Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[Starfire669]

Put an ad in the local classifieds to sell some of these eggs for hatching. Gotten alot of weird calls. The ad reads "fertile goose hatching eggs $3 each buy more than 6 $2 each" the calls im getting are from people thinking those eggs are already goslings like the goose is hatching the eggs this very minute.
One asked if i hatched goslings after finding out they were just eggs, i said yea and she said so if i bought more than six goslings they are $2 each...Nooooo i dont even sell my chicks for that lol

Lol, guess people think you can make an egg hatch whenever you want. Some people need to go back to kindergarten. Hope you get better callers interested in your eggs 8. Next year you can count me in as a customer. By then I'll have an incubator and a much better set up for my babies.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Lol, guess people think you can make an egg hatch whenever you want. Some people need to go back to kindergarten. Hope you get better callers interested in your eggs 8. Next year you can count me in as a customer. By then I'll have an incubator and a much better set up for my babies.

Thanks! I just thought id give people the chance at some hatching eggs(i have other plans if they dont sell), geese are kind of rare around here. It took me 4 yrs to track down geese i was a little nervous about ordering from a hatchery.
Just remind me next year When you are ready and i will ship them. I should still have them all unless something comes up, never know. Im supposed to send some to Rivergoddess but she has never gotten back to me.

 

[Starfire669]

Thanks! I just thought id give people the chance at some hatching eggs(i have other plans if they dont sell), geese are kind of rare around here. It took me 4 yrs to track down geese i was a little nervous about ordering from a hatchery.
Just remind me next year When you are ready and i will ship them. I should still have them all unless something comes up, never know. Im supposed to send some to Rivergoddess but she has never gotten back to me.

I will, I'm eager to get some brown Chinese and some of your pied Chinese, to go with the white I have. I couldn't find brown Chinese here and I looked. And I think the pied geese are stunning. I would love to see a mix colored gaggle of geese in my yard!

 

[Starfire669]

How long do you fwe'd goslings starter feed? And do you put them on a layer feed or something else? We have no access to waterfowl feed so have been using game bird feed for them.

 

[RURU]

How long do you fwe'd goslings starter feed? And do you put them on a layer feed or something else? We have no access to waterfowl feed so have been using game bird feed for them.

Game bird feed is good. Feed it only 3 weeks then change over to adult maintance. This is so you do not cause angel wing. But mainly let hem eat grass and dandelion leafs.

 

[Starfire669]

[COLOR=0000FF]Game bird feed is good. Feed it only 3 weeks then change over to adult maintance. This is so you do not cause angel wing. But mainly let hem eat grass and dandelion leafs.[/COLOR]

Thanks! I ordered the book of geese but it's not going to get here till the 17th. Do geese need extra calcium like chickens?

 

[RURU]

Thanks! I ordered the book of geese but it's not going to get here till the 17th. Do geese need extra calcium like chickens?

Only when they are breeding and start laying eggs because making the eggs takes the calcium from the bones and needs to be replaced. I give patio mix from walmart mixed in with their feed. Not too much just some to help replace the calcium, plus on females they need oyster shell.

 

[DaisyMeadow]

So I candled my eggs just now and one of the goose eggs in the incubator (scheduled to hatch in about a week) sloshed when I put it back down. It sounded sloshy and also felt sloshy. That's the best way I can describe it. Should I toss it? Is that an indication of anything in particular?

 

[8GeeseALaying]

I will, I'm eager to get some brown Chinese and some of your pied Chinese, to go with the white I have. I couldn't find brown Chinese here and I looked. And I think the pied geese are stunning. I would love to see a mix colored gaggle of geese in my yard!

There will Definitely be browns, my brown pair are strong producers and the gander of that pair loves all the others especially his white women lol so there will be pieds from them and then hopefully some splashes from my older pieds breeding with my white gander. So Plenty of color lol

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Candled my 12 remaining eggs. Tonight they are on day 11. They are now responding to the light and when i looked at them most of them are wiggling e
Although im not sure but one looked as if it may have quit.
Also i have had a memory lapse, the air cells seem to be increasing already, is this normal? I cant for the life of me remember if this happened with my 3 batches last year.