First goose egg!!!

[Rondack]

Today I got my first goose egg from my Toulouse!

So here is the thing.

Back in the day (around 2017) I bought a nice pair of Toulouse geese and a pair of Swedish ducks, then, one of them (geese) was snatched by a predator... (time passes)
Around July 2020 I got more ducks and more geese... Now I have a pair of geese, an older goose/gander, a bunch of ducks (one of them from the first pair) and.... An EGG in the coop!

So the question is: who laid it and is it fertilized?
What to you think?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

You will only know if it's fertile by cracking it open to look for the bullseye or by incubating it.

 

[Rondack]

You will only know if it's fertile by cracking it open to look for the bullseye or by incubating it.

Could I just candle the egg?

 

[EveLa]

My Grey has laid 6 eggs so far and I have a pair of toulouse but she hasn't laid anything, I am hoping and praying I get a couple of goslings lol, but they don't tend to lay everyday, its more like 2-3 days so give them time and don't mess with her nest lol

 

[EveLa]

Could I just candle the egg?

My Grey has laid 6 eggs so far and I have a pair of toulouse but she hasn't laid anything, I am hoping and praying I get a couple of goslings lol, but they don't tend to lay everyday, its more like 2-3 days so give them time and don't mess with her nest lol

 

[benevolent_leonela]

My Brecon Buff laid 12 eggs. Only 3 of the 12 (the ones I kept to eat for breakfast) I noticed were fertile. I did give 4 away to neighbors to eat but I never knew if those were fertile also. So out of the 8 I kept, less than half were fertilized. If I understand this correctly, some incubation time has to pass in order to candle the egg to see if it's fertilized. An embryo has to begin forming. I am a little new to goose laying and the process that entails. Is your goose sitting?

Good luck and watch out for the golden goose egg

 

[Rondack]

My Brecon Buff laid 12 eggs. Only 3 of the 12 (the ones I kept to eat for breakfast) I noticed were fertile. I did give 4 away to neighbors to eat but I never knew if those were fertile also. So out of the 8 I kept, less than half were fertilized. If I understand this correctly, some incubation time has to pass in order to candle the egg to see if it's fertilized. An embryo has to begin forming. I am a little new to goose laying and the process that entails. Is your goose sitting?

Good luck and watch out for the golden goose egg

Not sitting yet, I'm thinking of giving it a better place to sit since right now it's right in the path of the chickens every morning...

 

[EveLa]

Not sitting yet, I'm thinking of giving it a better place to sit since right now it's right in the path of the chickens every morning...

 

[EveLa]

Once a goose goes broody, you can’t move her nest, so start off by encouraging her to sit in the right place by providing nesting material in a shed or covered area. If you leave goose eggs in the nest, a goose will usually sit once she has laid a suitable size clutch of eggs.

Caring For A Broody Goose - Poultry Keeper​

 

[EveLa]

Not sitting yet, I'm thinking of giving it a better place to sit since right now it's right in the path of the chickens every morning...

Once a goose goes broody, you can’t move her nest, so start off by encouraging her to sit in the right place by providing nesting material in a shed or covered area. If you leave goose eggs in the nest, a goose will usually sit once she has laid a suitable size clutch of eggs.

Caring For A Broody Goose - Poultry Keeper​