Help - hatching goslings for the first time.....

[Hatty1]

Heres another update 10am (uk)

Shes trying to stand very shaky, is this normal? the blob underneath is just pertruding her body now so i think its absorbing.

 

[Hatty1]

Update on baby 2, it had broke a hole so I've made it a little bigger so you can see whats what. Its moving and making noise but i'm unsure if the membrane is too rubbery.





Hopefully I'll speak / type to you later

Hatty (Hayley)

 

[Iain Utah]

Hatty, glad baby #1 is moving around and being energetic. However, it was too soon for her to leave her shell. Hopefully her abdomen will recede as the yolk continues to absorb. Put a soft cloth on the entire bottom of bator so she cannot scrape it. Place baby #2 into your tupperware so baby #1 does not knock it around. Baby #2 looks to still have blood in its inner membrane. I cannot tell if its nares are clear or if there is stick membrane covering them? Other than making sure nares are clear to breathe, you want the membrane to look brown yucky, but clear when stretched (ie no veins left) before continuing to assist.

 

[Hatty1]

Hi,

I put that damp cloth under baby 1 before I went out today, the abdomen (if thats the blob) is almost gone now. Baby 1 is very active almost jumping to stand up if that makes sense. She had a little water from a syringe but no food, how do I feed her? I know i've read lots but not all what i've read has been the best thing to do. Also when do we move her out of the incubator?

Egg / baby 2 has made no progress what so ever, its cherping away and moving its beak around so I think it can breath ok. I can see a white membrane but like you say I can see lots of veins, how long does it normally take? will it become stuck to the membrane?

I still don't think we are out of the woods with baby 1 as it has still got to eat and so on, should we get out of the woods I think it will be called Booboo! When I speak to it I call it baby booboo and it respondes to it

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It was a LONG night

Hayley

 

[Iain Utah]

The jumping up makes sense. Is it trying to spring up and then flopping back down as opposed to flipping over onto its back??

You do not want it to eat right away (24-48 hours after hatch)! The bulk that is absorbing on baby is food and its digestive track has not starting fully working yet. If you have poultry vitamins (like sav a chick) or infant vitamin drops (polyvisol - without iron), then put a couple drops in a small glass of warm water. Add a dash of sugar and offer it with a teaspoon every 1-2 hours. You want to place spoon low enough and then put beak down into water to drink.

Baby #2 needs time to absorb the yolk sac and blood that is in the membrane veining. Just keep a close eye on it for now. On average it takes 24 hours after cracking shell to absorb everything before being ready to hatch.

 

[Hatty1]

When should we move it to the brooder? My husbands off to market tomorrow so I'll ask him to get some vits for poultry, all the childrens vits we have say they have iron in them.

Off to check on all the other animals now, they've been some what neglected by me yesterday & today they've had Michael sorting them instead.

 

[Iain Utah]

I'd leave baby #1 for a few more hours, until belly looks better and can walk around ok. Iron is bad for waterfowl, so best to wait and get the kind without iron. You can still add a dash of sugar to the water in the meantime.

Nice to meet you, Hayley, from across the pond. I'm Janet.

 

[Hatty1]

Heres some more updated pics ;0)
Booboo



Here is baby 2, what do you think of the membrane?

 

[Iain Utah]

Booboo is adorable!! Is it mixed with toulouse?

Baby #2 looks good too. Nice job on not taking too much shell so it cannot force itself out prematurely like baby #1. Take warm wet qtips and swab the outside of the exposed membrane when it turns white like in the pic (every 1-2 hours). That way you can also check on how far along the veins are receding.

 

[Hatty1]

Hi Janet,

I missed your post just now, I was uploading the photos.

I've just come across the dividers for the Oct 20 (6 eggs went in on sun) so I can now put them in and turn on the automatic turn, will this be ok since I have been doing it manually?

Its all new to me / us (strange how DH had this lovley idea of hatching gooslings and its been me thats lost sleep, wouldn't change it tho after seeing Booboo) I can't thank you enough for your help & advise, some others would have read and run but you stuck with me and I'm very grateful for that

Hayley x