Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[8GeeseALaying]

Mildred went broody! So i have Maggie due in 13 days, Ethel due 10 days after that and then Mildred due 10 days later lol all i can say is OH MY. Lucky i have buyers waiting

 

[psue]

Mildred went broody! So i have Maggie due in 13 days, Ethel due 10 days after that and then Mildred due 10 days later lol all i can say is OH MY. Lucky i have buyers waiting

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Number 11 is out!!! Woohoo im finished with the bator for now!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Number 11 is out!!! Woohoo im finished with the bator for now!!

 

[livininbrazil]

You have to admit, it would have been much funnier if the neighbor had been referring to a black CHICKEN!

I´ve been deprived of the internet for a few days, so if i post a response to something that´s old hat, just ignore it.

Fluffy baby pics forgive the pen they mess it up quick!





My lavender Tufted

Delightful.

 

[livininbrazil]

There's over 100 posts since yesterday morning..... such a chatty bunch! Sorry I'm not doing a marathon multi-quote to reply to everyone, but glad to see hatching season is a big success this year for most everyone. I finally have candling updates and very sad news to share. As a few of you know, I moved onto my current property 3 years ago and it came with a pair of male geese. Hubby and I thought it would be nice to hatch babies to give to them and on February 24, 2012, I hatched my very 1st four African goslings. Two were girls and after the ganders adopted and raised the 4-pack, each took a girl for a mate. Sometime in the early morning hours yesterday, a raccoon got one of my girls and her mate appears lost without her. She was so imprinted with me that as part of her daily routine, she would climb in my lap, nibble on my clothes and drive off any other geese that wanted to come near me. Losing her is a terrible blow and hubby and I are both pretty wrecked.

I believe the best thing we can do for our gander is to give him more babies to raise so we candled every broody's nest last night. In my deceased girl's sister's nest (which she shared), I have 4 eggs ranging from day 15-21. In Beignet's nest I have 4 eggs between day 15-21 and one is a strong swimming white African. In my buff dewlap's nest, to my great surprise I have 8 eggs between day 7-15, and in my incubator (which my neighbor's kid is using), I have 3 white African eggs on day 21. In all, I have 19 eggs developing and now I am impatient and anxious to get at least a few to hatch to give to my grieving boy.

So sorry to hear that, Utah. that´s so sad.
But 19 goslings up-and-coming! Like me this past year! Oh, you´ll have some fun! I hope you manage to consol your gander, poor soul.

 

[livininbrazil]

Hey LB remember when you said I was in trouble because Snow bit my pants leg after picking up Jas? Well I just watched Snow chase the old man that is staying in our apartment because his house burned down! He walked through my front yard close to the geese and Snow put his head down and charged 3 times! He wasn't quite brave enough to bite, yet. But I can see it is only a matter of time. That baby gander is going to be a handful when he is fully mature!

Color? Anyone care to guess? This is Number 8 all fluffed he is much darker than the one i thought was saddleback.

Sweet! Here´s a pic of my 3 geese at 3-4 days old. Mixed-breed. Slight similarity?

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Sweet! Here´s a pic of my 3 geese at 3-4 days old. Mixed-breed. Slight similarity?

They are pretty close in color and markings.

 

[flockman]

The 5 in the bator are growing well a wiggling!

 

[flockman]

Sweet! Here´s a pic of my 3 geese at 3-4 days old. Mixed-breed. Slight similarity?

Very pretty!