Spring is the season when the weather gets warmer each day. For many animals, new life begins in Spring. <p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">📖What we will learn:</b></p> <p>1. How to hatch pigeon eggs?</p><p>2. Learning the growth of a pigeon 了解鸽子是怎么长成的</p><p>3. Choosing fertile/ˈfɜːtaɪl/ eggs 选择受精蛋</p><p>4. Using an incubator /ˈɪŋkjubeɪtər/ 如何用孵蛋器来孵蛋</p><p>5. The feeding of a pigeon了解鸽子怎么长成的</p> <p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">👉🏽Learning the growth of a pigeon</b></p><p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></b></p> <p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">👉🏽How to hatch pigeon eggs</b></p><p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></b></p> <p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">👉🏽Choosing fertile eggs挑选受精蛋</b></p><p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></b></p> <p>1⃣Make sure they're fertile eggs 受精卵</p> The eggs we find in grocery stores are not fertile and cannot be hatched.<br>Fertile eggs must be obtained from poultry farms which have roosters in their flock. <br>We may be able to buy fresh farm eggs from the internet. It's very convenient. But when the eggs are more difficult to hatch if they are treated very roughly during shipping.<br><br>词汇解析:<br>grocery /ˈɡroʊsəri/杂货店:<br><div>fertile/ˈfɜːtaɪl/受精的: able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants <div>obtained /əb'teɪnd/获得:<br>poultry /ˈpoʊltri/ 家禽: birds such as chickens and ducks that are kept on farms in order to produce eggs and meat<br>flock /flɑːk/聚集:A flock of birds, sheep, or goats is a group of them.</div><div>convenient/kənˈviːniənt/方便的:~ (for sb/sth) useful, easy or quick to do; not causing problems<br>roughly/ˈrʌfli/粗略地:not carefully or gently </div></div> <p>2⃣ Select fertile eggs wisely. 挑选受精蛋</p> Avoid excessively large or small eggs, or misshapen eggs. Large eggs hatch poorly and small eggs produce small chicks.<br>Avoid eggs with cracked or thin shells. These eggs have difficulty retaining moisture needed for proper chick development. Cracked or thin shells also make it easier for disease to penetrate. <p>3⃣An egg contains a male or female chick?能孵出母鸡还是公鸡?</p> An important point to keep in mind is that your eggs will generally hatch out in a 50:50 mix of males and females. <br>Understand that there is no way to know whether an egg contains a male or female chick before the egg has hatched. <br>you may hatch 7 males out of 8 eggs. <p>4⃣ 鸽子妈妈是怎么孵宝宝的</p> <p>5⃣蛋在鸽子妈妈的哪个部位</p> <p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">👉🏽Using an Incubator如何用孵蛋器孵蛋</b></p><p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></b></p> An incubator(孵蛋器) is an enclosure which has controlled temperature, humidity, and ventilation(通风). <br><br>Using an incubator is a good option if you are hatching chickens for the first time. <br><br>But the incubator need power source all the time. If we are hit with an unexpected power outage, it can affect the eggs, even killing the babies in the shell. <p>1⃣Choose a location for the incubator.</p><p>Avoid direct sunlight.</p><p>Connect the machine to a dependable electrical source.</p><p>Keep the incubator out of the reach of small children, cats and dogs.