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EvanB (Forum Supporter)
EvanB (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/8/20 3:21 p.m.

I was mowing my back yard today and found this egg. I don't remember seeing it there yesterday, it was just sitting on the lawn near a recently cleared section of brush. 

It measures a little over 4" long. I have hawks in the area, they are the only thing I could think of that would lay an egg this large. 

Stampie (FS)
Stampie (FS) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
6/8/20 3:23 p.m.

Incubate it and find out in a few weeks?

EvanB (Forum Supporter)
EvanB (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/8/20 3:28 p.m.

In reply to Stampie (FS) :

Thought about it. I assume it couldn't hurt to put it in a box lined with straw with a lamp over it in my garage? That is about as in depth as I am going to get trying to incubate it. Worst case my garage burns down. 

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
6/8/20 3:31 p.m.

I seem to recall turkey eggs looking rather a bit like that...

Stampie (FS)
Stampie (FS) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
6/8/20 3:32 p.m.

In reply to EvanB (Forum Supporter) :

Worse case is it's a Velociraptor egg and you wipe out humanity by hatching it.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
6/8/20 3:32 p.m.
EvanB (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to Stampie (FS) :

Thought about it. I assume it couldn't hurt to put it in a box lined with straw with a lamp over it in my garage? T

No, no.  You should watch a hen for reference.  You need to sit on the egg.

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
6/8/20 3:37 p.m.

Cook it and find out? 

Floating Doc (Forum Supporter)
Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
6/8/20 3:38 p.m.
Stampie (FS) said:

In reply to EvanB (Forum Supporter) :

Worse case is it's a Velociraptor egg and you wipe out humanity by hatching it.

A friend of mine had a dinosaur egg on his shelf, and didn't know what it was until I identified it.

EvanB (Forum Supporter)
EvanB (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/8/20 3:48 p.m.

I have never seen any turkeys around here so at this point i have to assume it is a dinosaur. It is in the back room of the garage under a heat lamp so we will see what happens.

It was laying in the yard in a very obvious area, no nests I can see in the trees above it, no damage to the shell.

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr GRM+ Memberand UberDork
6/8/20 3:53 p.m.

Turtle or super large snake?

pinchvalve (Forum Supporter)
pinchvalve (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/8/20 3:58 p.m.

Dalmation?

aircooled
aircooled MegaDork
6/8/20 4:05 p.m.

Do not stand directly over it.

No Time
No Time Dork
6/8/20 4:10 p.m.

Platypus?

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr GRM+ Memberand UberDork
6/8/20 4:43 p.m.
No Time said:

Platypus?

That's silly.  Platypus are mammals.  Mammals don't lay eggs.....  oh, wait.

Slippery (Forum Supporter)
Slippery (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
6/8/20 4:56 p.m.

Duck?

Brett_Murphy (Forum Patrón)
Brett_Murphy (Forum Patrón) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/8/20 6:43 p.m.

Geese are ground nesters. Got any Canada Geese around?

Do you really want a newly hatched Canada Goose, hungry, disoriented and just looking to imprint on something in your garage?

EvanB (Forum Supporter)
EvanB (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/8/20 7:24 p.m.

In reply to Brett_Murphy (Forum Patrón) :

That could be it looking at photos. I haven't seen any geese by my house but there are definitely some in this area. I hate geese.

Patrick (Forum Supporter)
Patrick (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/8/20 7:56 p.m.

In reply to EvanB (Forum Supporter) :

 

definitely place it in the neighbor's yard so it's their problem 

 

logdog (Forum Supporter)
logdog (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UberDork
6/8/20 7:58 p.m.

Im putting my nickle on it being a Canadian goose.

paranoid_android (Forum Enabler)
paranoid_android (Forum Enabler) UberDork
6/8/20 8:38 p.m.

I think my money is on dinosaur egg.

californiamilleghia
californiamilleghia Dork
6/8/20 8:50 p.m.

snake or mongoose

kazoospec
kazoospec UberDork
6/8/20 8:52 p.m.

This guy says hatch it, it'll be fine!

Revisiting Newman's Death Scene From Jurassic Park — General Snobbery

Jay_W
Jay_W SuperDork
6/8/20 9:09 p.m.

Prolly goose egg. Fantastic omelette material. 

captdownshift (Forum Supporter)
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
6/8/20 10:24 p.m.

Not leathery enough to be a turtle or a snake, thus it's definitely dinosaur. 2020 hasn't been spicy enough, you need to hatch it and find out what happens. 

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
6/9/20 5:19 a.m.

In reply to Stampie (FS) :

Not with proper training.

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