kesrchicky16
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- Dec 13, 2016
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Ok so I might be a bit behind the 8 ball here. How many days do goose eggs need to incubate?
The story from the beginning.
I have 4 geese. A French Toulouse gander (Gaston) and 2 females (Belle & Katerina). And an African female (Matry). I am confident of genders as I checked vents and have gotten 3 eggs in 1 night and have wiggly babies in giant eggs. I also have ducks that shared a coop until about a week after I started gathering eggs.
I seemed to have 3 sizes of eggs. I'm used to duck eggs and some eggs were unbelievably huge. There were some middle of the road eggs that I decided I chance it and put in the incubator with the huge ones. I can't rule out them being ducks and I will post pictures of each baby from the eggs in question.
Now here is the math question. I started the incubator on a Friday, March 15. I got external pips in 3 mid sizes eggs yesterday and see that 1 other is definitely internally popped. My family reports that one is fully hatched and a second is almost there.
Unless I've messed something up a whole lot if they are ducklings they are 4 days past due but I thought Goslings would be until Friday so 3 days early.
Chicken-21 days
Malard based Duck-28 days
Goose-35 days
Other then wild doves and little tweeting puff balls those are the only egg laying animals on my farm.
I know bill shape is different and as they grow it will become obvious but I now completely understand the premise of "The Ugly Duckling".
The story from the beginning.
I have 4 geese. A French Toulouse gander (Gaston) and 2 females (Belle & Katerina). And an African female (Matry). I am confident of genders as I checked vents and have gotten 3 eggs in 1 night and have wiggly babies in giant eggs. I also have ducks that shared a coop until about a week after I started gathering eggs.
I seemed to have 3 sizes of eggs. I'm used to duck eggs and some eggs were unbelievably huge. There were some middle of the road eggs that I decided I chance it and put in the incubator with the huge ones. I can't rule out them being ducks and I will post pictures of each baby from the eggs in question.
Now here is the math question. I started the incubator on a Friday, March 15. I got external pips in 3 mid sizes eggs yesterday and see that 1 other is definitely internally popped. My family reports that one is fully hatched and a second is almost there.
Unless I've messed something up a whole lot if they are ducklings they are 4 days past due but I thought Goslings would be until Friday so 3 days early.
Chicken-21 days
Malard based Duck-28 days
Goose-35 days
Other then wild doves and little tweeting puff balls those are the only egg laying animals on my farm.
I know bill shape is different and as they grow it will become obvious but I now completely understand the premise of "The Ugly Duckling".