</p> <p>2⃣Adjust the temperature and humidity according to the instruction.</p> <p>3⃣Set the eggs. </p><p>Place the eggs carefully into the incubator. Make sure the eggs are lying on their sides. The larger end of each egg should be slightly higher than the pointy end. This is important as the embryos can become misaligned if the pointy end is higher and may have difficult pipping, or breaking through the shell, when it comes time to hatch.</p> <p>4⃣Record the date.</p><p>Chicken eggs take 21 days to hatch when incubated at optimal temperature. If it is Day 21 and your eggs haven't hatched yet, give them a couple of extra days, just in case!</p> <p>5⃣Turn the eggs daily. </p><p>When turning eggs manually, your hands must be washed and clean to avoid transferring bacteria and oils onto the surface of the egg.</p><p>Keep turning the eggs until day 18, and then stop to allow the chicks to position themselves properly for hatching.</p> <p>6⃣Candle the eggs after 7 to 10 days.</p><p>Candling the eggs is when you use a light source to view how much space the embryo occupies within an egg. After 7 to 10 days, you should see development of the embryo. Candling allows you to remove eggs with embryos that are not viable.</p> <p>7⃣Prepare for the hatch. </p><p>Stop turning and rotating eggs 3 days prior to the estimated hatch date. Most viable eggs will hatch within a 24 hour period.</p> <p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">👉🏽The feeding of a pigeon</b></p><p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></b></p> <p>鸽子蛋孵化期一般为17天左右。</p><p><br></p><p>幼鸽孵出后,公、母鸽共同分泌鸽乳,哺育幼鸽。鸽卵孵化期一般为17天左右,超出这个时间,幼鸽尚未孵出,公母鸽就会放弃旧巢,另寻新巢产蛋再孵。</p><p><br></p><p>雌雄鸽共同筑巢、孵卵和育雏。鸽子交配后,就会出去寻找筑巢材料,构筑巢窝。生产性能好的公鸽还具有“逐妻”行为,若雌鸽离巢时,雄鸽会追逐母鸽归巢产蛋。</p><p><br></p><p>雌鸽产下蛋后,雌雄鸽轮流孵蛋,公鸽每天上午9时入巢孵化,换母鸽出巢觅食、活动。下午5时母鸽入巢孵化至次日上午9时。就这样公母交替,日复一日,直到孵出雏鸽为止。</p><p><br></p><p>若发现超过孵化期还未出雏,应及时取出未孵出的蛋,以便让鸽及时产蛋。鸽是晚成鸟,与其他鸟类不同,幼鸽刚出壳时,眼睛不能睁开,体表羽毛,稀少,不能行走采食,需经亲鸽喂养;;40天左右才可独立生活。</p><p><br></p><p>野生的鸽子在条件时宜的情况下,每年最多可以进行8次繁殖,每次都会有两个小生命诞生。鸽子繁殖的频率,取决于食物的充足程度。</p> <p>1⃣Mix the formula with water</p><p>The formula should be very thin/watery at first.Use warm water to mix the formula,about as warm as you would make it for a human baby.</p><p>Days1-2:Mix 1 part formula with 6 parts water.3-4times per day.2-2.5 ml /milliliter['mɪlɪˌlitɚ].</p><p>Days3-4:Mix 1 part formula with 6 parts water.3-4times per day.3-7 ml /milliliter['mɪlɪˌlitɚ].</p> <p>2⃣Prepare a feeding syringe[sɪˈrɪndʒ]注射器;吸管.</p><p>Use the feeding syringe(a syringe without a needle)to pull up food.Poke a hole in the rubber lagre enough for the pigeon to fit its beak into.</p><p>Give the warm formula to the newborns every two to three hours using a needleless syringe or a feeding tube.Open a pigeon's mouth gently and feed him slowly until his crop is slightly rounded,but not tight.</p> <p>3⃣Let the pigeon eat enough to fill its crop嗉囊.</p><p>The crop is the pouch that sits just over the bird's breastbone,where the bird keeps food to be digested .Watch it fill with food as the pigeon eats,and aim for it to be about3/4 full.</p> <p>4⃣Feed the pigeon 4 times a day in its first week of life.