Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[Miss Lydia]

Miss L, this is not your only chance for Sammy/Missy to have babies. I can always send more eggs next month if Missy is not inclined to go broody just yet. We'll make it happen, one way or another.

Thanks J, appreciate this. So should I just leave well enough alone and let all the eggs stay inside with Missy. They mated this morning so I'm pretty sure she will lay again tomorrow. So confused. LOL

 

[Iain Utah]

 

[livininbrazil]

She sat on 9 livin, this morning she came pouring out of the goose house right along with sam so i went in and took her 2 oldest eggs and 2 of the new ones J sent and put those 2 under my Scovy, I figure she can sit tight on them till I see some kind of sign from Missy, Joy scooted them right under her. When Missy gets serious then I'll take them back to her, those 2 were the only warm ones. I just hate to lose this chance.

So pleased you did that. Go, Joy!!
You´ll probably remember all this: I´ve had a goose that hatched out 3 gozzies, the gander tried to look after them, but the goose refused to leave the nest. I lost 2 of those babies, as she let them get cold at night, she just wanted to brood eggs! Stupid goose. So, I took some eggs from her sister and put them under the first goose and she sat on them till hatch, and this time I made sure there was nothing left in her nest, not even the tiniest stone for her to brood, and she did fine. So, she actually sat 2 months. I just made sure she had plenty of food and water. Another time was a muscovy, just like yours, became broody, but I wanted to keep her broody until she could sit on some goose eggs. I took her eggs away and I put fake eggs under her to keep her in the mood, and then after a few weeks when the goose had laid some eggs, I popped the eggs under the muscovy and she sat there the further 4 weeks to hatch them. I left the goose to get on with her own brood of eggs, then took the tiny gozzies from the muscovy as soon as they hatched, leaving her with acouple of dud eggs to keep her quiet, and introduced the gozzies to the goose momma when she´d hatched hers out a little later. all a big happy family, and after a bit I took the dud eggs away from the scovy and she started laying again after a bit.

So, after all that waffling, you could always leave the 2 eggs with the scovy until hatch, I´m quite sure she´ll do a good job, and maybe Missy will sit on the other two, maybe not, but you can introduce the duck-hatched gozzies to Missy later for her to adopt. I´d be inclined to put all 4 under the muscovy, then if Missy goes seriously broody, just let her have 2 of them back again to continue incubating. That way you´ll get all the gozzies the same age. Just my thoughts on it all,

 

[Miss Lydia]

So pleased you did that. Go, Joy!!
You´ll probably remember all this: I´ve had a goose that hatched out 3 gozzies, the gander tried to look after them, but the goose refused to leave the nest. I lost 2 of those babies, as she let them get cold at night, she just wanted to brood eggs! Stupid goose. So, I took some eggs from her sister and put them under the first goose and she sat on them till hatch, and this time I made sure there was nothing left in her nest, not even the tiniest stone for her to brood, and she did fine. So, she actually sat 2 months. I just made sure she had plenty of food and water. Another time was a muscovy, just like yours, became broody, but I wanted to keep her broody until she could sit on some goose eggs. I took her eggs away and I put fake eggs under her to keep her in the mood, and then after a few weeks when the goose had laid some eggs, I popped the eggs under the muscovy and she sat there the further 4 weeks to hatch them. I left the goose to get on with her own brood of eggs, then took the tiny gozzies from the muscovy as soon as they hatched, leaving her with acouple of dud eggs to keep her quiet, and introduced the gozzies to the goose momma when she´d hatched hers out a little later. all a big happy family, and after a bit I took the dud eggs away from the scovy and she started laying again after a bit.

So, after all that waffling, you could always leave the 2 eggs with the scovy until hatch, I´m quite sure she´ll do a good job, and maybe Missy will sit on the other two, maybe not, but you can introduce the duck-hatched gozzies to Missy later for her to adopt. I´d be inclined to put all 4 under the muscovy, then if Missy goes seriously broody, just let her have 2 of them back again to continue incubating. That way you´ll get all the gozzies the same age. Just my thoughts on it all,

Thanks for input livin, I am not sure Joy can cover all 4 they are huge compared to her's and Missy's lol I can try and see how she does, nothing lost anyway. I expect Missy will go broody any

day anyway.

 

[SunnyD]

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Miss Lydia, Harriet Laid An Egg Yesterday!l

 

[servpolice]

RuRu cant wait till your babies hatch ! I would say all the fertile eggs will develope properly

 

[servpolice]

8! you see! now you got eggs! but is there gander with the laying geese so they will be fertile,and now you have to wait for more eggs so you can get incubating!

 

[servpolice]

Living! I see your already planning breeding season for your geese which is very smart ! Cross breeding is a lot of fun when you know what crosses you want and plan breeding crosses! Its not fun if you dont care of the geese and let them breed not knowing what crosses they are :/

 

[servpolice]

Henny penny its on -_-! Never did this cross of geese so i dont know when they hatch im guessing 30-31 its exciting and will be handy for people in future

 

[servpolice]

miss lydia isince its her first brooding i would say keep the eggs around 7-8 because too much will irritate the goose :/