My geese have been laying eggs all over the place and refuse to set on them. So, I decided to experiment by placing some of the goose eggs under my broody muscovy ducks. Well the goose eggs are now hatching. I had my first goose egg to hatch last night. I placed 3 eggs under each muscovy hen (5 ducks are setting on eggs), so if all goes well, they will hatch 15 goslings. My question is, will the duck know that the baby is a gosling and not a duck? Will the duck still care for the gosling or not? Should I be worried that this experiment may not work?
You can see the baby gosling's head sticking out from under the duck.
You can see the baby gosling's head sticking out from under the duck.
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