Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[psue]

I just finished helping Maisy deliver a healthy 25lb dark brown baby jack(boy) donkey at 10:57 pm tonight.

congrads!

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Thanks Brazil, Chick, Miss L, Flockman and Star!!! I was so excited and so surprised i didnt expect him to be brown lol both are doing great, had a smooth birth it all happend with in 20 minutes. To Top it all off it came on Mothers Day which was wonderful.
This is the kind of busy i love, told DH i wanted to find two more that were due soon lol
Mom hasnt got see him yet only in pics. She missed the whole thing because she was resting.
Im still tryin to figure out where to find a brooder thats big enough so far hes not in the house though i cant carry 25lbs that far lol
Here he is 12 hrs old, i named him Nestor after my fav old christmas cartoon, Nestor the long earred christmas Donkey lol

 

[Starfire669]

Thanks Brazil, Chick, Miss L, Flockman and Star!!! I was so excited and so surprised i didnt expect him to be brown lol both are doing great, had a smooth birth it all happend with in 20 minutes. To Top it all off it came on Mothers Day which was wonderful.
This is the kind of busy i love, told DH i wanted to find two more that were due soon lol
Mom hasnt got see him yet only in pics. She missed the whole thing because she was resting.
Im still tryin to figure out where to find a brooder thats big enough so far hes not in the house though i cant carry 25lbs that far lol
Here he is 12 hrs old, i named him Nestor after my fav old christmas cartoon, Nestor the long earred christmas Donkey lol

Awe! . Your mom got a great Mothers Day gift!

 

[Iain Utah]

Thanks Brazil, Chick, Miss L, Flockman and Star!!! I was so excited and so surprised i didnt expect him to be brown lol both are doing great, had a smooth birth it all happend with in 20 minutes. To Top it all off it came on Mothers Day which was wonderful.
This is the kind of busy i love, told DH i wanted to find two more that were due soon lol
Mom hasnt got see him yet only in pics. She missed the whole thing because she was resting.
Im still tryin to figure out where to find a brooder thats big enough

so far hes not in the house though i cant carry 25lbs that far lol
Here he is 12 hrs old, i named him Nestor after my fav old christmas cartoon, Nestor the long earred christmas Donkey lol

 

[livininbrazil]

And so far there have been 64 goslings born at my place (including the ones i incubated and there is still 2 brooding and 2 others that are preparing to brood

64!!!

 

[livininbrazil]

Thanks Brazil, Chick, Miss L, Flockman and Star!!! I was so excited and so surprised i didnt expect him to be brown lol both are doing great, had a smooth birth it all happend with in 20 minutes. To Top it all off it came on Mothers Day which was wonderful.
This is the kind of busy i love, told DH i wanted to find two more that were due soon lol
Mom hasnt got see him yet only in pics. She missed the whole thing because she was resting.
Im still tryin to figure out where to find a brooder thats big enough

so far hes not in the house though i cant carry 25lbs that far lol
Here he is 12 hrs old, i named him Nestor after my fav old christmas cartoon, Nestor the long earred christmas Donkey lol

Dear little chap. Will you geld him and keep him? ....How wicked, eh? Already talking about gelding him!

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Dear little chap.  Will you geld him and keep him?

Yes i probably will geld him and keep him, since i plan on keeping his mother for the rest of her life, i dont want inbreeding. I plan on training him for harness work to pull a cart when he is older.

 

[livininbrazil]

Yes i probably will geld him and keep him, since i plan on keeping his mother for the rest of her life, i dont want inbreeding. I plan on training him for harness work to pull a cart when he is older.

That sounds fun. Will you breed her again? Or are there already too many donkeys there? In England there are donkey sanctuaries.
Here, you rarely see them, and the males are valued for producing mules which fetch a lot of money.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

That sounds fun.  Will you breed her again?  Or are there already too many donkeys there?  In England there are donkey sanctuaries.
Here, you rarely see them, and the males are valued for producing mules which fetch a lot of money.

I may breed her again but it will be awhile. I want her body to rest. Donkeys are somewhat hard to find in my state, people tend to want to hang onto them, they do not cost much but are still in demand, if you are lucky enough to see an ad for one for sale you also have to be lucky enough to be the first to call about it.

 

[bibkel]

GOSLING FEVER!!!!

I get it!!!

They were due yesterday and last night I has four eggs with holes big enough to see they are girls, a couple others were externally pipped. One was soup, and when I cracked it open ( in a bag, over the garbage can) it looked like scrambled eggs, and didn't stink near as much as I thought it would. (Anyone know what's up with the scrambled eggs?)

This morning I got a girl....layed down with it tucked under my "wing" to warm her up. The new owner wants it human imprinted. My girls went out and found two more girls....now I have two relatively dry goslings and one still damp under my wing with a black duckling. I had my daughter take some pics that I will post soon....

They are adorable with wobbly heads and wee wee wee sounds, I am LOVING this.
My daughter feels bad for swiping all her babies.