2020 Gosling Hatch-A-Long

[servpolice]

So, I was waiting for someone to make this thread but I got a suprise this morning on the 1st of January 2020 which forced me to start the 2020 Gosling Hatch-A-Long

I've never had a goose egg this early and everyone here is suprised but yet again not suprised because the mating, fighting and pairing of Geese started last October which usually is in February and eggs come March-April.

I know I'm not the only with the unusual behaviour with their geese and I do still wonder what's going on!

I think my buff female laid this egg so that means I've to separate the young males already :')

Tbh I actually can't believe it but here we go haha

Looking forward to hatching early this year! Hope everyone reading this will have great success and please let us know if you got any questions!

Goodluck and have a good hatch folks!

 

[Titus Kiptoo]

Hi everyone, my Goslings hatched by my Turkey. They are 4 days old

 

[Gray Farms]

Goose hatched 6 today

 

[ColtHandorf]

I have goslings!!!

They are soooo cute. Georgia is still on the nest with them toodling around and on her. You can tell she'd being super patient because they are dragging hay out of the nest and she'll just gently reach out and put it back around her. I noticed Golly parked infront of the door yesterday afternoon and all last night he stood sentry. I thought maybe he could hear the goslings pipping or something. This morning he was lying in the doorway but when he stood up I could see the little puff balls running around. He's being a wonderful dad and keeping them in the house for now and away from my camera. lol

Edited: I snuck out at lunch to check on them. There was one egg in the nest so I popped it in the incubator just in case, but I don’t hear anything. I can’t see well enough to candle it at all. Six goslings in all.

 

[servpolice]

So another egg was laid this morning, meaning that the other egg was laid on New Years Eve (31st of December 2019).

I separated my two young ganders from the flock so I can get the big males to mate with them.

All ganders have the buff gene so fingers crossed with the eggs!

 

[Silkie2005]

This is Walter and Emma, they are my ancient pair of geese! Both of them were born in the 1970s which means that they re in their 40s! They have been together all that time.

 

[Silkie2005]

 

[servpolice]

This is Pip! First fertile egg after weeks and months of infertile eggs

When he/she pipped it's egg he/she only took 2 hour's to hatch

Fastest hatcher I've ever seen!

Atm Pip is with my 2 La Bresse chicks that hatched Wednesday.

Also I think I heard peeping in the 3rd egg so fingers crossed

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Ok, last picture, I promise, lol, but look how proud this little gosling is for jumping in the water dish!

 

[servpolice]

Saw my biggest gander mate with my biggest female (who's laying) so that's a success.

The first 2 eggs won't be incubated but any egg laid after tomorrow will be taken from the nest and stored away for incubation.

Eggs should be in the incubator by 31st of January!