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    Sixteen Goose Eggs Disappeared

    We had an awful morning this morning, and I was hoping to get an opinion or two on what could have happened. We have a broody goose who has been sitting on a clutch of sixteen eggs for almost a month now (they were due to hatch any day now), and she has been a great mama goose ("mean" and not...
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    Questions about incubating.

    You can see the air bubble on the bottom and then half of the egg is dark while the other is light.
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    Questions about incubating.

    Alright we started incubating them around the 20th or the 21st. How should they look by that point?
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    Questions about incubating.

    Hello everyone! I had a few questions about incubating goose eggs. We are trying a few different methods this year (a broody hen as well as wet and dry incubation to see which approach we prefer). Anyway, I was wondering if I could clean the shells up a bit so that I could candle them easier...
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    Can a broody chicken hatch other fowl?

    Oh that's too funny. My mom picked one of her heftier columbian wyandottes.
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    Can a broody chicken hatch other fowl?

    Ok thanks, that's very helpful!
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    Can a broody chicken hatch other fowl?

    Oh ok awesome! Do you need to mist the eggs or anything?
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    Can a broody chicken hatch other fowl?

    Would a hen be able to hatch a goose egg (with a little assistance to flip of course). I am only asking because I have a friend who would like to hatch her own goose egg, but does not have an incubator.
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    Can a broody chicken hatch other fowl?

    Thanks so much! That is too funny. poor mama hen though, scared for her baby ducks lol.
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    Can a broody chicken hatch other fowl?

    We were hoping to incubate some turkey eggs this year, but our brooder is full of goose eggs. Can we use a broody hen to incubate the turkey eggs?
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    Blue slate turkey eggs

    I don't have any but we are also looking for some slate turkey eggs.
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    Sick hens

    Thanks so much everyone the others are doing fine. We still have one who is sick and walking on her knees. She's not acting lathargic, I just feel bad for the poor girl. Any ideas why she's so much worse?
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    Sick hens

    I thought about coccidia too since I've seen that in chicks before. The only reason I thought otherwise is that there was no blood in their poop. I will stop by the feed store and get some of that and hope it helps.
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    Sick hens

    There is only one acting lethargic. She is walking on her knees.
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    Sick hens

    A few of my marans (about a year old) have what looks like diarrhea. Their feces are liquidy and cover their backsides. One of the hens is having trouble walking. We have not changed their diet and their water and food containers are clean. Any ideas what's wrong with them? I don't want to lose...
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