NevadaEmma
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- Mar 24, 2021
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My goose finally started laying eggs. Last year she said her first in January. She has three in the nest. When I went to check on her in yesterday her three eggs were covered in hay stuck on the egg yolk covering the eggs.
After a bit of searching I found some egg yolk near the other eggs but very little shell.
I thought possibly one of the chickens had laid an egg in her nest (that happened last year, so cute) and somehow it got crushed or the goose broke the egg somehow.
I have two questions:
First do geese egg their own broken eggs like chickens do?
Second, should I clean the eggs or leave them soiled?
I change the bedding in the goose house which is why I know there were very few shell pieces. No new eggs today.
Last she laid probably 40 eggs over a few months, but none hatched, she never sat one them. I put several in my chicken incubator and did hatch 4 successfully. She and her mate would have nothing to do with the chicks, but the "uncles" were very attentive.
After a bit of searching I found some egg yolk near the other eggs but very little shell.
I thought possibly one of the chickens had laid an egg in her nest (that happened last year, so cute) and somehow it got crushed or the goose broke the egg somehow.
I have two questions:
First do geese egg their own broken eggs like chickens do?
Second, should I clean the eggs or leave them soiled?
I change the bedding in the goose house which is why I know there were very few shell pieces. No new eggs today.
Last she laid probably 40 eggs over a few months, but none hatched, she never sat one them. I put several in my chicken incubator and did hatch 4 successfully. She and her mate would have nothing to do with the chicks, but the "uncles" were very attentive.