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    Natural hatching fail!

    So early this morning I woke up to 2 dead, fully developed baby goslings... let out the gander and kept mumma calm... had three pips out of 5 eggs left. The mum also relocated all eggs to a new area of coop to sit away from the mess of the dead babies. Every 30 minutes I checked on her, the...
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    Issues with hatching naturally

    Yes, currently I have chicken eggs in there... day 2! I put the gosling in there to dry out. I could take the egg turner out and hand turn the eggs, and add the remaining geese eggs to hatch?
  3. the running chicken

    Issues with hatching naturally

    She’s not dry, and she has the little yolk area that isn’t quite healed....
  4. the running chicken

    Issues with hatching naturally

    Thank you! Anything is helpful! She did hatch out but when I checked, mumma was tossing her out of the nest! Do I put her under a heat lamp? In a incubator??
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    Issues with hatching naturally

    Well I put it under mumma and it’s out, then I saw her trying to kill it! So do I put it in a incubator to dry off, or under a heat lamp? She’s still on 5 eggs, so do I let her finish the hatch? This is hard! She must have been the one to kill the first two?
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    Goose hatching problems

    And then mumma tried to kill it! So! Now what... is this mum just unsure of what is going on? Could she have killed the others?? And do I put the baby in the incubator or just under a heat lamp
  7. the running chicken

    Goose hatching problems

    Well it’s out but mumma helped it... she was nibbling the shell etc..bit of blood but it’s not bleeding.... this is how it’s umbilical cord looks...
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    Goose hatching problems

    Yes, the first one was 6:30 am... second pic 3:30 pm.. mumma is picking at the hole a bit!
  9. the running chicken

    Goose hatching problems

    I’m here again just looking... seems the blood is drying up... still peeping away... mumma is doing good. But still not any bigger of a hole though!? How long should I wait? And shouldn’t the other eggs be pipping by now?
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    Issues with hatching naturally

    I’m currently hatching 6 eggs under a 2 year old goose. All was well until this morning when I came out to 2 dead fully hatched babies. She moved all eggs out of that nest and started sitting again. It’s been 6 hours with this quarter sized hole for another egg and it’s peeping and moving but...
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    Geese, chicken and Muscovy mumma

    Geese, chicken and Muscovy mumma
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    Goose hatching problems

    Hello, I have a new mother goose first time sitting in eggs. Day 28 and I found 2 fully hatched but dead babies at 6 am! I locked the gander out and she calmed down... The mother moved all eggs off that gross mess of a nest and started rendering the 6 remaining eggs. One pip gosling is now...
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    18 day hatch help!

    hey all, I just hatched one egg on day 18! shes doing awesome for the first 3 hours peeping and moving. now shes lackluster with labored breathing... anything I can do to help her. I had to move her out of the incubator as she was out and the others were just about to go on lock down! Shes under...
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