2020 Gosling Hatch-A-Long

[servpolice]

I'm sure you could do some sort of expedited shipping, but I imagine the price will be outrageous! Definitely pack them really well! That's going to be one heck of a trip for eggs!

Yup, a tonne of bubble wrap is the way to go, bubble wrapping each egg individually that is.

I'll see what I'll do!

 

[DiYMama540]

Well...
Anybody seeing any swimmers in their eggs yet? Who all has some incubating?

 

[judyc]

Well...
Anybody seeing any swimmers in their eggs yet? Who all has some incubating?

I've got three Buff goslings and another dozen eggs in the incubator. I gave two to the geese so they would stop laying. It got down to -4 here recently, but the two outside seem to be doing well. The next set is due on the 17th.

 

[DiYMama540]

Now you know we want some pics @judyc !!

 

[CindyinSD]

I've been checking every time I crack one, but no targets. The days are still only 10 hours long here. I've seen the boy trying, but he's still short on the solar energy, I guess. Will fill the pool when the days are longer. It would make too much of a mess now.

 

[ColtHandorf]

After working in the yard all day yesterday there was a lot of breeding occurring. The gander has also become an immense pest, bothering all the other birds. I’ve seen the two of then scouting out a place for her to lay. Fingers crossed she gives me a couple more days to make some finishing touches on the breeding lens and move all the chickens and the turkey out and they’ll have a pen to themselves.

 

[DiYMama540]

BB laid her very first egg today!! I am one proud mama goose!!

 

[ColtHandorf]

The geese now have the entire original pen to themselves and seem inordinately pleased. I did get tickled last night when after removing all the chickens I set up an area for her to nest in the hen house. They both wandered past the door to the hen house and saw the pile of hay and both stopped and looked at it and then at each other and then carefully extended their heads over the doorway and started mumbling to each other like, "Did you do this?", "No, did you?" lol It was quite funny.

Maybe with a big ol' nest and some extra hay to play with they will get down to business.

 

[servpolice]

Haven't been here in a while because I'm super busy with work atm!

So update, my goose has been laying for 2 months now and still non fertile

I had a broody hen so I put 4 eggs under her and none were fertile still.

I'm still going to incubate every egg!

Meanwhile, 10 days ago I put in 23 chicken eggs and 6 guinea eggs.

All guinea eggs were infertile but 20 chicken eggs are fertile.

Spring is approaching fast so hopefully the time of year will make my goose eggs fertile.

 

[servpolice]

BB laid her very first egg today!! I am one proud mama goose!!
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Yay!