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  1. paintedbynature

    Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

    Sorry for the loss i lost a chick today for the same reason. It seems to be the number one reason i lose any type of baby bird. I hate when they do that fully formed almost there but no cigar. Better luck next time i guess
  2. paintedbynature

    Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

    I had one do this recently i put a wet piece of paper towel over the hole too and waited. Eventually i noticed the little beak trying to push through but it wasnt happening so i took a tweezer and very gently nipped the membrane. There was a little bit of blood but i stopped it with powdered...
  3. paintedbynature

    2017 Gosling Hatch a long!!

    Yes they all laid in the woodpile silly gooses. Im trying to work them into a pen since they are having goslings
  4. paintedbynature

    2017 Gosling Hatch a long!!

    Yes they do that i didnt have my pen ready when they made their nests. I had one lead her three goslings out tgis morning though. I have two more still waiting. I was curious should i put them in the pen at night to protect their goslings. They are just not into going in there though if i put...
  5. paintedbynature

    Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

    My little gosling came out. I have another coming out tonight a little bittersweet it will be my last to hatch out of the incubator this season i got seven out of 11 eggs for my first time im proud without the forum though i wouldnt if hatched any thanks for the support.
  6. paintedbynature

    HELP! Goose egg enthusiasts, please help!

    pyxis is right your real close theres a good resource on this forum the goose hatching guide it will tell u how to intervene if u have too. Hopefully u wont i just had to help one of my little ones get out with an external pip hole if they take a long time to hatch dont panic i did at first but...
  7. paintedbynature

    2017 Gosling Hatch a long!!

  8. paintedbynature

    2017 Gosling Hatch a long!!

  9. paintedbynature

    2017 Gosling Hatch a long!!

  10. paintedbynature

    2017 Gosling Hatch a long!!

    [/IMG][/IMG][/IMG] Some pics of all my waterfowl with the three oldest goslings enjoying the outdoors.
  11. paintedbynature

    2017 Gosling Hatch a long!!

    Well i waited it out ive got a second one coming thats a total of seven goslings this year out of the incubator
  12. paintedbynature

    Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

    Well the little gosling has finally internally and extetnally pipped just taking its sweet time. Im trying to put pics with my post it acts like its going too then they dont show up. I looked at the faq page but its mostly for desk top im on my phone and its let me do pics before but now it...
  13. paintedbynature

    GOOSE BREEDING THREAD - for breeding, incubating, hatching and rearing.

    I have a very dominat gander that chases my goslings to show them whos boss. My only issue is one of my goslings is a little crippled i took it to the vet and he let me know the leg is turned outa little on the right side and it will just be slowed down with a strange gait. Hes growing and...
  14. paintedbynature

    Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

    I have three eggs that have started hatching. I have one where ive heard peeping for two days. I decided to make an external pip since i thought it had to be intetnally pipped. I looked in with the candler and piped hole i dont see the beak i can hear it ad see the movement still behind the...
  15. paintedbynature

    2017 Gosling Hatch a long!!

    I have some more goslings hatching i have one thats been making noise for two days. I can hear peeping i decided to make an external pip hole i looked in thinking it was internally pipped. I see the membrane still intact with it breathing and peeping behind it. So i put a small piece of wet...
  16. paintedbynature

    ⠀ Thin soft egg

    Well i mix it all together since my whole flock runs together. My geese are sitting eggs right now and my turkeys and ducks lay too. They live in harmony so i just let them run the two acres and go in their coop at night it has worked for now. I do two scoops of layer with a scoop of scratch and...
  17. paintedbynature

    Swallow eggs - not sure if they are alive

    oh keep the other one too. I have goose that has changed it concerns me but i keep the egg for sure till i know its dead. Ive thrown out eggs before that could of made it. Do u have any humidty for them if u do a little cut piece of soaked sponge it might be enough i metioned finches even though...
  18. paintedbynature

    Swallow eggs - not sure if they are alive

    Thats an embryo. Id try to research how to incubate them but i think your doing a good job. With the size they are u could try lookig up finch egg incubation im just not sure on a wild species but to me they look alive. Well the bottom one does but i wouldnt give up it would be neat to see if u...
  19. paintedbynature

    ⠀ Thin soft egg

    I feed the layer in crumble and pellets. They also get tractor supply scratch grain i have a mixed flock of bantams, rhodes, geese, turkeys, and ducks. I also feed gamebird with everything thats out there. I use regular polutry grit im thinking ill get some oyster shell or calcium though since...
  20. paintedbynature

    ⠀ Thin soft egg

    One of my hens layed a soft flimsy egg. It was like a leathery shell with everything else the yolk snd white in it. I feed purina and my birds are free to roam two acresthen go in a coop at night. I feed grit from time to time are they not getting enough calcium? Do i need to make a dietary change?
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