Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Sally that is not completely true with goslings, once the veins go clear the yolk still has some absorbing to do in 99% of the hatches when it comes to geese. They really are nothing like chickens in their needs, hatching timeline or anything else. So dont get excited when the blood in the veins vanishes, because they are still attached at the unbilical and need a bit more time before they come out.

Also PLEASE note that anytime you use any antibiotic cream like neosporin with waterfowl it has to be pain relief free. The pain reliever used in Neosporin and products like it is toxic to waterfowl.

Goslings should never be removed from the hatcher until they are fully fluffed out and able to stand and hold their heads up. Again very different from chicks and will takelonger to strengthen post hatch before they should be removed.

Since this is a solo gosling, be quick to find it a gosling friend to be raised with. Solo goslings are very lonely goslings, and geese need to be raised with geese, not just chickens or ducks as their company. They graze not forage all day, so if raised only with foragers they dont grow up understanding grazing. You ask MissLydia here on BYC abot her gander who was hatched and raised by ducks (muscovy and how he came to life and changed last year when she found him a goose friend.
there she is! YAY!

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

We have 5 goslings hatching, well 4 are out and one is 12 hours behind lol. Cochins gosling is actually 6 hours behind our slow poke gosling who is hatching from the looks of the pictures.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Celtic, great advise! cochins is experienced at assisting and I know that she knows that activity level will increase when the time comes. She is doing awesome at sitting on her hands. i think she has chosen the right path so far.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

We have 5 goslings hatching, well 4 are out and one is 12 hours behind lol. Cochins gosling is actually 6 hours behind our slow poke gosling who is hatching from the looks of the pictures.

you set at the same time as cochins? cool!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Celtic can we see pics? I love gosslins to bad I cant have any : (

 

[fduncan]

Morning Sally

. Great thread I love following it and may need some of yall's great advice next weekend when all these eggs with crazy air cells hatch next weekend

 

[ozexpat]

By the way, look at that membrane! It's been nearly 24 hours and it's still moist!

I honestly haven't added any antibiotic ointment and my original layer was really thin.

ointment is oil based so it will stay moist dill you wipe it off, what is the brand?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Morning Sally

. Great thread I love following it and may need some of yall's great advice next weekend when all these eggs with crazy air cells hatch next weekend

I think you will do wonderful!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Have another silkie, this one is funky cool looking... pics later when its dry!

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Quote: I set every Sunday, so yes she may have set her eggs from us at the same time. Mine are dated 2/3 set. I wont take any pictures until they are fully dry and steady, not really a fan of the wet hatchling pictures or stressing the goslings by chilling for pictures. This current round of babies is looking all female

lol so much for sorting pairs to ship this week.

here are two previous hatchlings. White Sebastopol boy up front and blue american girl in back