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So last night I put the second gosling in with the first despite the other eggs having pipped. There just isn't enough room for both of them to hatch plus the 2nd gosling to remain in there. I made sure to spray water inside and not linger with the lid open. My mom woke me up saying she was...

Thank you. The second one hatched and a third started as the second was drying XD It's exciting. The second one is another mini gus lookalike lol

It is a mini gus! Don't know whether male or female but still adorable!!! We removed it and its egg after it dried through the night to give the others some room. And theres another one pipping. We heard it chirping and I even saw a large egg movement. Wonder if it'll look like Gus or if we'll...

We removed the foam casing around it earlier to get a better look as curiousity won and I wrapped the incubator in a towel and it's kept up temp and humidity. I was internally screaming when I went to do a final night check on the humidity and temp. Soooo freaking cute!!! I know its still wet...

We have one pipping! Noticed an egg shell piece hanging from an egg. Unfortunately the way i placed the eggs I left a gap between each row of 3 eggs with the wider sides of the eggs facing the middle so there not bumping and moving the others as much so its hard to see whats happening. Notes...

Candled the 2 goose eggs under the broody hen. Both have very clear movement. Which is a relief. Little miss Gizzy stood right next to me at the baby gate nibbling my shorts and rubbing against me. Probably wants in there to chase her out. Trying to patiently stalk the hatcher incubator lol...

Today is officially day 28 on batch #2. I candled them the day before lock down which I started day 25 because it's what my mother wanted and 4 still had movement. Not to hopeful on the 2 that had no movement but their going through lock down anyways. I attempted to candle broody hen's eggs a...

Yup only 3 more XD As long as Gizzy doesn't lay anymore. I think she's laid 19 eggs so far this year? But again she tends to make a liar out of me lol For all I know when I go out to feed in a few hours there will be another pile of chicken eggs with a single goose egg again. I won't miss her...

Batch #2= 6 eggs still seemingly doing well candled yesterday 5 noticeable movement 1 candled again this morning and maybe movement? It was tiny lol. Batch #3 was a dud single egg. Batch #4=2 eggs under a broody hen I attempted to candle then but it wasn't dark enough in the coop so I'm not...

It's strange they could be good the first time and bad the next. It's good they store up before hand. I'm not afraid of any of our flock but I am cautious about our Gander and our Rooster. Though we do only have 4 girls that let me interact with them while their on the nest. Our light brahma...

We only have 4 out of 9 "tame" hens lol. 3 Black Australorps and 1 Buff Orpington. I figured with having given her goose eggs since they take longer than chicken eggs I might as well check for new eggs under her atleast until I know the goose eggs will hatch first.

I'm glad all seems normal. Shes our first ever broody hen. Okay I'll take a peek into the nestbox whenever she leaves the nest. I do so anyways to see if she has any chicken eggs under her. I'm working in the coop the next few days. Doing full spring cleanout, removing any of the winter...

I've read alot about broodiness and I can't help but wonder if this is a good broody or bad broody hen lol. To begin with. I didn't notice any sign of her going broody it just sorta happened that she was missing one morning and I found her in the nesting box. I gave her 2 goose eggs after one...

Gizzy laid another egg making her count 17. And we have our first ever broody hen. So the latest 2 goose eggs were given to her. Shes a Black Australorp. I dunno if shes Onyx or Nox. But either way shes one of our sweeter girls. She didn't try to tear my hand off when I was switching out the...

All 6 are showing movement! Batch 3 still not seeing anything. And I also got another goose egg from Gizzy the other day but I'm wait a few more days to put it in.

Update! Candled batch 2 which is 6 eggs. I'm counting egg number #7 as its own batch since it was started almost a week after. No new eggs since. ANYWAYS!!!! All 6 have veining and I could visibly see movement in 5 of them! SO exciting. Last batch there was only 1 visibly moving.

False on the leave the flock alone part. It may be true that the hawks wont go after the black ones usually but sadly we have red tail hawks that have gone after gold lace wyandottes and buff orpingtons despite having 4 black australorps. But I love the black australorps just because of their...

Cute! I want to expand into other breeds of chickens but its hard convincing my mother. She thinks 10 is enough.

Also accidents happen. I numbered the eggs as she laid because we only have her laying but I'm sure its alot more difficult having multiples. Personally I would love to have another goose or 2. No more ganders though. I have enough to deal with our gander Gus lol

We only have a single pair of geese. Our girl Gizzy didn't seem to go broody either. I would have let her sit if she did. Or one of our chickens. This year was mainly to experience incubating and someone we know said they would take 2 if we could hatch them. Next year though maybe sell. We...