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that is very true, i didnt think of that.....

update........ i got to candle the eggs last night and saw all but 2 were bad. but in the 2 with goslings (who had pipped internally) there was no movement, both had died before externally pipping, so i didnt put any back in the nest. this morning mum is out and about with her lone baby.....they...

well its dark out now so i'll leave them be for the night then take the little gosling in the morning. will it be ok in a brooder with chicks or should i try and make something for it to be alone in (with a stuffed toy or something)

while attemptiing to candle the remaining eggs i dropped one inside was a gosling, nealry fully formed, had its down and all perfect limbs, but a lot of fluid in the egg...also the yolk was still huge and lots of red veins. any ide what day that would mean these other eggs might be on? seemsto...

is it the same as hatching chicken eggs? im guessing i shouldnt turn them at this stage....do i need to mist them?

thats the problem, an extra 4 eggs somehow got into the nest, possibly all four could be fertile...but seeing as i didnt get the fertile geese until nearly a week after she started sitting on the eggs...these eggs could take another 5 days or so to hatch? the gosling will die wont it if i dont...

my big old white girl (whos never been with a guy) decided to get broody and made herself a big ol' nest, taking over the whole of one of my hen houses (much to the disgrace of the chickens.) i destroyed her nest twice and removed her but she'd go and sit on chickens eggs and break them all with...