On their 250 acres of land in Maine, Erica Laurenzi was watching her dog Stella play with something that didn’t appear to be a toy as she ran about with their other dog. Stella had discovered an egg, which astonished her as she hurried to investigate.

Laurenzi was unsure about the specific type of egg Stella had discovered at first glance. The egg’s family was a mystery, but she and her partner made an effort to find them in the hopes of returning the egg to its original home.

“Amazed that they didn’t manage to break it, we went searching for a nest,” Laurenzi remarked to The Dodo. “After an hour, there was no luck. I am the biggest believer in returning it to the mother if the opportunity is there.”

 

Laurenzi searched for a nest but found none, so she brought the egg home. She had experience with bird rehabilitation, so she at least had some familiarity with the subject. She immediately started looking into the best ways to care for the mysterious egg.

“I have raised many sparrows and robins but have never cared for and hatched an egg,” Laurenzi stated. “The Googling started immediately … I knew it was an egg but was not sure what kind. We had assumed it was a turkey because we have seen them foraging on the land a couple of times.

Then later confirmed by a Google search the egg looked like a true match. I put the egg in my sports bra and drove to Tractor Supply to find the Rolls Royce of incubators. Nothing but the best to give this egg the best fighting chance.”

The egg spent 25 days in the incubator once Laurenzi got it all set up. She did a lot of research and gave it the finest care she could muster, and on the morning of her birthday, it started to hatch. Stella watched and waited for the baby turkey to hatch. She was so pleased with the egg she had discovered and wanted to assist her mother in bringing the young turkey into the world.

 

“The morning it began to hatch, you could tell she knew something was happening,” Laurenzi remarked. “We had the incubator up high on our kitchen counter out of the reach of any potential threats. By the end of the day, her and I sat side by side on our counter stools as it picked away at its egg shell. She watched intently all night long as it dried off and got its bearings.”

When the tiny turkey eventually joined the world, Laurenzi and Stella were equally enthralled. Even though they had anticipated it, they were nonetheless in awe when the turkey eventually hatched after everything he had gone through prior to his birth.

“We were pretty sure after all of our egg research that it was a turkey, but still as stunned and amazed that all that little bird needed was inside an egg we stared at for almost a month,” Laurenzi said.

Around one week has passed, and the young turkey is doing fantastic. His adoptive family is dedicated to providing him with the greatest life possible because he surpassed all the odds. “We are planning on keeping it (at our land in Maine) and making it the mascot of Lost Mile Organic, our off-grid cabin rental project that we are planning to launch next spring,” Laurenzi stated.

“Since the egg was found on that land, we plan to slowly reintroduce it to its natural habitat once it is strong and self-sufficient enough but provide it with a very lush enclosure that it can come to and from as it pleases during the day and be protected in at night.”

Stella adores her tiny turkey pal, but they mainly just keep an eye on one another from a distance. They don’t want the turkey to believe all canines or other wild animals are his friends since they intend to reintroduce him to the wild, which could endanger his safety. Nevertheless, Stella enjoyed being a part of the turkey’s conception as well as his subsequent development.

“Stella does go in and peek over the side of the brooder to check on her little friend, exchanging glances and little chirps,” Laurenzi added.

 

@lostmileorganic That time your dog comes out of the woods with a mystery egg 🤷🏻‍♀️🐣🦃 Happy, healthy, growing and warm! #babyturkey #ReadyForHell #MINDORDERING ♬ Flowers (feat. Nori) – In Love With A Ghost

 

Stella’s discovery of a surprise egg left Laurenzi unsure of what to anticipate, and everyone is delighted with how things turned out. They’ll now give the turkey the room he needs to develop, and they can’ wait to release him back into the wild, where he belongs.

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