Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[Miss Lydia]

Dewlap toulouse from lain Utah

Well they will be lovely geese then.

 

[RURU]

Such cute goslings!!!!

 

[RURU]

i was bored so here is family 3

Serv nice to see all your geese enjoying swimming in the flowinging of water...

 

[lwente]

Hey y'all just wondering if Romeo is getting the job done! Fertile or infertile?? One for sure looks fertile to me but I wanted to ask the experts! Hope to hatch some of these babies!!

 

[bibkel]

Hey y'all just wondering if Romeo is getting the job done! Fertile or infertile?? One for sure looks fertile to me but I wanted to ask the experts! Hope to hatch some of these babies!!

I would assume fertile, but no babies will appear if keep peeking!!!

 

[MollySanWV]

So my last egg to hatch is moving very slow - it is also the only one that I never saw an internal pip or shadowing or any other kind of movement in when I put them all into lockdown. It has cracked about a 2 inch space in its shell and I can faintly hear it chirping. It only externally pipped sometime last night and I don't plan on opening the incubator tonight but if it hasn't made any progress by morning should I try and assist?

 

[servpolice]

Ok my other pair a Brown chinese and my greylag/embden is having babies!

 

[ChickDancer]

Hey y'all just wondering if Romeo is getting the job done! Fertile or infertile?? One for sure looks fertile to me but I wanted to ask the experts! Hope to hatch some of these babies!!

Definitely fertile! Congratulations!

 

[Iain Utah]

Congrats!
Now that is sweet! I hope my gander is as loving when he has goslings. Even though my oldest gander is only 11 weeks, he is now super protective of the 7 and 5 week old goslings with him. Yesterday a drake bit one of the 5 week olds who was off grazing by himself and boy was my gander furious! I hope it means he will be a great papa when the time comes. Congrats on such a sweet family.

Thanks! I find most geese, male and female, want to adopt and raise goslings, although it may take a few days of getting to know new goslings through a pen before I can trust the adults to have them. Chicory is extra special because he instantly adopts all goslings and I can just walk out and hand babies to him, without worrying how he will be.

Super news!

How satisfying! What about the other two eggs?
Nice to know he´s stopped trying to beat them up! You´ll have your hands full with him, I reckon!

It looks like they did not get into proper hatching position and failed to internally pip.

update pictures....

Ducklings and week old goslings


Oldest 2 sets of goslings and Josephine

3 out and 1 to go!

You are getting a great hatch! Congrats!!!

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So my last egg to hatch is moving very slow - it is also the only one that I never saw an internal pip or shadowing or any other kind of movement in when I put them all into lockdown. It has cracked about a 2 inch space in its shell and I can faintly hear it chirping. It only externally pipped sometime last night and I don't plan on opening the incubator tonight but if it hasn't made any progress by morning should I try and assist?

Any updates?

 

[Iain Utah]

I know I said I wasn't going to turn my bator on this year, but.... I set 3 African eggs in my bator yesterday.