Chinese Brown Goose on nest and no goslings 35 days-suggestions?

[AutumnSol]

Best to chase them off and look. You don't need her sitting on rotten eggs.

Thank you

 

[AGeese]

5 days too long I'd say.

 

[AutumnSol]

Thank you. We will be removing the eggs today. I feel sad since I believe 2 were in the process of hatching and something must have happened that stopped them.

 

[AutumnSol]

We moved Her and there were only 3 eggs. 2 looked like they started growing then stopped and 1 was broken with a gosling. It never fully hatched. Next season we will use an incubator. She started with 11eggs.On Friday there were 6 and today 3. We cleaned the coop and found nothing.Im guess she ate them.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

We moved Her and there were only 3 eggs. 2 looked like they started growing then stopped and 1 was broken with a gosling. It never fully hatched. Next season we will use an incubator. She started with 11eggs.On Friday there were 6 and today 3. We cleaned the coop and found nothing.Im guess she ate them.

I didn't have a great experience letting mine hatch last time. Now I just let my Bantam hens hatch them and than one of my females will claim the babies and adopt them. Once they are big enough I let the goose have them.

 

[AutumnSol]

That is a really good idea. I have a broody Australorp who would love to sit on the goose eggs. We shall see next year.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Last year I had 2 of 3 eggs hatch under a goose. She left the nest and egg 3 days later. I took the remaining egg and put it under a broody Bantam and she finished hatching it. Unfortunately the original goose wasn't interested in taking it back for whatever reason and the chicken raised it. Thankfully it turned out alright. That gosling is my second gander now and has figured out he's a goose and not a chicken.

 

[AutumnSol]

Last year I had 2 of 3 eggs hatch under a goose. She left the nest and egg 3 days later. I took the remaining egg and put it under a broody Bantam and she finished hatching it. Unfortunately the original goose wasn't interested in taking it back for whatever reason and the chicken raised it. Thankfully it turned out alright. That gosling is my second gander now and has figured out he's a goose and not a chicken.

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