Geese eggs

[Miss Lydia]

That is my concern too - I am the deep South and it is hot and supposed to be getting hotter.

Ideas on how to get her off the eggs so I can grab one???? I have to crawl under the deck to get to them and she and the gander are not letting me in the backyard even.

Is there any place you can herd them too outside of the yard? a building or do they have a house? long enough for you to have a look smell and touch of the eggs? If I have to do something with mine when they are in breeding or brooding mode I use a long bamboo pole to herd them off or where I want them to go that way i don't risk getting bit as easy.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

If they are rotten, I would need to remove them all right? How will she respond to that? I am not sure I can take much more of the crying she is already doing over the lost baby. Can't imagine how she will be if I take all of her eggs too.

 

[Miss Lydia]

If they are rotten, I would need to remove them all right? How will she respond to that? I am not sure I can take much more of the crying she is already doing over the lost baby. Can't imagine how she will be if I take all of her eggs too.

If rotten dead in shell or non fertile they need to be removed, Let her see the eggs are gone then remove all the old bedding and put something there so she doesn't keep going back. In the wild they probably lose eggs more than we know she'll recover it will just take time to mourn the loss. Very sorry you and her are going through this.

 

[jtn42248]

If they are rotten, I would need to remove them all right? How will she respond to that? I am not sure I can take much more of the crying she is already doing over the lost baby. Can't imagine how she will be if I take all of her eggs too.

Keep in mind that a goose lays an egg aprox. every other day. So, if there are 10 eggs they were laid over a 20 day period. So, if egg number one is a day 35 then egg 10 would be at day 25 or so. If you marked the eggs as they were being laid then you could easily remove the oldest eggs and leave the ones that may still hatch. Candle them if possible to check for development.

When mine hatched I left the remaining eggs for a few days just to be sure they all had hatched and mama goose was spending all her time off the nest with her brood.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Keep in mind that a goose lays an egg aprox. every other day. So, if there are 10 eggs they were laid over a 20 day period. So, if egg number one is a day 35 then egg 10 would be at day 25 or so. If you marked the eggs as they were being laid then you could easily remove the oldest eggs and leave the ones that may still hatch. Candle them if possible to check for development.

When mine hatched I left the remaining eggs for a few days just to be sure they all had hatched and mama goose was spending all her time off the nest with her brood.

I agree I just assumed she would candle , also I saw where casportpony said lay the eggs out for about 10-20 mins if any are still living those eggs will still be warm compared to those that are dead or not fertile.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

I have tried all I can think of to get her away from the eggs for me to get to them, and am still not successful. She is still sitting, gander is still protecting.

Bear in mind that these geese (15 years old roughly), live on my pond, are not handled by people (my mom was able to handle them, but she passed away, and they have never let me or anyone else near them other than my mom). So, try as I like, they just do not want me near them or their eggs. They are African Grey Geese, and I don't know how much I am willing to risk getting attacked.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have tried all I can think of to get her away from the eggs for me to get to them, and am still not successful. She is still sitting, gander is still protecting.

Bear in mind that these geese (15 years old roughly), live on my pond, are not handled by people (my mom was able to handle them, but she passed away, and they have never let me or anyone else near them other than my mom). So, try as I like, they just do not want me near them or their eggs. They are African Grey Geese, and I don't know how much I am willing to risk getting attacked.

Well just leave them alone once they explode she get off. They smell will eventually go away too. No since in getting hurt. such a shame after 15 yrs they lose the only gosling though. Or have they hatched goslings before?

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Well just leave them alone once they explode she get off. They smell will eventually go away too. No since in getting hurt. such a shame after 15 yrs they lose the only gosling though. Or have they hatched goslings before?

First eggs in all of their 15 years... very sad... she seems so intent on one of these eggs hatching still. They "crying" has gotten less, but she is still grieving I believe. Still sitting too. I hope she does not get in poor health from sitting so long. She hopped up for some bread that I threw out last night and I got a glance at the eggs, I can only see 4 eggs, they have not exploded, look the same as they always have. I am going to make an effort this weekend to get the eggs and candle them - and pray they do not explode when I touch them.

 

[Miss Lydia]

First eggs in all of their 15 years... very sad... she seems so intent on one of these eggs hatching still. They "crying" has gotten less, but she is still grieving I believe. Still sitting too. I hope she does not get in poor health from sitting so long. She hopped up for some bread that I threw out last night and I got a glance at the eggs, I can only see 4 eggs, they have not exploded, look the same as they always have. I am going to make an effort this weekend to get the eggs and candle them - and pray they do not explode when I touch them.

Keep us updated and handle with extreme care. They do grieve poor thing. Poor health is dif a possibility especially if she isn't eating anything but bread, an you put food and water close to her so she doesn't have to go far from her nest?

 

[Lucky Lemon]

I have put a tray of food out and water, she hasn't taken from either of them. But, she does go down to the pond about once a day and bathes and drinks and then comes back up to nest. I tried to sneak in last night and grab an egg when she went down to water, but the gander came flying at me out of nowhere. ~sheesh~