2016 Gosling Hatch-a-long

[8GeeseALaying]

Everything here is in full egg laying mode. From chickens to geese. I knew my ducks were laying, just couldn't find the nests, sneaky little feather dusters. Penned them up and now I'm starting to get eggs. My goose nest has 6 eggs, hopefully one will decide to go broody soon, it's getting harder and harder not to swipe some and start up the incubator.

 

[Iain Utah]

Aww c'mon 8geese, you know you want to fire up your bator.

I'm up to my eyeballs in eggs with 7 female chickens, 17 female ducks, and 21 female geese.

 

[gabstr]

I have another one externally pipped this morning and the first one is working hard to get out!

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Aww c'mon 8geese, you know you want to fire up your bator.

I'm up to my eyeballs in eggs with 7 female chickens, 17 female ducks, and 21 female geese.   

I don't have that many anymore... 3 female geese, 10 hens and 10 female ducks and one lone turkey hen that I need to find a Tom for.
If anything I will wait about 2 weeks before starting it up. If I incubate goose eggs they will probably be from someone else. I've got a chance at getting some of my brown Chinese bloodlines back through a gander that I used to own. He was one of Bill & Mildred's first goslings. Plus the eggs are from a white Chinese female, so that means I'd be getting pied babies back!

 

[Iain Utah]

Congrats, gabstr! How exciting!

8geese, I may be able to hook you up with pied African eggs.

 

[gabstr]

Thank you! I am very excited, he/she is finally out moving/flopping about and very vocal. I have put water with vitamins and electrolytes in the makeshift brooder I put it in. Also have the heat lamp on so it can warm and dry up.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Congrats, gabstr!  How exciting!

8geese, I may be able to hook you up with pied African eggs.

How much per egg?

 

[darkbluespace]

My first gosling ever, finally out of the egg this morning and drying off.

 

[gabstr]

Congrats! My first hatched today too and my second is on it's way!

 

[darkbluespace]

Congrats! My first hatched today too and my second is on it's way!

e. Nice! What kind of geese are they?