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

[BullCreek]

Well, baby was faced the wrong way. I was able to find its head, and was slowly able to get it free from where it was trapped under its foot. It's breathing, but pretty weak. I did get a little peep out of it. I washed out an egg half and cupped it over part of the hole I had to make (rather larger than I would have liked) and covered most of the rest with damp gauze. We'll see what happens... I tried to get some pics, but they just aren't coming out clearly enough with my phone, and I can't find the @#$% camera.

 

[Iain Utah]

Bull creek... swab the inner membrane with warm wet qtip until it looks clear... then see if the membrane has veins or red looking vs. yucky brownish looking like the pics of the baby I just hatched.

 

[Iain Utah]

Those are really tough to save, bull! How much of a yolk sac does it have left??

 

[Iain Utah]

So I got my cooker moved back into bathroom and took a look at the dewlaps. 2 of 3 look to be getting close to internally pipping. Hope this baby gets his legs under him soon so I can move eggs around.

Also, gave a quick candle to the others, and not sure any long term effects of extended cooling, but I saw spiders in quite a few of Carole's eggs (probably will be close to 75% fertility), saw veining in 2 of the ebay eggs (although they are troubled eggs)... and at least one of Erin's looks to be developing too.

Duck egg is dead. Kind of a relief, actually.

 

[igotgoosed]

My new gosling is huge, loud, and adorable!

Pictures please!!

 

[psue]

Really? They don't shut things down in this kind of weather? I grew up in hurricane land... and all stores/places were closed and boarded up a good 12 hours before storm edge came onshore.

Iain dear.. we're under a tornado watch or warning from mid March till mid June is seams.... you can't stop life that long, but even children learn to watch the sky and listen to the radio.

Yay, I'm so glad the baby is feeling better! Its always such a relief to have them hungary after illness.

Glad the farm had a good day too!

x2

I have some Dark Copper Marans in too. (And a few of several things) I ended up with a few extra goose eggs to sit, so I'll be getting ready to hand turn them and the Jumbo Pekings I have coming (more Luckys!) via shipment monday. I was gonna use that new goose egg rack(s) I got last month, but no room now. I'll have 16 goose eggs and 19 Jumbo Peks in one bator. The other is packed with chicken eggs and other duck eggs.

Let me regrain with "what was I thinking"? Didn't expect so many guests, but all are welcome.

we did that with people/family and they eat ALOT

Update... 2nd baby is out and resting. Not as energetic as first baby, perhaps due to taking so very long to hatch? Sort of a swollen bump on its lower abdomen where the cord leads to and attaches to the eggshell. Is that unusual? I'm hoping that it recedes as baby rests. 3rd egg is pipped and resting. Peeps loudly.
I checked on 4th egg that I thought was gone. Far behind the first two, which pipped internally on the 11th. Movement was so slight, I wasn't sure I was really seeing any. I bit the bullet and broke in with a small hole, and baby was shrink wrapped, I think. Membrane was white and rather tough. I dampened what I could reach with a q-tip, and broke a hole through it, and within a couple moments, baby took a big breath! Can't quite see where its beak is, but it took a breath. I wasn't sure how to cover up the hole, but I put a piece of damp gauze over most of the opening, leaving a small air hole. Maybe 4th baby has a chance? I hope I did the right thing, going in. Seems very weak, and I don't see how it would have pipped internally through that membrane...

And the baby is out... Whew!

My new gosling is huge, loud, and adorable!

 

[Iain Utah]

Here is the new baby:



Sue, I cannot imagine living in tornado alley. Hurricane land was bad enough, storms weren't very often, and we had plenty of warning to get prepared.

 

[psue]

Here is the new baby:



Sue, I cannot imagine living in tornado alley. Hurricane land was bad enough, storms weren't very often, and we had plenty of warning to get prepared.

pretty baby hope Molasses likes it

as far as living here... I've never lived amywhere else. everywhere I've lived is within about a 70 mile area,

 

[BullCreek]

Bull creek... swab the inner membrane with warm wet qtip until it looks clear... then see if the membrane has veins or red looking vs. yucky brownish looking like the pics of the baby I just hatched.

Sorry, we've been out cleaning brooders in the shop. Just got back in. Built a second chicken tractor today, so the laying ducks should be able to move outside from the brooder tomorrow. Will be nice to have one fewer tub to clean.

2nd baby was careening drunkenly around the incubator, having woken up, and I just moved it out of there. It's curled up and napping again, and the swollen area has receded a bit. It seems to be doing well. 1st baby is extremely vocal, and drinking well. Doesn't think much of the mash yet.

4th baby... I did wet the membrane when I first opened the shell, and again when I had to go in further. Some of the membrane still has veins, and a few areas of veins appeared to have receded (gone brown). Only got a couple tiny blood spots as I pushed back the membrane with a q-tip in the search of the head. No huge amounts of blood welling up or anything. As for the yolk, I couldn't see the whole thing, but I'd guess maybe 1/4-1/3 of your average chicken yolk? Difficult to see.

 

[Iain Utah]

Geez... 70 mile radius your whole life? In tornado alley of all places?? I cannot imagine that either.