Rural Gardening: Mama Blacktail has a new brood!, 1 by Eufaula

Eufaula wrote:


While waitng on the next Blessed Event, I decided to do a little investigating! I wanted to look at the empty Shell that baby #2 hatched from! I knew that i had pecked a hole in the "Air" end of the shell to see if the baby was still alive. I was very careful not to injure the inner skin. This way I could see movement but the interior wouldnt lose its moisture. I upped the humidity in the incu and kept it covered.

Now on examination I see that the baby did not Come out the hole I had pecked in the shel nor did it try to make it wider! It actually looks as if it pecked around the edges and then pushed with its head and feet and cracked the egg in half!