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

[igotgoosed]

Celtic, all I have to say is....

 

[igotgoosed]

Oh, I so understand!!! I live in an centrury (+) home, and its all wood siding. We spent the better part of last fall trying to figure out how the squirrels were getting into the attic, they had knock down squick and shout drag outs every night, late late late. AGH!

Oh, and on our honeymoon, we rented a cabin for a week at lake of the ozarks. It was a little thing, you know the honeymoon cabin thing, and after we were there for 2 days, some sparrows hatched babies on top of the AC unit. When it clicken on or off, they fussed. It was July, so they fussed a lot. It was kind of charming though, because the name of our cabin was the sparrows nest. Boy, I can see why!!

LOL!! I don't have the heart to kill baby birds, so guess we'll just have to wait untill they fly off

 

[erijn5]

Updates
All buff saddleback Pomeranians hatched unassisted and are outside in the brooder house full time
Erin- candled the eggs tonight, still pretty sloshy, no development. One looks like it could though. So will recheck Friday night to see if anything shows. Been thinking since you live where it snows and the grass does off, what do your geese eat both in off season, over the winter, prepping for breeding season and breeding season? Wondering if diet may effect fertility/mortality with shipping. Just thinking outloud, but I obcess over feed for ours so it made me think about these eggs we are testing.
Hubby picked up a box today for me. It was our Buff Dewlaps! Got 6 eggs total, 4 brand spankin new and so fresh the air cells were very small. 2 were 6 days old today. All packed with a heat pack, so no resting them over night since we are mid 80's here and they were warm on arrival.
We have 12-14 goose eggs for lockdown this weekend.
Baby is doing better, I am beyond sick thanks to the kids sharing the germs. Settled into my lungs so I am doing very little customer calls and lots of emails.

Okay what the geese eat: Daily: bucket mix of layer, meat bird, cracked corn, oats ...that is at night when they are penned... During the day they free range on 7 acres of horse pature, with a helping of horse feed that has molassas in it...there is a 15 acre field of alfalfa connecting to our property to they go there also. Summer: They have free range over the garden we plant, tomatoes, corn, strawberries, pumpkins, watermelons, lettuce...Winter...is the bucket mix noted at top, race horse hay that is 18% protein bermuda grass..they rummage through and eat the flakes. We also throw them all our bread scraps, loaves or buns... That is what the birds eat here...do I need to add something? What do you feed?

 

[Marty1876]

Hi Erin!

I see one egg has a baby going, and DD thinks she spies another one or two (she has better eyes). I'll give them until day 10 to decide.

Also, the dewlaps, I have 3 of 5 for the first shipment so far. I don't see anything on the seconds yet, but they are a day behind)

 

[Marty1876]

LOL!! I don't have the heart to kill baby birds, so guess we'll just have to wait untill they fly off

Me either. Besides, its kind of sweet. When we were disassembling one of the old balconies (we are restoring the old place) we uncovered a nest of starlings, after they fell through while we worked. We set them up (they were feathered up a bit) in a new nest byt he door up high, and fed them worms. Withen a day, mom and and dad were helping, so we just laid off and had the pleasure of baby birds at eye level.

 

[JulieNKC]

Hi Erin!

I see one egg has a baby going, and DD thinks she spies another one or two (she has better eyes). I'll give them until day 10 to decide.

Also, the dewlaps, I have 3 of 5 for the first shipment so far. I don't see anything on the seconds yet, but they are a day behind)

My goose egg was on day 7-8 before I could see veining, the shell is really thick on this one. I could tell by day 4-5ish it was starting to develop a darker yolk, but it took a long time to see those veins start.

 

[erijn5]

Hi Erin!

I see one egg has a baby going, and DD thinks she spies another one or two (she has better eyes). I'll give them until day 10 to decide.

Also, the dewlaps, I have 3 of 5 for the first shipment so far. I don't see anything on the seconds yet, but they are a day behind)

I hope so, I hope so!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Marty long time no chat!!!

 

[igotgoosed]

Me either. Besides, its kind of sweet. When we were disassembling one of the old balconies (we are restoring the old place) we uncovered a nest of starlings, after they fell through while we worked. We set them up (they were feathered up a bit) in a new nest byt he door up high, and fed them worms. Withen a day, mom and and dad were helping, so we just laid off and had the pleasure of baby birds at eye level.

Awwww!

 

[igotgoosed]

Oy, I'm having a gender dilemma with my goslings! I'm wondering now if my beloved Ester isn't a Fester...
I posted for some help from experienced pilgrimers. Go figure it would be difficult with auto sexing! They are all 3 different. Only me lol.

 

[psue]

congrads on all the babies