So excited...I have 8 goose eggs in the incubator..all 8 started chirping on friday...we locked then down saturday but I see varying reviews about continuing to mist as they hatch...4 have broken their shells. Should I still be misting everyday?
My danish white geese do not want to stay in their pen...its a huge pen...lots of fresh grass...daily refilling of pool..grain daily...her nest is in the shed inclosed but they are used to free ranging it...I have never clipped their wings cause there was no need...now he is a brute cause she is...
So ine chick hatched...but there is a quarter sized piece of she'll stuck on its back...he hatched sometime last night had huge progress by 11pm..not this morning it's hobbling around with this piece of shell attached. . Should I remove it or wait...so far this is number 2 of 30...lock down...
My danish goose pair now have 8 eggs...this is their first time laying...she is not sitting on them all day just hiding them in her straw cocoon...how many should I let her have? We have an incubator...should we help her out and take some?
Update..she now has 9..
1 silkie egg has hatched last night noticed a crack and chirping..This morning a little chick very gooey...this afternoon she is very noisy...looking through the glass the other 29 mixed eggs appear untracked. ..put them in on the 30th...I shouldn't worry till about Friday right?
We put 30 eggs in the incubat or on March 31st...turned them 4x a day kept steady temp of 100f...different sites have said to do different things...
So today should I stop turning them...increase temp...and to what...add more water...thanks
Our geese will sit on her eggs she currently has lain 4. Or at leaat inhope she does its her firat time..we have 30 eggs in an incubator...buff orphangton, and silkie. The kids wanted to try hatching. Last year was our first attempt at chickens..we raised 25 free range and they were for...
Hello all, this site has been a favorite for quite awhile. I just made a profile as we are having a goose issue....we have chickens and are incubating for the first time. Our geese are laying for the first time. It's hectic here
Hello all...my danish white goose pair, 2 years old, have started to lay eggs. Her first time. Normally they run free in the yard, since Flo has started to lay eggs George is very aggressive. The kids no longer want to go out..I stand guard for the bus..
Solutions...or can I just pen then near...