Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[Miss Lydia]

Heres my Clutch lol 26 eggs going in the bator.

WOW

 

[Miss Lydia]

Egg #11 was fertile.

 

[servpolice]

ive 2 out of 2 eggs pipped! Both black beaks of this odd mix never had goslings so long in the egg! Tomorrow is day 33 and maybe one will hatch tomorrow

 

[servpolice]

Wow 8 thats a large number of eggs! So many youngsters

 

[Dawnrenae]

You can tell the egg in that photo is fertile because the white dot has a "bullseye" look to it. It just looks like a target with a white dot in the center, and yellow and white rings around it. An infertile egg will just be a white dot - no rings. As for determining fertility before incubation - not really. You can crack them open like 8Geese did and check, but then obviously the egg is no good for hatching. If you want to incubate them, it's best to just toss them in the incubator and see if they develop. Around the 5th or 6th day, you should see the "red spider" that looks like this:

Thanks.

 

[livininbrazil]

Egg #11 was fertile.

So Sam may become a daddy yet, then!!

 

[Iain Utah]

Egg #11 was fertile.

 

[RURU]

8 those are very pretty eggs! Good luck with fertility.

The twenty I put in 10 were not fertile and possibly 3 more may not be fertile. It was too early to see on them but not looking good.
I have been taking 2 eggs from different nest for the last couple days... We shall see how they do. The weather this year has really screwed up the geese...

So far 4 girls have either went broody or are going broody.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Egg #11 was fertile. 

Missy's egg???

 

[RURU]

Egg #11 was fertile.