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Sounds aggravating. Good luck! You are being cautious, so I bet everything will turn out well. But after all this, I think you will find sending a goose to the Christmas table may be a touch more difficult. Well, future decorum dependent.

I suspect that because waterfowl need a relatively high hatching humidity that it makes it difficult for them to dry off properly in the hatcher. But I don't have the experience to determine what a sticky chick looks like. I removed my ducklings shortly after hatching and put them in an empty...

During my hatch last year, I found that my ducklings weren't making the progress that I thought they should have. I wasn't 100% sure, but it seemed like the membranes were too dry. I did some reading on this site and decided to help by dropping warm water (just one drop every 20 min or so) on...

Hee hee. I say go for it, MissPrissy, if you think you can stand another 28 days!!!! Remember, NO ONE can resist a sweet little duckling/gosling/chick. Resistance is futile.

Quote: It never fails to amuse me. I am currently being herded around by our patriarchal drake. I came home late the other day (my husband let them out before I got home -- it typically works the other way around) and I heard thundering feet running to "greet" me. Head drake apparently...

A little girl? How can you tell, is it the coloring?

Funny, MissPrissy, that you, like me, said "born" instead of "hatched." Anyone who hasn't been through the process has no idea why "born" seems so much more appropriate. When I saw your litttle guy almost all the way out, resting his head, all I could say was "awwwwww!" I'm glad you...