Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[nate1the1great1]

Oh I forgot nate that's right, look forward to seeing your babies.

Im still waiting to find where she is hiding her eggs unless she took a break for a few days like she did the first time so hopefully soon bc i got all my supplies to make my incubator

 

[Miss Lydia]

Im still waiting to find where she is hiding her eggs unless she took a break for a few days like she did the first time so hopefully soon bc i got all my supplies to make my incubator

When did she lay her first one nate? they lay every other day.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Well keep us updated     You should post some pics of the eggs you did last year since we have new members who haven't seen them. How's the new ones coming got them done yet?

Never went to pick them up Sunday. Was afraid to go anywhere, had contractions all weekend but they were only false ones.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Never went to pick them up Sunday. Was afraid to go anywhere, had contractions all weekend but they were only false ones.

That's exciting sounds like your getting close.

 

[jtn42248]

I bet that was a hoot you need to video this stuff jtn Sting is feeling awfully protective. I'd wait till you put them up then take the nest outside up. Missy does this thing where she will be standing and pick things up around her and gather them at her feet, she started doing this at around 5 months old. She may just be getting ready to lay her first egg. Poor Pauline she needs her own mate. No one likes to play second fiddle.

I have thought a lot about a mate for Pauline. She is Toulouse so I don't know if I would get another Toulouse or try for some mix. Of course it would depend on if I could even find an adult goose around here.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have thought a lot about a mate for Pauline. She is Toulouse so I don't know if I would get another Toulouse or try for some mix. Of course it would depend on if I could even find an adult goose around here.

Pauline won't care but if your wanting pure breed geese to sale then you might want a Toulouse but I bet if you got her a gosling in the spring [gander] and let her raise him up, there would be her mate for life. You'd just have to keep her and the baby separated to keep Sting and Lydia from taking him away from her. Or might look for someone trying to thin down their flock for winter, usually ganders are pretty plentiful.

 

[tillyita]

O.K. Same song different verse. Now Lydia is sitting out in the middle of their run (which is pretty much nibbled down to nubs) and gathering up leaves around her. Sting is standing there watching her with his head cocked back and forth and Pauline is standing off in the corner keeping an eye to the sky. My these are interesting times on the farm. If she is building a nest in the run I think I should get rid of it and encourage her to keep building one in the pen don't you think. I would wait until they are put up for the night to get rid of any nest in the run. Oh, and this a.m. when I let them out to range Sting flew over the fence into the Cayuga run again and really was trying to get them. Luckily I was right there and could stop him but that entailed letting everyone out to the range at the same time and me running around trying to get between Sting and the ducks to get Sting back into their run.

sounds like it might be time to clip a wing

 

[nate1the1great1]

When did she lay her first one nate? they lay every other day.

I think on Monday but who knows she might have a nest hidden somewhere in the hay so im gunna go on a search tomorrow but I have a ? What % of humidity do u use for ur goose eggs in ur incubator

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think on Monday but who knows she might have a nest hidden somewhere in the hay so im gunna go on a search tomorrow but I have a ? What % of humidity do u use for ur goose eggs in ur incubator

Nate your going to have to refer to this, https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/491013/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed My incubators are my birds.

 

[jtn42248]

sounds like it might be time to clip a wing

Actually tomorrow we are going to raise the fence by another two feet. I enjoy letting them fly and they enjoy flying so next option is to increase the barrier.