Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[livininbrazil]

Just in case anyone´s interested, all the 12 goslings hatched so far are doing well.
As regards the two eggs I brought in and put under a lamp, after 4 or 5 days one of them finally hatched, but not without difficulties. It pipped, but never made much noise, it didn´t zip, so I assisted by opening the shell a bit. Time went by, the blood vessels were absorbed, it looked like it wanted to come out, so I opened the shell more. After a lot more time, it started pushing itself out, but it had a lot of yolk left to absorb, so I shoeved it into its egg and pushed it into a corner so it couldn´t get out. After a while, I could see the yolk had almost gone, so I released it a bit, and it pushed, but the yolk was still attached to the membrane, and started tearing. Well, it started to bleed, so I took it out and tied cotton around the bleeding part. It has a bit of a hernia there, I sprayed some stuff on that´s like blue kote, and it´s made it through the night. shaky head, bit weak. It´s one of those goslings that wouldn´t have made it out of the shell anyway, so I don´t hold pout a lot of hope for it, but while it´s fighting... ok.
The second egg I brought in has internally pipped, also smashed the shell, but not gone through the membrane in that particular place, so I´m just keeping it warm. It´s talking to the first one, which is good for them both. we´ll see what happens.
Meanwhle, there´s a third egg that was way behind the others, ( out of 5 eggs under a goose, 2 hatched fine, the other 3 had live goslings at various stages of development, so I removed them) which I´ve popped under a broody goose and I´m keeping my ear on that one, as I´ll have to take it away as soon as it pips, as she has her own eggs due to hatch at a later date. All action here!

 

[jtn42248]

Just in case anyone´s interested, all the 12 goslings hatched so far are doing well.
As regards the two eggs I brought in and put under a lamp, after 4 or 5 days one of them finally hatched, but not without difficulties.

livin...when you say you put them under a lamp did you just put them under a household lamp on a towel or something or an actual incubator? If under a regular lamp, how much heat, what else did you have to do, what about humidity, etc.

 

[Starfire669]

Wow, they´re good-sized eggs for young geese.  Will make some good omelettes!  Then enjoy them more in the spring.    Geese are renowned for choosing their own spot.  

So the eggs will get bigger? How much bigger, because these eggs seem large enough. I really feel bad for their bums now!

I will keep tempting them to the nest inside their house. If they take it, great, if not no harm done. While we don't seem to have coons and other nasty predators, we do have some very large feral cats and lots of stray dogs. My fence has kept the dogs out, so far, but nothing keeps the cats out and a sitting goose is at high risk.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Just in case anyone´s interested, all the 12 goslings hatched so far are doing well.
As regards the two eggs I brought in and put under a lamp, after 4 or 5 days one of them finally hatched, but not without difficulties. It pipped, but never made much noise, it didn´t zip, so I assisted by opening the shell a bit. Time went by, the blood vessels were absorbed, it looked like it wanted to come out, so I opened the shell more. After a lot more time, it started pushing itself out, but it had a lot of yolk left to absorb, so I shoeved it into its egg and pushed it into a corner so it couldn´t get out. After a while, I could see the yolk had almost gone, so I released it a bit, and it pushed, but the yolk was still attached to the membrane, and started tearing. Well, it started to bleed, so I took it out and tied cotton around the bleeding part. It has a bit of a hernia there, I sprayed some stuff on that´s like blue kote, and it´s made it through the night. shaky head, bit weak. It´s one of those goslings that wouldn´t have made it out of the shell anyway, so I don´t hold pout a lot of hope for it, but while it´s fighting... ok.
The second egg I brought in has internally pipped, also smashed the shell, but not gone through the membrane in that particular place, so I´m just keeping it warm. It´s talking to the first one, which is good for them both. we´ll see what happens.
Meanwhle, there´s a third egg that was way behind the others, ( out of 5 eggs under a goose, 2 hatched fine, the other 3 had live goslings at various stages of development, so I removed them) which I´ve popped under a broody goose and I´m keeping my ear on that one, as I´ll have to take it away as soon as it pips, as she has her own eggs due to hatch at a later date. All action here!

Sounds like your staying busy helping mamas with their gozzies. Congrats on all that have hatched. Hope the lil one struggling makes it.

 

[livininbrazil]

livin...when you say you put them under a lamp did you just put them under a household lamp on a towel or something or an actual incubator? If under a regular lamp, how much heat, what else did you have to do, what about humidity, etc.

A desk lamp, and I put a human thermometer in there to check the temp, get it to around 36 37ºC, sometimes it gets hotter. It´s very approximate, and it´s only for the last days, but mostly it seems to work. A towel underneath, or kitchen paper, and wet bits of kitchen paper, wetted as necessary, etc.... I get up half-way through the night to check on them, too. I just think of the goose. she goes and has a bath, goes back to the nest, sits on them, they get damp.... Pilgrims are one of the easiest to hatch, though, as they don´t need such high humidity, and here the outside air humidity is 18!!!!! Everything dries in minutes.

Sounds like your staying busy helping mamas with their gozzies. Congrats on all that have hatched. Hope the lil one struggling makes it.