</p><p>Check on the pigeon every2-3 hours during the day it is very young.If the crop is empty,feed it.You don't need to feed the pigeon at night.</p><p>Reduce feeding times gradually.</p> <p>5⃣Newborn care-The Brooding Box</p><p>Line a large ventilated [ˈvɛntəletɪd] 通风的box with several layers of newspaper and place it in a warm,draft-free spot.Keep the temperature in the box at about 37℃ until the newborn pigeons are 2 weeks old.</p> 词义解析<br>hatch 孵化<br>incubator[ˈɪŋkjubeɪtər](用于体弱婴儿或早产儿护理的)恒温箱,保育箱;孵化器;细菌培养器;<br>outlet插座 socket the difference of outlet and socket<br>plug[plʌɡ]插头 pull the plug拔掉插头<br>例句<br>Is there any socket in the bathroom?<br>卫生间里有插座吗<br>Tom pushed the plug into the socket.<br>plug this in 把插头插上<br>Jack plugged in his computer.Jack 把电脑接上了电源。 <p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">👉🏽Difference Between Pigeon and Dove</b></p> <p>Both doves and pigeons belong to the same family of birds called Columbidae</p><p><br></p><p>The difference between doves and pigeons lies in their size.</p><p><br></p><p>While doves are smaller and have a pointed tail, pigeons are larger in size and have a rounded tail</p><p><br></p><p>Both are found in almost all parts of the world</p><p><br></p><p>There are large pigeons weighing almost 4kg and there are also doves weighing as little as 22 grams.</p><p><br></p><p>The dove is symbolic of peace</p><p>鸽子是和平的象征</p> <p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">📝孵鸽子笔记</b></p> <p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">4月10日 Friday-Sunny</b></p><p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></b></p> <p>复活节彩蛋</p> <p>终于鸽子蛋顺利的来到家里了,按照商家的提示把鸽子蛋水平静置几个小时(4-23小时),孵化器也开机预热了,刚好晚上下班就可以把鸽子蛋放进孵化器了。想想孵鸽子好快啊,就十几天就可以出来了,好期待…</p> <p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">4月14日 Tuesday-Sunny</b></p><p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></b></p> <p>照蛋</p> <p>晚上9点左右,蛋放进孵化器有4天了,所以对蛋进行了照蛋,和Domi一起区分了一下什么样的是受精蛋,什么样的是非受精蛋。我们的10个蛋里面有4个没有受精,其他的都受精了。也就是说我们有可能会有6只小鸽子😜卖家一再叮嘱,照蛋之后就不要再动那些蛋了,但是快递来的时候我有11个蛋,怎么照完只有10个了😱😱😱不知道是不是我查错了,也不敢再打开啊🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔</p> <p>未受精蛋</p> <p>受精蛋</p> <p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">4月23日 Thursday-sunny</b></p><p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></b></p> <p>未受精蛋</p> <p>早上陪娃一起解剖了没有受精的蛋,从颜色上区分了一下和正常的蛋有什么区别,小朋友自己通过观察发现了很多细节问题。虽然是中文普及,可是小朋友自己聊着聊着就无缝衔接成英文了🤭</p> <p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">4月25日 Saturday-sunny</b></p><p><br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></b></p> <p>意外!</p> <p>今天是第15天,按照计划打开孵蛋器晾蛋的时候,不小心没有拿住盖子,打碎了两个蛋,鸽子宝宝都已经长好了,本来再有几天就出来了…搞的我特别难受,正好Domi这个时候醒了,我和她说了我早上的失误,小朋友特别难过的说"这么好的小宝宝!"我知道她是觉得很可惜,很难过,可是她没有直接的责备我,只是一直说"这么好的小宝宝!"。看到我也很难过她也就没有多说什么。上午我们给这两个被我误伤的小鸽子举行了一场简单的埋葬仪式,Domi给这两只小鸽子起了名字"B""R",埋葬完我问她"你最后想对小鸽子说点什么吗?"小朋友不知道该怎么表达,沉默了一会儿然后说"妈妈,你说吧!","愿你们在天堂里快乐成长!真的很对不起!"</p> <p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">4月26日 Sunday-sunny</b></p> <p>今天给即将出生的小鸽子准备了一个小窝,迎接小生命的诞生。</p> <p><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">4月29日 Wednesday-sunny</b></p> <p>第一只小鸽子出生了,beep,beep的叫着,到处找温暖,把它放进了做好的小窝,照上灯很快就不叫了,安静的睡着…哆咪给小鸽子起名儿叫"Bee"</p> <p>5月1日 </p> <p>第一批10个小鸽子全军覆没了,今天唯一的一根独苗Bee因为我喂食的时候呛到了,也死了…问了Domi是换品种还是继续养鸽子,小家伙很肯定的说还要再养鸽子,我们决定再养第二批了🤪🤪🤪</p>