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Abby is so cute!!!

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From our journals...

5-26-10
Last night one of the eggs hatched! Two of the eggs have not hatched yet. I hope the other eggs will hatch.

5-27-10
We are feeding our goose and giving her water. She is getting bigger. She lives in a cardboard box. She is loving it! We named her Abby. That is a pretty name.

We have to keep a light on the box to keep Abby warm. She was shivering at first.

Our New Arrival!

On Monday, day 30, or sometime early Tuesday morning, our first gosling arrived. She is yellow and brownish-black and seems to be doing well. We had a great time getting to know her. We also observed her egg tooth. By a democratic vote, our class has named her "Abby."
Thanks to Mrs. Summers and Mrs. Goodwin for their help and wisdom in taking care of our newborn.

Water Birds

Geese live near or around water. The swan, another water bird, is their relative.

Goose Facts

A male goose is called a gander. When geese fly together, they fly in a wedge.

Doing Our Jobs

We are taking turns three times a day to turn the eggs so they will stay warm. We keep the temperature just right. We also keep water in the incubator.

Patiently Waiting

On May 12, we used a math problem to figure out how many more days until the earliest date our eggs could hatch.

  23-12=11 days

Then we figured out the number of days until the latest date our eggs could hatch:

27-12=15 days

We'll keep patiently waiting!

Mother Goose

Lucy is the mother goose of our eggs, but we learned a little about the original Mother Goose, who wrote nursery rhymes. She was likely a real person who lived in the 700's. Her rhymes were first published in the 1600's. We tried our hand at updating a few of her rhymes. Here are the results:

One, two, mud in my shoe.
Three, four, I'm eating an apple core.
Five, six, a coco stick.
Seven, eight, I am a gate.
Nine, ten, a big fat hen.

Jack be strong.
Jack be wrong.
Jack be long.

One, two, an owl hoot.
Three, four, my cat ate my apple core .
Five, six, a bunny ate some carrot sticks.
Seven, eight, my dad was late to get the new gate.
Nine, ten, night has just begun.

One, two, Scooby Doo.
Three, four, Sponge Bob galore!
Five, six, Goose on Sticks!
Seven, eight, goop on the gate.
Nine, ten, that's so Raven.
Eleven, twelve, me and myself.

A Gaggle of Geese

We learned that a group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of fish is called a school. Groups of sheep and birds are called flocks. A group of cows is a herd.

Baby Gosling Names

Here are some suggestions from our class about what to name the goslings:

Hungry, Peace, Burton, Lilly, Jackson, Miley, Lucky, Melissa, Katey, Jacky, Brooklyn, Grace, Jordan, Erica, Lauren, Abby, Puffins, Zoey, Linus and Lucy, Jr., Milly, Molly, Dillon, Lady, Jack, Yogo, Bob, Thooth, Bobby, and Wilson.

We could name a whole gaggle of geese!

Check out our Pictures

Now you can see what our goose eggs look like!

What's A Baby Goose?

Baby geese are called goslings. The mother goose lays about five eggs. Lucy only laid three. The goslings will fly when they are two or three months old.

What's Inside the Egg?

We learned that a bird's egg has four parts--the shell, the albumen, the germinal disc and the yolk. It is amazing how God put everything the bird needs inside the egg!

Taking Care of Our Eggs

The eggs are in an incubator. The temperature has to be 99.5 degrees F.

Goose Eggs Arrive!

We have three goose eggs in our classroom. Their parents are Linus and Lucy. We have to turn the eggs three times a day. They will hatch in 28 to 32 days.