Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[psue]

some people have great luck with the incubators and some dont.

Use this if you want to try https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...on-hatching-guide-completed/320#post_13058343

 

[RURU]

Do goose eggs hatch better when using a broody then an incubator? I've heard that they are tricky but jeese! These posts make it sound dang near impossible!

Last year my girls laid eggs and I went out and kept taking eggs to incubate. I hatched 15 goslings. The rest of the eggs the girls laid and sat on not one goose hatched any eggs! That is because they took so long to lay them and the go broody. Sometimes too if the girls do sit on their eggs and hatch them some female sit what we call too tight and can suffocate heir goslings. So many breeders will let their girls sit until time comes for them to pip and hen take them and bring them into their incubators...
Sometimes it can be an easy hatch and then there can be not so good of a hatch. Each year differs...

 

[ugly ducky]

OK, I have a question. If you take the eggs away from the geese when they are due to hatch, will that goose then lay another clutch or will she just quit for the year?

 

[RURU]

On mine since they had went broody then you take the eggs away at hatch time she will not lay anymore eggs. In order to keep them laying you have to keep taking eggs away for them to keep laying until they can lay no more. But once they go broody mine do not lay any more eggs.
That is my experience maybe others will chime in on their experiences.

But always remember to keep giving your girls oyster shell and or calcium in some way to replenish the calcium it takes from their bones to lay the eggs. This is why a lot of females die just for no reason and are not egg bound....

 

[Miss HennyPenny]

me too...  but I cried like a baby for about 2 hours :/

yes they are... now to get tons of baby pictures on here

After you said that I went back to look at the first pics of Moose.

...and then the latest...

How did this happen in 4 weeks? What happened to my baby Moose?

 

[servpolice]

Jeez! Look at the size of him! Gander!

 

[servpolice]

RuRu yea i heard they are very hard to hatch but its a challange! lets see if you get alot of babies!

 

[servpolice]

When my geese brood and are over 3 years and their eggs fail, rarely they will lay in late fall

 

[servpolice]

Ok tomorrow is lockdown for two of my eggs !
I candled them and one is moving normally and one cant wait to get out!

 

[Miss Lydia]

After you said that I went back to look at the first pics of Moose.

...and then the latest...

How did this happen in 4 weeks? What happened to my baby Moose?

Moose is a true Moose. lol