Yes, but these will be mine, especially the little needy one, if it survives, and so far it´s doing amazingly well. I´m really surprised. Two pics.. first one shows the umbilical hernia and the silver spray like blue kote on it, with the threads hanging down where I tied it. The other pic shows same baby looking quite perky...
The 'hernia' where the yolk sac was is really reduced now.
Just picking and poking yet... as you can see by the splashes on the mirror. I think it´s a little female, and I think she´s from my cross-breds, because of her foot colouring. Just out of the picture is the egg, which right now she´s cuddling up to. The egg should be out by tomorrow, I reckon. zipping now in progress.

 

[Miss Lydia]

A desk lamp, and I put a human thermometer in there to check the temp, get it to around 36 37ºC, sometimes it gets hotter. It´s very approximate, and it´s only for the last days, but mostly it seems to work. A towel underneath, or kitchen paper, and wet bits of kitchen paper, wetted as necessary, etc.... I get up half-way through the night to check on them, too. I just think of the goose. she goes and has a bath, goes back to the nest, sits on them, they get damp.... Pilgrims are one of the easiest to hatch, though, as they don´t need such high humidity, and here the outside air humidity is 18!!!!! Everything dries in minutes.
Yes, but these will be mine, especially the little needy one, if it survives, and so far it´s doing amazingly well. I´m really surprised. Two pics.. first one shows the umbilical hernia and the silver spray like blue kote on it, with the threads hanging down where I tied it. The other pic shows same baby looking quite perky...
The 'hernia' where the yolk sac was is really reduced now.
Just picking and poking yet... as you can see by the splashes on the mirror. I think it´s a little female, and I think she´s from my cross-breds, because of her foot colouring. Just out of the picture is the egg, which right now she´s cuddling up to. The egg should be out by tomorrow, I reckon. zipping now in progress.

So precious . pretty color too.

 

[servpolice]

#Update : The Scots tape seems to work good any day the wing should be back to normal
Irish weather at the moment is unusually dry trees are starting to crumble and turning more orange and already starting to fall .
Some tree are still green.

 

[Miss Lydia]

#Update : The Scots tape seems to work good any day the wing should be back to normal
Irish weather at the moment is unusually dry trees are starting to crumble and turning more orange and already starting to fall .
Some tree are still green.

 

[Iain Utah]

Wow, they´re good-sized eggs for young geese. Will make some good omelettes! Then enjoy them more in the spring. Geese are renowned for choosing their own spot.

Last spring, I had one goose that was so picky about her nesting site, I made about 5 different set-ups and tried places all over the yard until she finally decided she liked one. On the other hand, once they go broody, I have found it is fairly easy to relocate goose and nest to a location of my choosing.

So the eggs will get bigger? How much bigger, because these eggs seem large enough. I really feel bad for their bums now!

I will keep tempting them to the nest inside their house. If they take it, great, if not no harm done. While we don't seem to have coons and other nasty predators, we do have some very large feral cats and lots of stray dogs. My fence has kept the dogs out, so far, but nothing keeps the cats out and a sitting goose is at high risk.

Dogs, foxes, mink and raccoons are all big threats, but I haven't met a cat yet that could take out one of my geese.

A desk lamp, and I put a human thermometer in there to check the temp, get it to around 36 37ºC, sometimes it gets hotter. It´s very approximate, and it´s only for the last days, but mostly it seems to work. A towel underneath, or kitchen paper, and wet bits of kitchen paper, wetted as necessary, etc.... I get up half-way through the night to check on them, too. I just think of the goose. she goes and has a bath, goes back to the nest, sits on them, they get damp.... Pilgrims are one of the easiest to hatch, though, as they don´t need such high humidity, and here the outside air humidity is 18!!!!! Everything dries in minutes.
Yes, but these will be mine, especially the little needy one, if it survives, and so far it´s doing amazingly well. I´m really surprised. Two pics.. first one shows the umbilical hernia and the silver spray like blue kote on it, with the threads hanging down where I tied it. The other pic shows same baby looking quite perky...
The 'hernia' where the yolk sac was is really reduced now.
Just picking and poking yet... as you can see by the splashes on the mirror. I think it´s a little female, and I think she´s from my cross-breds, because of her foot colouring. Just out of the picture is the egg, which right now she´s cuddling up to. The egg should be out by tomorrow, I reckon. zipping now in progress.

Hope the little one makes it.

#Update : The Scots tape seems to work good any day the wing should be back to normal
Irish weather at the moment is unusually dry trees are starting to crumble and turning more orange and already starting to fall .
Some tree are still green.

Congrats on fixing their wings. I've seen a few different wing conditions, but have not severe droopy wing before.

 

[Starfire669]

Last spring, I had one goose that was so picky about her nesting site, I made about 5 different set-ups and tried places all over the yard until she finally decided she liked one.  On the other hand, once they go broody, I have found it is fairly easy to relocate goose and nest to a location of my choosing.

Dogs, foxes, mink and raccoons are all big threats, but I haven't met a cat yet that could take out one of my geese.

So far the cats have left my flock alone. But they are attracted by the chickens and there is a really big, mean Manx tomcat here that has to weight 18-20 pounds. He is the cat I fear most. Late one night I heard Patches, my outside mouser making a ruckus and went to check and I startled the Manx on my front porch eating Patches' food. The dang cat actually growled at me before running away! Patches was ok, though very upset this cat came to her home and stole her dinner. I have since started feeding her earlier and make sure there are no left overs in her bowl. But I worry that he might try a sitting goose, he is large enough to do some damage, so I want to avoid it by keeping all my broodies locked up at night. During the day the geese, as a group, attack any cat, except Patches, that gets in the yard, lol.