Lovebirds on Wed May 27, 2009 9:10 am
Well, I now have my second oops baby. Poppy was the first and I THOUGHT the only............GEEZZZZ
The last time my widowhood birds were together was April 30th, the day I shipped the last race. I can't really remember, but since I only shipped 2 birds, I think I must have let the rest of the birds stay together that Thursday, Friday, Saturday and possibly Sunday. So that would have been 30th, 1st, 2nd and 3rd of May. They've been separated since then.
One morning, don't remember when and I didn't write it down anywhere, when I went to clean, there was a hen sitting on an egg in the floor. They do this all the time, so no big deal. I throw the egg out, go get a nest bowl and dummy egg for them to sit on. Of course, I know that there will be 3 more eggs to come, but since it's HENS only, I didn't bother switching out the eggs. They've been sitting on them faithfully since then.
So.........this morning I go in to clean and I see 1/2 of an egg shell and think, dammit, they've broken an egg and now there's a mess and I'll have to take the hen over and give her a bath. I bent down to pick up the egg shell and saw that all familiar "stuff" that the baby leaves in the egg, and said "OH CRAP!!!"...........picked the hen up and sure enough, there's a tiny yellow fuzz ball.......
THEN, I freak because there's 2 more eggs in there and I'm thinking........not ONE but there's going to be TWO MORE of these little buggers................ Thankfully, the other two eggs were clear, so they're gone now and I have one tiny baby............
I know how you feel though... when you think you are worry free and then you get a fuzzy surprise! 
Your newest teeny weeny granchild. 
Gladys
Just shows to go ya, that even the "experts" can be surprised!! 
