I totally missed that moment the chick broke free of the shell.
A few hours later, the next egg started rockin'. I was determined to get video of that one hatching, so I cleared a little more room on the memory card of the camcorder and started recording. Each time the camcorder reached the end of it's available recording time I erased the video and started recording again. I did this four or five times. The last time, the keet had almost broken out of its shell when the memory card reached its limit. Almost as soon as the camcorder quit, the keet hatched! Just my luck.
Here's our first two keets huddled together in the corner of the incubator. We'll move them to the brooder after a few more hatch.
I will continue my efforts to catch that elusive hatching moment with the next eggs. As soon as I get that, I'll have a little video for you to watch!
Last night, we noticed that two of the eggs had cracks in them . . . but nothing happened and nothing happened . . . We got up this morning and they were in the same state.
After a few hours, I peaked in to see one of those eggs rockin' away with some much larger cracks in it:
I think it took it another hour to get any farther.
This is where I started getting excited. I got my camcorder out and started recording. I sat there several minutes urging the keet to hatch. Then Roy came along and looked over my shoulder at the camcorder. He noticed that I only had five minutes of recording time left and said, "It's not going to hatch in the next five minutes."
"Darn," I said. I turned off the camcorder and took it to my computer. I wanted to clear off some other videos from the camcorder so I would have room to film the hatching of our first egg. I had some difficulties because I have a new computer, so I had to install the video editing software. Then I had to move 1955 files from the memory card to the computer (I don't do this very often, can you tell?).
As I was in the process of all that computer work, I heard a little raucous from the incubator. It was hatching! And my camcorder was still attached to the computer! I hurried to get everything back together in time, but I only caught the very end of the hatching process. I totally missed that moment the chick broke free of the shell.
A few hours later, the next egg started rockin'. I was determined to get video of that one hatching, so I cleared a little more room on the memory card of the camcorder and started recording. Each time the camcorder reached the end of it's available recording time I erased the video and started recording again. I did this four or five times. The last time, the keet had almost broken out of its shell when the memory card reached its limit. Almost as soon as the camcorder quit, the keet hatched! Just my luck.
Here's our first two keets huddled together in the corner of the incubator. We'll move them to the brooder after a few more hatch.
I will continue my efforts to catch that elusive hatching moment with the next eggs. As soon as I get that, I'll have a little video for you to watch!
That was just the coolest thing I have read all day. Not to mention funny. I love you guys and I cant wait to see your video if it ever works out for you!
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