Recent content by amosygal

Thanks livininbrazil. I did the same thing last year (incubated 12 eggs on my own) and she did go broody (she sat on 14 eggs), but unfortunately the eggs weren't fertile last year. Do you think that having too many eggs in the nest may cause her not to go broody (this year)?

I have a single goose (and a gander). My goose lays an egg every other day. I took the first 10 eggs and hatched them (and got 7 goslings). As for the rest, I intended to let her hatch them. She kept laying eggs and now she has already 23 eggs (some of which are nearly 50 days old). She didn't...

Thanks, I guess I'll go with pete's advice..

Hello all I posed this on the incubating thread but got no responce, I'm about to start incubating goose eggs. I've incubated duck eggs in the past and wanted to know if there's any difference between the two (except that goose eggs being bigger ). I incubate at about 45% 99.5F and 80% 98.5F at...

Anyone?

Should I post this on the geese thread instead?

Hello all, I'm about to start incubating goose eggs. I've incubated duck eggs in the past and wanted to know if there's any difference between the two (except that goose eggs being bigger ). I incubate at about 45% 99.5F and 80% 98.5F at lock-down. Thanks

Thanks, here is a closeup:

Forgot to mention: this is a Pekin duck egg.

I think this egg is fertile, but I want to make sure it is before I stick a bunch of those into the incubator and end up throwing them away after a week (as I did a month ago :() Thanks

BigDaddy'sGurl : Yeah, I've never heard of success in throwing something so small as a quail in with something so large as a turkey... if they weren't raised together, any larger bird will kill a quail. I added chicken chicks several times having no problem. I also watched the quails for a...