Goslings of 2015 Hatch-a-Long

[randerson846]

I just candled them, and Out of the 8 geese eggs, 5 of them are growing, and the 1 duck egg I saw it moving quite a bit! But I'm not sure about the chicken eggs, I'm not sure, I've hatched chicken eggs for about 5 years in a row now and Ive become quite good at candelling them but it looks like the have developed veins, ( a lot of them have),around the air sac but it looks like there I a blackish sort of area, that moves around, what does this mean, are they all dead ?

 

[Carrosaur]

Just checked Mango's nest! At first I thought it was empty and the eggs got stolen, then I realized she tore up a bunch of grass and buried them! Is this normal for geese?
My goose egg in the bator is on day 3.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Geese bury their eggs to hide them from the sight of predators such as crows, coyotes, egg sucking dogs etc.

 

[Carrosaur]

Geese bury their eggs to hide them from the sight of predators such as crows, coyotes, egg sucking dogs etc.

That's so adorable for some reason. She also dug a hole in the ground before she laid them. Good momma!!

After she covered up her nest she and Kiwi mated! :O

 

[8GeeseALaying]

I should get my 3rd egg for my second batch to go in the incubator, today. I wish my other girl would start laying but she usually waits a while. She hatched 7 goslings last year on May 25th.

 

[sferle]

ugh!!!
So my plan to put the developing eggs from my incubator to under the goose .. failed .. I checked the eggs yesterday and one externally pipped . I was excited knowing that it would hatch sometime today .. I found the baby this morning looks like she was squished
I have 3 more eggs .. I don't know what to do

 

[Carrosaur]

I should get my 3rd egg for my second batch to go in the incubator, today. I wish my other girl would start laying but she usually waits a while. She hatched 7 goslings last year on May 25th.

Is 7 the most you've gotten? Since Mango is a Toulouse and it's her first year I'm sobering how many she'll lay and how many she'll be able to hatch

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Ive had many goslings over the last few years. I just only allow the girls set on 7-8 eggs at a time to ensure a good hatch. Any more than that and its hard for them to cover them all. Most of us on here go by that rule. My first year with them i did allow one to set on 15, 14 developed and 10 hatched, 8 lived because it was so crowded two got smashed.

Im trying to rebuild my flock this year. Last year i had 22 adults, i sold half, and then because someone was an idiot and fed the ones i kept cornbread i lost half of those. Then one got hit by a car and then there was a dog attack... I now have 2 girls and a gander from my original flock. Plus 3 ganders i rescued a week ago & am trying to rehome.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Just checked my duck eggs. Some are internally pipped. They are due to hatch this Sunday looks like they might be a day early. So guess i will be moving them to the hatcher tonight & refilling the bator with more duck eggs and goose eggs.

 

[randerson846]

How many eggs do geese lay a year? Could u let her sit on about 8 and incubate the rest?