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    Janoel 12: Do's and Don'ts

    Always need your own accurate thermometer and hydrometer. Instructions are hard to decipher. Depending on your climate it may be better to set your own humidity than just add water to the bottom tray as per instruction -- in some climate that's just too high humidity. Once calibrated it's...
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    limping goose

    I would crush the tablet and mix with a bit of liquid and then use a syringe to put it straight in his throat. It would be good to also give him some niacin just in case. EDIT: Sorry my bad not to clarify: down the throat into the crop not windpipe!
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    Gosling artifical waterproofing

    It's been 10 days. Microfiber clothes are working like a charm! Once a day application gives a good enough protection. They are as waterproof as when they were day olds. Haha thanks! I am happy not having to wash them all the time. Making my life easier. And the goslings love their swims ...
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    Gosling artifical waterproofing

    Today's playtime! They mostly came out dry. No muddy bellies. Two of them had wet wings. But again they are only three days old. See what happens when they are a bit older.
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    Gosling artifical waterproofing

    The best and most convenient for me up to now is the microfiber dusting cloth. I snuggle them with it at night. They can play and dive in the pond without getting soaked. Except when they have mud on them -- mud needs to be washed clean with water then rub the area with the cloth when dried.
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    Gosling artifical waterproofing

    A good application lasts for two dry days with a little swim. They still get wet in the rain, mainly outer part of the down on the back as well as neck area. Anyway my 3-4 week olds are starting to grow feathers now. I am going to do more experiments with my newly hatched. One thing I discover...
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    Gosling artifical waterproofing

    I have been hand raising my two goslings (they are about 2.5 and 3 weeks old today). During the day I let them free range with two of my adult geese. Initially I bring them in at least three times a day to warm up, now it's down to once a day or when it rains. The adults take them to the pond...
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    Starting Goose eggs in the incubator today and need help!!!

    Wonderful!! They are so adorable!!
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    Help it's day 23 in incubator and remaining eggs pass float test what should i do

    You can use float test to check for heart beat for overdue eggs. No heart beat = fail the test = DIS It sounds to me there's more to do with the eggs than incubation methods.
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    Starting Goose eggs in the incubator today and need help!!!

    How are those air cells looking? My second batch of 6 eggs should go into lockdown (external pip) on Saturday. My last batch all 3 goslings hatched, but 2 of them I had to help in the middle of zipping due to too dry. If the air cells are too big before day-25 I would bump it right up all the...
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    Question about breaking broodiness.

    Good idea! I put the egg in but my goose pushed it out when the gosling was stuck halfway at zipping... I helped it out and put the gosling back to dry (in the middle if the night). I didn't know better to take the other eggs out, so she is still sitting. Now I have a goose imprinted naughty...
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    Question about breaking broodiness.

    So... My best broody goose is sitting on 8 eggs at the best location which I would like her to continue to sit in the years to come. However this year I don't need 8 more goslings -- I already hatched out 2 myself, 3 goslings a year is plenty for our garden weed control. I really want her to...
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    Goose egg day 32 no internal pip. HELP!

    DAY-30 Egg 1& 2 are zipping. How long does this take? They have been doing it for about 8 hours now, only made it halfway. Egg3 I will check its progress when others are almost done. ======================== UPDATE: Egg 2 has hatched. Egg 1 is still where it was. I'll wait...
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    Goose egg day 32 no internal pip. HELP!

    DAY-29 Egg 1 & 2 both internally pipped Egg 3 is still growing that air sac. ======================== UPDATE: Egg 2 has externally pipped. Humidity is stable at 65%. Temp 37C.
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    Goose egg day 32 no internal pip. HELP!

    DAY-28 Egg1: The air sac is getting even bigger! Some rocking, little movements along the air sac, not a lot of shadows. I am a little worried that this will end up same as the very first egg. Egg2: A very still egg, not much rocking. Upon candling I could see lots of activities in the air...
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