Here we go again - I'm hatching more goslings!!

[Iain Utah]

I hear ya!! My 1st dewlap externally pipped 23 hours ago and looks like your egg. Any minute now he will start to rotate... at least that is what I keep telling myself.

 

[Marty1876]

QJ and Marty, it is not stuck. Once again, that is 100% textbook. Lots of goslings will make a big hole.... then start to zip. My 1st dewlap egg is doing the same exact thing.

I didn't say it was stuck, just that I'd had ducks take the "I'll just keep enlarging my hole" road to hatching. I've had ducks simply keep making it bigger and bigger until they crawled out it, never having unzipped properly. Some have taken that road, and gotten stuck too, but it was no different than an end pip that was a bit tight. I don't think that pic looks anywhere near even potentially getting stuck yet. Hundred of eggs later, I can tell you some waterfowl do this though. I guess they forget to read the textbook now and then. Seems a little early to make a call on this ones mind just yet.

 

[igotgoosed]

Cute babies Iain!

Still waiting for my 3/19 to ex pip.

 

[Iain Utah]

Marty, when my first gosling was hatching, Pete stayed with me on my last goose hatching thread and talked to me for hours. My egg did the same thing... and I worried it was stuck. He said it was rather typical for goslings to do this. And more often than not, that is how the rest of the unassisted ones have hatched. I have two eggs now making with holes that keep getting bigger.

Then.... after a few hours of the hole being worked on, all of a sudden they will tuck deep inside and zip quite fast... usually within 30-60 minutes.

 

[Iain Utah]

Here is my furthest along dewlap:

And 2nd in line:

 

[Marty1876]

Marty, when my first gosling was hatching, Pete stayed with me on my last goose hatching thread and talked to me for hours. My egg did the same thing... and I worried it was stuck. He said it was rather typical for goslings to do this. And more often than not, that is how the rest of the unassisted ones have hatched. I have two eggs now making with holes that keep getting bigger.

Then.... after a few hours of the hole being worked on, all of a sudden they will tuck deep inside and zip quite fast... usually within 30-60 minutes.

With geese, nothing surprises me. It doesn't happen often with ducks, but some just go for the escape hatch hole. LOL.

Hope your new ones get here soon! How are your newer eggs looking? I havn't even candled the dewlaps yet.

 

[Iain Utah]

Seems like there are always a few oddball hatchers with waterfowl!

I checked them earlier and counted 8 spiders between Carole and Ebay eggs. I expect a few more to develop in the next 24-48 hours, including 1 or 2 of Erin's eggs.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

Could mine be one of the oddballs? Cuz now I'm starting to worry. It's breathing heard and not peeping like it was. 14 Hours since external pip. Which actually doesn't sound like a long time.

 

[jerryford]

we are still hoping on Erin's eggs no spider yet

Seems like there are always a few oddball hatchers with waterfowl!

I checked them earlier and counted 8 spiders between Carole and Ebay eggs. I expect a few more to develop in the next 24-48 hours, including 1 or 2 of Erin's eggs.

 

[Marty1876]

Honestly, geese are so different that I'd hate to make a call here. Since what I read is generally a 24 hour period, I'd err on the side of patience just now. Mine were assisted hatches in my one hatch so far. I just didn't want to lose them, so I erred on the other side. In retrospect, I could have waited another several hours.

Could mine be one of the oddballs? Cuz now I'm starting to worry. It's breathing heard and not peeping like it was. 14 Hours since external pip. Which actually doesn't sound like a long time.