Berry College 2021-2022 Nest Thread

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Good Morning Missy, Dad, all watching in anticipation ....bonjour Philjo

Weather
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022

8:39am
Dad is incubating

8:40am
Missy flies in BD,

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Dad not happy with his short egg time but gets up, vocalizes, and flies out BD

Missy takes over incubation
From DVR
7:21am
shift change; Dad arrives on LYB

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DVR
7:21am
Missy off eggs, flies out BD

Dad goes to the eggs, rolls, down to incubate

view of eggs at shift change

7:25am
IR off
7:26am
Dad up to roll eggs, reposition
End of DVR

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1:09pm
Dad incubating eggs

DVR
9:16am
Missy to BD with tiny stick; Dad doesn't move until Missy walks around him

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DVR
Missy to eggs, Dad flies out BD

Missy up 10:29am, 10:48am, 11am, 11:09am, 11:27am to toll eggs, aerate, change position
at 11:09am and 11:12am she appears to be listening; hopefully pip has started

11:58am
Dad flies in the BD with lots of nice fluff for Missy; they spread it around

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DVR
Dad in with fluff

11:59am
Missy up and to FD rails; flies off

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DVR
Missy flying out FD

close up of eggs at exchange

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DVR
11:59am
Dad to eggs, rolls, appears to listen to them also
Dad really listening at 12 noon

12:45pm
Dad up to roll, change position

1:04pm
rolls, position change, rolls gain, resumes incubation

End of DVR

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2:14pm

is it my imagination or am I seeing the start of a pip on the right egg???

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2:10pm
Missy to LYB; Dad off the eggs, very vocal; lots of conversation from Dad

2:11pm
Missy still on LYB so Dad moves back to eggs, shimmies down to incubate

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2:15pm
Dad back up, flies out BD

2:16pm
Missy walks to bole, rocks down to incubate

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3:13pm
Missy up to roll eggs, aerate; change position

no closeup view of eggs

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6:39pm
Missy is tucked in incubating for her night shift

DVR
3:46pm
Missy on nest incubating
4:12pm
she gets upland goes to find a few morsels of nestovers but doesn't find much; back to eggs
she's been very restless all afternoon ; up and down many times to roll eggs, aerate, shift position and resume incubation
5:02pm
Dad flies in over RB with more fluff

Missy backs off eggs, accidentally steps and grazes one; fleaps to LYB

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DVR
She flies off; Dad moves to eggs, rolls and starts incubating
5:21pm
Missy back to LYB; Dad is very vocal; neither move

5:24pm
Missy hops to nest, Dad gets up, flies out BD

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DVR
Missy up and down several times between 5:21pm and 6:03pm
6:03pm
Dad in BD with a tiny fish he offers to Missy; she eats it in one bite while Dad eyes the eggs but that fish wasn't big enough to give Dad any egg time

While Missy watches, Dad makes his way around and to the eggs

He rolls the eggs and gets ready to incubate
6:06pm
Dad rolls the eggs at least 4 times before he shimmies down and incubates; Missy doesn't look too happy about it