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Tweak says, "Don't put coins up your nose"

daddyissues_ (daddyissues_) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2018-07-13 12:12:00

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abigail hobbs, dan torrance, katherine lokadóttir, miguel o'hara, ~abigail knightly, ~earnest hemingway, ~rhysand

It is my turn to announce baby news! Guys, you have no idea how excited I am.

[Ooc: The nest is smaller and carries six eggs instead.]

Aren't they pretty? Also, does anyone know when the little ones are likely to escape their shells?

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	maryanne_walker 2018-07-14 04:45 am UTC (link)
	Congratulations! You've entered in the grandmother crowd. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-14 07:44 am UTC (link)
	And that at 26. Admittedly, I don't know what to di with them yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2018-07-14 07:59 am UTC (link)
	Careful, you're going to start sounding like people from my part of the world. I'd say you have a couple of months before you have to worry about it. If they're anything like alligators they wont hatch for two months, and then Momma will probably want them around for at least eight weeks if not longer, after that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-14 08:18 am UTC (link)
	I won't give them away right now but if I already know what to do, I can prepare for it. I don't even know how raptors behave in the wild. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2018-07-14 09:00 am UTC (link)
	They're crazy smart, even in the wild. The only thing to do right now is wait and see how many hatch. All of them may not be fertilized, if they're anything like chickens and Alligators. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-15 09:38 am UTC (link)
	You mean there might not be any that will hatch? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2018-07-15 09:56 am UTC (link)
	I'm pretty sure with her laying that many that some will hatch. But some birds and some reptiles lay "decoy" eggs with the fertilized ones. Which are basically eggs in the clutch that didn't get sperm. Gah, the weird shit I remember from animal planet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-15 11:24 am UTC (link)
	Oh good. You scared me for a moment. I am already starting to fall in love with these fellows. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2018-07-15 03:32 pm UTC (link)
	Sorry. They could all be fertilized, but that'd be unusual. You'll be able to tell in a week or so if you shine a light against the shell. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-18 07:10 am UTC (link)
	Okay, thanks. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2018-07-18 07:19 am UTC (link)
	Look for a pulsing or veins, if it's just the yolk it's not fertilized. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-18 07:29 am UTC (link)
	Thanks, I will. I hope for a lot of pulsing in that case. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2018-07-18 08:11 am UTC (link)
	I will too, as many as you can handle. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-18 08:15 am UTC (link)
	I hope I don't need to handle anything unless Ama decides to abandon them which I really hope she won't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2018-07-18 08:38 am UTC (link)
	As long as they don't get lost from her for longer than a few hours, you should be good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-18 08:55 am UTC (link)
	I shall hope not! They are in a very sheltered environment. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2018-07-18 09:05 am UTC (link)
	That's true. I wonder how much of that area is monitored by cameras... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-18 09:36 am UTC (link)
	That is a great idea! I should just set up some of my own. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2018-07-18 09:50 am UTC (link)
	You'd be able to use it to check on them whenever you wanted. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Sent after a short delay daddyissues_ 2018-07-18 10:14 am UTC (link)
	I just checked. They are already pulsing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Sent after a short delay maryanne_walker 2018-07-19 03:00 am UTC (link)
	All of them? (Reply to this) (Parent)

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