2016 Gosling Hatch-a-long

[servpolice]

Oh no sorry to hear. Hate that feeling when there was something wrong with the temperature, humidity etc.
I'm pretty sure my temperature was too high and low a lot of the time.
Hopefully the next batch will do better!

 

[72elizabeth]

How long will the goose sit on her eggs if they're not fertile? Will I have to take the eggs away from her? They started laying 1st week in March

 

[KuroKitsune]

How long will the goose sit on her eggs if they're not fertile? Will I have to take the eggs away from her? They started laying 1st week in March

buy now their probably rotten...been 2 months months or pretty close and they should of hatched about 30 days after she sat on them...so now their dead if any grew and are probably rotten...so i would try to break her of sitting and take the eggs or just take they eggs and let her leave herself

 

[72elizabeth]

I'm sorry I didn't keep better records. On 3/7, there were 7 eggs. On 3/13, 12 eggs, on the 17, there was a 2nd nest. One goose started sitting full time the week of 4/17. I'm not sure of the exact date. The 2nd goose started sitting 5/1. With these calculation, is it to premature to break up the nest? Thank you all for your help.

 

[servpolice]

Super nice day today meaning a gozzy update

Buff African male

The mixed breed(3 and a half weeks old)on the left and two 6 day old males

The biggest gosling who's a month old on Monday and is a female

Feast

Second oldest and second biggest gosling. Also female

Brother and sister

This is my favourite of 16 goslings. He's a 6 day old and chats all the time.

Hopefully one of the goslings will grow a dewlap in their first year

 

[Iain Utah]

72elizabeth, I have geese that figure out their eggs will not hatch after 5 weeks and others that will sit for well over 2+ months. I like to wait until they leave nest and then steal their eggs. Sometimes I bust up the nest too if they do not get the hint.

Serv. love the pictures!! Your babies are so adorable. Wish I had a few buff africans in my group. I'm getting so nervous about this weekend's scheduled hatch (2 white and 2 dewlap). Hope I can hatch at least one white baby!!

 

[72elizabeth]

Thanks Iain Utah. One goose does get off the nest occasionally, The other looks like she's cemented on the nest. She starts yelling and the ganders come running. I guess I'm gonna have to figure out a way to steal the eggs and not get attacked. I could put a dummy egg in the nest, but it's a guinea size dummy egg. Do you think that will work?

 

[servpolice]

Wish you the best with your eggs.
If there is a problem with the eggs again then it has to be the incubator.
Come on babies!

 

[Iain Utah]

Liz, good luck with stealing their eggs. FYI, I would not put a dummy egg in nest. So long as there is an egg in the nest, the goose may not leave.

Serv, Thanks! I am sooooo nervous! I had one white egg quit, so I have 4 going into hatching mode now (2 whites/2 dewlaps).

In the meantime, my surprise set of goslings are growing like weeds.

 

[servpolice]

Is the father that brown goose in the picture?