CALLING MISS PRISSY AGAIN!!~~New goose question page 5

[shelleyd2008]

1) I believe that whether or not to leave them is purely your choice. As long as they don't have any eggs to set on, they will lay more. So it just depends on how many eggs you want to get!

2) If you want to leave some for them, and hatch some yourself, you would still face the same problems as above. But the geese could probably hatch them better than we can!! If it were me, I would probably take the eggs till I had a bator full, then let them lay till they set on them. But that's just me

3) I honestly don't know how many eggs they would lay before setting. It is totally up to the bird.

I would say a couple at least, but if you take the eggs away they will just keep laying! Until they run out of course!

4) You can leave the duck egg in there no problem. They take a few days less than goose eggs normally, so you would probably need to take the duckling away once it hatches. Or maybe the gander would care for it while the goose sets? That is a ? for the experts. I'll change the post title to get some 'experts' on here.


I had no luck hatching the eggs I received, so I am just getting goslings this spring! 2 pair of American Buffs from metzer farms!

 

[WNCUrbanAgrarian]

Hi All,

Just wanted to introduce myself. I was going to ask some questions as I have a Seb pair that is laying and it's my first time -- but after reading posts this morning for about an hour, most of them have been answered! What a GREAT Forum!

One question tho, I still haven't figured out how to make a wet bulb thermometer. I read that you can put a hollow shoestring on the end of a thermometer - but then what? Lay part of the "wick" in the water? And what kind of thermometer would you recommend? I have been to tractor supply and another local farm & feed store and then to the drug store.... can't find a regular glass thermometer anymore.... I did get from the farm & feed, the type that you lay on the floor of the incubator (stapled to a paper temp chart). Then I bought a digital thermometer at the drug store and stuck it through an icepick hole at the top of the incubator, because that's where the heat source is. It's a LITTLE GIANT INCUBATOR with a fan & egg rotator, the goose eggs sit fine on their side, with large end slightly up. Any advice? Thanks!!