2020 Gosling Hatch-A-Long

[servpolice]

Both are growing quick!

The buffs feet are better than they first we're and is walking well.

I'm giving a guess I've a male and female but the brown can still be female.

I hope I get a buff gander

 

[servpolice]

13 eggs due on the 22 of April! Any browns will be sold and any buffs will be kept.

My buff female started brooding 4 day's ago, she's on 2 eggs. Any buff gosling she hatches will be taken off her and any browns I hatch in the incubator will be adopted to her

 

[Isaac 0]

Adorable!

 

[Titus Kiptoo]

Amazing!

The really bright gosling in front is a male, the two very right and left are females and the middle gosling is a mystery.

Are the parents of the gosling's white?

The middle gosling next to the turkey looks like it had different colored parents

Would you say 4 Females and 1 male? The 2nd from the front being the male?

 

[bgill1215]

So we're on day 3 of incubation. I know too early for candling embryo development. But I noticed my one we doesn't have an air sac? Any reason for this? I only candled to Mark the air sacs so I can make sure they are growin properly. Here is one of them.

 

[servpolice]

Would you say 4 Females and 1 male? The 2nd from the front being the male?View attachment 2067647

The bright gosling is a male 100%

The other 4 are pied (they will have brown and white feathers as adults) so it's harder to say but when a brown goose and a white goose produce pied gosling's from my experience they all ended up female but there's still a chance of a male of course. What color are the parents?

I see a great variety in your gosling's!

The gosling behind the male is tufted meaning it will have a fluff of feathers on top of it's head when it's older

 

[servpolice]

So we're on day 3 of incubation. I know too early for candling embryo development. But I noticed my one we doesn't have an air sac? Any reason for this? I only candled to Mark the air sacs so I can make sure they are growin properly. Here is one of them. View attachment 2067654

Some eggs have the tiniest air sac and they won't be obvious until later in incubation.

I'm certain you'll see it half way into incubation

Some air sacs stay small until the last few days of incubation.

 

[CindyinSD]

Both are growing quick!

The buffs feet are better than they first we're and is walking well.

I'm giving a guess I've a male and female but the brown can still be female.

I hope I get a buff gander

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Meyer Hatchery has videos on youtube for sexing baby (and adult) ducklings. I'm guessing it's the same technique for geese, if you want to know. It's way easier to do when they're small!

 

[bgill1215]

Day 4 and we have 9 out of 14 developing already! I won't be doing any others that aren't until at least day 10. I honestly wasn't expecting anything

yet.

 

[CindyinSD]

You can often tell after 24 hrs. Just a tiny fuzzy dot. I honestly can't help myself. Not my fault. Really!