ESTONIAN BS/LSE NEST 2011

I just checked the nest about an hour ago and no one was there!

These things happen fast - TG she made it back to the nest in time
My hens sometimes drop an egg on the floor if their favorite nest is taken - they just can't hold it in long enough ....

I also took a video a bit later as she was so funny - she did not dare to move!! Her first egg ever - and she has no idea what to do with it - help, someone help me! But she figures it out and layes carefully down on it!!

WOW Great!!

Quite a surprise - I didn´t expect this (yet)...

I was almost sure she would lay an egg soon as she has stayed at least two nights in the nest.
The original LSE nest seems too quiet tho.... not much activity there...

I hardly watched this cam and when I did I rarely saw the LSEs... that way I didn´t notice this like you did

our young couple got their first egg.......hurrey!!!

I think this is cool, way better than an empty nest and as we have the other BS cam with a nesting pair it is even more fun!!

I just now looked at LK forums and saw that they have named these LSE's too, the female is TUULI and the male is REMO.
Nice that they have changed their attitude there, they were almost hateful at some point when they understood that this BS nest is now a LSE nest.

Tuuli is sleeping - all is calm

caysa wrote:
Nice that they have changed their attitude there, they were almost hateful at some point when they understood that this BS nest is now a LSE nest.

Now they have the 2nd stork cam, which makes it easier to "lose" the 1st... That´s the reason, I guess.

Ricky wrote:

caysa wrote:
Nice that they have changed their attitude there, they were almost hateful at some point when they understood that this BS nest is now a LSE nest.

Now they have the 2nd stork cam, which makes it easier to "lose" the 1st... That´s the reason, I guess.

exactly

Still only one egg - I am too lazy to look in the old threads but was in not 3 or 4 days between the eggs last time 2 years ago? Maybe we can have another egg tomorrow? Or, for me this one egg is enough too as we know what is going to happen anyway.....

they have very big egg

AllyKass wrote:they have very big egg

Yes, and quite round too - I wonder how much it weighs???
A normal hen egg is about 60 grams (M-size).... This is perhaps 80 grams
Maybe google knows..... I will look later if no one knows before that.

I heard a cuckoo! (here it has been calling almost all day, too)

Men.... Do we need them?? He comes home, wakes me up - brings no food and has nothing to say. He gives me a brief look and flies off again.
Good night!!

Ricky wrote:I heard a cuckoo! (here it has been calling almost all day, too)

I heard it too but was not quick enough to record it!!

Ricky wrote:I heard a cuckoo! (here it has been calling almost all day, too)

Finally! I have been waiting for weeks. It sounds like it is not very close, but it is wonderful to hear nonetheless.

This morning when I opened this cam Tuuli was in the nest. She moved a bit and I saw 2 eggs. I thought I got a pic of them but I must have pressed the wrong keys
Well, anyway, later on I saw Remo there and the two eggs:





Remo is useless when it comes to guard the eggs
He does NOT want to lay down on them, he tramples around and steps on the eggs and all sorts. He left the eggs alone and went to get some dry grass instead. Tuuli seems to know - she wasn't away for long...

It has been 4½ days since the first egg..... No way is the younger one going to survive . Especially as Tuuli has been incubating all the time now.
I am not sure that egg #1 is completely fine.... It has been treated quite roughly by Remo, covered in frogs and so on. I have several times seen him stepping on it with his sharp and big claws. It is a wonder that it is still somewhat intact.
Remo will learn of course..... but hopefully they get at least one chick.

A closeup of the eggs - easy to say which is layed this morning....

eggs with more dots are the second one

AllyKass wrote:eggs with more dots are the second one

Are you sure????
Yesterday I already looked how dirty (and maybe even a bit broken) the egg was.
Well, I hope I am wrong and I know eggs are strong but it has looked so bad when daddy steps on them

Tuuli has been calling for Remo all day long. At one point she left the nest herself, leaving the eggs alone. She came back quite soon. But no Remo I hope he is ok - he should be bringing Tuuli food.
She seems worried and nervous - looking around and listening - but still no Remo....

maybe young lse dont know that his wife need food

AllyKass wrote:maybe young lse dont know that his wife need food

maybe not..... and it is dangerous to leave the eggs alone - as we know.... poor Tuuli!!

PHEW!!!
I just saw on LK that Remo has brought food two times this afternoon.
One reason to his absence must have been that Urmas was climbing in the trees He was changing batteries today----

a cuckoo is calling not far from the nest

Did you record it???? I would love to have it on video/audio

I didn´t record it (and now I wonder WHY I didn´t )

Ricky wrote:I didn´t record it (and now I wonder WHY I didn´t )

You use VLC, don't you?? I always have my fingers ready on shift + r (or shift + s for snaps)
You never know what you are going to see