goose eggs

[KelseyBoxer]

 

[menmyboys]

How cute sorry it took si long to post again I started a new job and have had to make some big adjustments to my life. I am glad you little geese are doing well.I never did figure out how to post pics. Good luck with t he goslings.

 

[KelseyBoxer]

Thanks for the well wishes. Here they are outside for the first time. These guys are only 1 day old!

 

[jtn42248]

They are absolutely beautiful. Just wait and see how fast they grow. I have 8 that hatched one week ago and they have doubled in size already. I avoided the stress of incubation, also missed the excitement of seeing the process, by letting the mother sit the nest. She was and is a real trooper. Here is a picture of mine a couple of days ago.




Enjoy them, they are amazing birds.

 

[KelseyBoxer]

I love them already.They have a crazy story..bought on a whim at an egg auction. Hoped thet were fertile because they were not washed. Got 6 for $4.75. They are so big they don't fit in the turner in the LG styrofoam incubator. They wll only fit laying on their sides (which ends up the right way to incubate them) I never hand turned eggs before but I soon learned how. And cool and mist them too. Three make it to lock down and hatched! Auction workers are really nice. They ask the seller the next week about what breed they were and I'm told parents are sebastopol and african. What ever breed they are, I am very lucky to have 3!
I wish I had a beautiful goose family and could raise these babies in a natural way. Your geese are awsome!

 

[jtn42248]

I love them already.They have a crazy story..bought on a whim at an egg auction. Hoped thet were fertile because they were not washed. Got 6 for $4.75. They are so big they don't fit in the turner in the LG styrofoam incubator. They wll only fit laying on their sides (which ends up the right way to incubate them) I never hand turned eggs before but I soon learned how. And cool and mist them too. Three make it to lock down and hatched! Auction workers are really nice. They ask the seller the next week about what breed they were and I'm told parents are sebastopol and african. What ever breed they are, I am very lucky to have 3!
I wish I had a beautiful goose family and could raise these babies in a natural way. Your geese are awsome!

If your luck holds you will have two females and one male and next season may end up with a beautiful goose family like mine. I bought mine unsexed at 4 weeks of age to go with some 4 week old ducks I had. Well, they had other ideas so they now live in their own area away from the ducks who my gander is intent on killing. But to make up for that they ended up being two females (Lydia and Pauline) and one gander (Sting). They laid a clutch of almost 20 eggs total between the two females. Lydia went broody and sat the nest and then one day I looked in and there were three little heads popping out from under her. The next day out marched 8 perfect little goslings. Sting is very protective and both Lydia and Pauline guard them perfectly. So, now I have had to order a much larger shed for their home and plan on a place that will be large enough for all of them. I thought about selling some but they have already earned a place in our farm family.

I know you will enjoy yours as much as we do ours. Best of continued luck.