GarnerZoo
Chirping
- May 22, 2015
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My Welsh Harlequin has been sitting on eggs and they're due sometime between tomorrow and Tuesday, I went out to check on the female today and our male came quaking across the yard really fast and loud. I thought this was odd as he never goes over there, he's usually on the other side near her or our chickens (they're in a coop and he sits at the door). When I walked around the corner from where he came from I saw a squirrel on the fence, I thought he was just chasing it off but then our dog ran towards it and stopped by where the egg was. The shell was ripped apart like it had zipped and I thought maybe it had hatched early and somehow made it across the yard (wishful thinking I know) until I saw that it was also like the egg..My question is, was it the squirrel or sometime else? I know the other day that some crows tried to get an egg, they didn't break it so I put it back under her and she sat on it for a day until it showed up again but this time broken and also dead. A blue jay was by it this time and our male was trying to chase it off.
I don't know what to do as they are due in a day or so and I don't want anymore being killed. The Blue Jay got some of the eggs when she first started to lay them and the crows know she is there as well as the squirrel. How do I know what got it and how to stop them from getting more. It's so close to hatch date, she used to have 21 eggs and now is down to 14.
I don't know what to do as they are due in a day or so and I don't want anymore being killed. The Blue Jay got some of the eggs when she first started to lay them and the crows know she is there as well as the squirrel. How do I know what got it and how to stop them from getting more. It's so close to hatch date, she used to have 21 eggs and now is down to 14.