Yup, I learned the whole hatchery lesson the hard way. Although my goslings are fine, and I LOVE them, I had awful experiences with the chicks and turkey poults that I ordered from Murray McMurray, and lost 2 of my ducklings from them as well. Lesson -- hatcheries are for large, commercial...
I just ordered my incubator, a Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance EX, and I am hoping to find a few goose eggs to put in it. I currently have 4 brown chinese, 4 LARGE tufted and 2 almost as large non-tufted goslings that I got from Murray McMurray -- the Fancy Geese Package -- so, I THINK that there...