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Lower School Emu Project 2015
In 2011, the students hatched an emu on the Lower School campus as part of the science program. Lucky popped out of an emerald green egg on St. Patrick’s Day, and Lower School students watched him grow from a six-inch emu chick into a healthy, young emu that ran really fast. Lucky now lives at Ostrichland in Buellton. Since that year, we have incubated emu eggs annually, so Laguna now have seven LBS emus at Ostrichland—The Laguna Seven!
This year, Lower School students have four emu eggs that are currently in the science classroom incubator. Thanks to the computer department, the eggs are now viewable via the LAGUNA BLANCA EMU-CAM! The live cam shows all four emu eggs which should be ready to hatch near the end of February. Emu eggs usually hatch between days 46-56; it is currently day 15 in the incubator. “Lucky hatched on day 52 in 2011,” Ms. Svedlund confirms. Last year, two of the four eggs in the incubator hatched, and Piper and Mumu are in the pen with the other young birds at Ostrichland. Piper is the largest of the cohort and therefore easy to spot.
“We now know that Lucky is a male, and after being raised by 100 children, has turned out to be a social emu,” add Ms. Svedlund. “One of the best things about having established the connection with Nikole Sanchez at Ostrichland, is that I get to go along on the egg collecting. When I drove up to Buellton last Sunday to get the eggs for this year, Lucky immediately followed us out onto the field and spent the entire time near us. Lucky is always the bird that follows the humans around, and lets people pet him, which is just fun!”
Be part of this year's Emu journey and watch science come to life on Laguna Blanca's 2015 Emu-Cam!
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This year, Lower School students have four emu eggs that are currently in the science classroom incubator. Thanks to the computer department, the eggs are now viewable via the LAGUNA BLANCA EMU-CAM! The live cam shows all four emu eggs which should be ready to hatch near the end of February. Emu eggs usually hatch between days 46-56; it is currently day 15 in the incubator. “Lucky hatched on day 52 in 2011,” Ms. Svedlund confirms. Last year, two of the four eggs in the incubator hatched, and Piper and Mumu are in the pen with the other young birds at Ostrichland. Piper is the largest of the cohort and therefore easy to spot.
“We now know that Lucky is a male, and after being raised by 100 children, has turned out to be a social emu,” add Ms. Svedlund. “One of the best things about having established the connection with Nikole Sanchez at Ostrichland, is that I get to go along on the egg collecting. When I drove up to Buellton last Sunday to get the eggs for this year, Lucky immediately followed us out onto the field and spent the entire time near us. Lucky is always the bird that follows the humans around, and lets people pet him, which is just fun!”
Be part of this year's Emu journey and watch science come to life on Laguna Blanca's 2015 Emu-Cam!
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