{"id":308,"date":"2016-11-01T20:09:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T01:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madeonthefarm.com\/?p=308"},"modified":"2017-01-13T07:50:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T12:50:41","slug":"saving-the-turtles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madeonthefarm.com\/?p=308","title":{"rendered":"Saving the Turtles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madeonthefarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/100_8563.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-309\" src=\"http:\/\/madeonthefarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/100_8563-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"100_8563\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madeonthefarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/100_8563-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/madeonthefarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/100_8563-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madeonthefarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/100_8563.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Back in August when a granddaughter was visiting we saw a Painted Turtle laying eggs. \u00a0That is the only time I have ever seen that. \u00a0I found out what the gestation period was and marked the calendar. \u00a0Starting a week before the date I checked 2 times a day. \u00a0I continued checking for over a week after. \u00a0Never saw a thing. \u00a0We had the girls this week end and they asked if the turtles had ever hatched. \u00a0I said no; Let&#8217;s dig them up and see what happened. \u00a0We dug out a big clump of dirt and took it apart carefully. \u00a0We found the eggs shells and 7 little turtles about as big around as a nickle. \u00a0The mother laid the eggs in heavy clay soil and I figure the turtles could not dig themselves out. \u00a0A couple looked like they were still alive. \u00a0We put them in the pond and all 7 eventually swam away or crawled up on the bank. \u00a0The picture is of a 12 year old thumb and a turtle to give you an idea of size. \u00a0Getting to share this with a 12, 10, 8 and 5 year old was pretty special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in August when a granddaughter was visiting we saw a Painted Turtle laying eggs. \u00a0That is the only time I have ever seen that. \u00a0I found out what the gestation period was and marked the calendar. \u00a0Starting a week before the date I checked 2 times a day. \u00a0I continued checking for over a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Back in August when a granddaughter was visiting we saw a Painted Turtle laying eggs. 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