I have 2 female geese that have gone broody. Right now I am wondering if their eggs are ever fertile. I have a gander and I have hatched eggs from him before so I know he is doing his job. But one is sitting on 12 eggs! The other I have no idea yet. They have been sitting a while so I would have thought something would have hatched by now but nothing. I am wondering should I kick them off their nests so I can candle their eggs? I have already accidentally scared one off a nest when I had to clean out part of their coop. I found a few eggs that fell out of the nest so I took them and cracked them open. No development may have just been infertile. She came back 10 minutes later so I wasn't to worried about the eggs. They also keep switching nests as well... The brown chinese who has been sitting has been doing so for ...hmmm... about 3 weeks or more I think... The other goose started last week and I don't know if she took some of the brown girls eggs or made her own nest. So what should I do? Wait more and see what happens or candle and get rid of dud eggs? I want them to hatch their own because if they are willing hey why should I get in the way of that? More room in my incubator!
Here are some pictures. In that nest counted 12. Those are just the ones I can see in the nest....
Here are some pictures. In that nest counted 12. Those are just the ones I can see in the nest....
. Hopefully more little goslings will be running around soon! Good luck to everyone with broody mamas! 
