Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[8GeeseALaying]

Stormy is a Momma!!! Hers hatched sometime this morning, its a lighter color than the first one and trimed in more yellow and it has a tuft.
Ethel's is half way out and its white with some gray on its back, last year that meant boy but we will see.

 

[servpolice]

Exciting

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Its out!! And I was wrong, it looks like a saddleback. Even the skin is dark in those places. Dark skin dark feathers. Its head is dark, neck is yellow, back is dark the rest is yellow.

 

[Starfire669]

My ducks live in the same coop as my chickens. I have one duck that lays in a corner, and now she is sitting. Every once in a while, I will find one either in the pool or in the field. 
I overflow with duck eggs, my girls are great layers. most will lay in the boxes I have provided, and I have to make a couple more boxes....I get quite the variety of eggs in one box. Chicken, bantam, duck....mostly duck...I have to discard every once in a while. Imagine that, I get too many. LOL and the way they "frolic" in the baby pool......I am betting all of them are fertile. I have three drakes, one is limpy and gets too much attention from the other two drakes. I will be culling one drake, just need to decide which. Both are mutts, one is a very light grey (blue swed and something else, I have NO white ducks and he looked white in the beginning ) or the one that LOOKS full on Rouen, but has to be a mutt. 

LIvin' yes I thought that strange as well. Gander likes to stand in the pool during sentry duty, and he used to make sure he was the only one in the pool, no ducks allowed. Sebbies, LOOOOOVVVEEE water. Seem obsessed by it, actually.e

Thank you chickdancer, 30 days. So May 8-11th. I hope they hatch on the weekend.   

I was at the ladies house, checking over the ducks for any issues, and the biggest crested went into the coop came down after a few minutes, we checked for an egg. She then started digging in the compost pile and I thought, she needs to lay, asked the lady if we could wait a bit before loading them and come back, she said sure. We came back 20 minutes later and sure enought, there was an egg there still warm. So not only do I have new Quakers, at least 1 is laying already! She is the drakes favorite so is most likely fertile but I will not be hayching this year. And after doing research on crested ducks I may never allow them to raise their own eggs. Kinda concerned about the crested gene causing issues in ducklings.

Anyways, the new crew is wondering all over my yard, exploring their new home right now. The geese are fine with the white ducks but Snow does not like the little black crested. The ducks keep following my chickens around, guess cause they were raised with chickens, but my chickens are like "what in blazes are you?" lol

 

[Starfire669]

Stormy is a Momma!!! Hers hatched sometime this morning, its a lighter color than the first one and trimed in more yellow and it has a tuft.
Ethel's is half way out and its white with some gray on its back, last year that meant boy but we will see.

Congrats to you and Stormy on a beautiful baby!

 

[Iain Utah]

Congrats to all who have hatched healthy babies and very sorry for those that have not made it.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Thanks all! I will have pics soon once they are settled into their inside brooder. 3 are out as of now and more should be out by tonight.

 

[servpolice]

8 do you also have a pied tuff ! XD

 

[servpolice]

Ok ive a goose thats going to hatch 11 goslings this weekend so it will be exciting and i think 3 others will have goslings also

 

[8GeeseALaying]

8 do you also have a pied tuff ! XD

You mean in the goslings i just hatched?