Chicken Hatched Geese

[elundien]

I put 6 goose eggs under a brooding chicken because the goose would not sit on them. They all hatched out. Should I keep them with the cheick or put them back with the geese?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'd let the setter raise them - except you'll need to make sure they have the right feed for goslings.

 

[Serb]

Keeping goslings with the chicken isn't the best idea. Goslings are very messy and in a week they will be too big to be under the hen so a box of hay or straw in your house for atleast a month is the best option as they will keep themselves warm. Never put them with adult geese since the protection won't be as good and they might not like the goslings. You can put the goslings with the adults during the day but have an eye out. The mother won't keep them warm since she doesn't see them as her babies so bring them in at night

 

[Serb]

Keeping goslings with the chicken isn't the best idea. Goslings are very messy and in a week they will be too big to be under the hen so a box of hay or straw in your house for atleast a month is the best option as they will keep themselves warm. Never put them with adult geese since the protection won't be as good and they might not like the goslings. You can put the goslings with the adults during the day but have an eye out. The mother won't keep them warm since she doesn't see them as her babies so bring them in at night

 

[Percheron chick]

Momma goose probably won't take them. I have a late hatcher who was rejected by the parents. Put it in the brooder with 2 week old chicks. By day 10 was getting too tall for the brooder so goose and chicks were put outside off heat in a grow out pen. Was accepted into the goose flock at 2 1/2 weeks with zero drama. Goslings are not like chicks. They do not need prolonged heat nor do they have to be messy. I tie a yogurt container to the fence for a waterer. Deep enough to dunk their head but can't climb in it or dump it. They don't need swimming water yet.
I would try the hen. If she can keep them warm for a week you might be able to move them out by themselves. The goose might accept them at 3-4 weeks and be an excellent foster mom.