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

[Iain Utah]

Sue, ok no more goose eggs! My bators are getting turned off!

Marty, very nice to see you! Hope your goslings all hatch out ok! You hanging in there otherwise?

Erin, glad your buff baby is doing well now! Sorry, no more eggs of yours. These 5 are grey dewlap Toulouse.

Bayjay, it will go by pretty quick, until the last few days, then it will seem like forever.

Gang, FYI, bayjay just scored 11 American buff eggs from eBay. It is her first time cooking eggs, but she is a quick study so far. Hope everyone can help her out so she can hatch a few babies.

 

[jerryford]

Jerry, you are a sweetie! Miss having goose eggs in your bator? I noticed my utility toulouse and dewlap sellers both have eggs for sale on eBay today.

will have to wait till I can sell some to make room and our goose is sitting on 20 more eggs but someday dewlaps

Good to be seen.

Hi Marty we missed you

 

[Marty1876]

Iain, I'm hanging in, thanks. Appear to have opened my eyes just in time, cause "here we go again! I'm hatching goslings!"

Here is a pic of my Erin Eggie, with a big fat pip, and he's working alone!

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Morning all

Marty, good to see you back on here. Hope the weeks stress has gone down some.

MrsMagoo & Iain, good luck on the impending hatches.

Erin, glad Flippy is doing better

Sue y'all need to move to more land so you can just keep on hatching.


Have 4 of 7 due this week hatch already. 2 more to go, and another set due this weekend.

Here is funny, wow one for you. A few weeks back we had (still have but anyways) a Bobcat who isn't afraid of the lights on, the 200lb dog or hubby out BBQ.n on the pool deck come in a snatch one of the pasture roosters. It sent the goats a running, the African geese having a fit, the dog chasing and the teen and hubby out with the guns. So I emptied a stall and a kennel we moved everyone out of the pasture. The African goose had laid three eggs and was setting. So we moved her eggs with her, but she gave up the nest when moved. So the next morning when I let everyone out I set her eggs ontop of a kennel, finished chores but forgot the eggs.

That night we did rounds, locked everyone up and discovered the forgotten eggs. They had not been sat on for a day and half as she refused to tend them after being moved in the dark. Brought them in, candled and there was some slow movement. Stuck them in the Brinsea we use as a drier post hatch to warm them and see how they would respond. Got busy, forgot they were there until last weekend with the last hatch. BOTH were still alive!

No turning, no humidity control, just kept warm. They both hatched yesterday, completely on their own. Darn things are tuff little boogers.

 

[Marty1876]

Luna is here. My little light in a dark time, hatched this morning for us, and was our alarm! My dewlaps due in a few days are all tipping nicely. The other Erin egg looks to have died at the last day or two.

 

[bayyjayy]

Marty.....oh, my......how lucky.

 

[1MrsMagoo]

Morning all
Marty, good to see you back on here. Hope the weeks stress has gone down some.
MrsMagoo & Iain, good luck on the impending hatches.
Erin, glad Flippy is doing better
Sue y'all need to move to more land so you can just keep on hatching.
Have 4 of 7 due this week hatch already. 2 more to go, and another set due this weekend.
Here is funny, wow one for you. A few weeks back we had (still have but anyways) a Bobcat who isn't afraid of the lights on, the 200lb dog or hubby out BBQ.n on the pool deck come in a snatch one of the pasture roosters. It sent the goats a running, the African geese having a fit, the dog chasing and the teen and hubby out with the guns. So I emptied a stall and a kennel we moved everyone out of the pasture. The African goose had laid three eggs and was setting. So we moved her eggs with her, but she gave up the nest when moved. So the next morning when I let everyone out I set her eggs ontop of a kennel, finished chores but forgot the eggs.
That night we did rounds, locked everyone up and discovered the forgotten eggs. They had not been sat on for a day and half as she refused to tend them after being moved in the dark. Brought them in, candled and there was some slow movement. Stuck them in the Brinsea we use as a drier post hatch to warm them and see how they would respond. Got busy, forgot they were there until last weekend with the last hatch. BOTH were still alive!
No turning, no humidity control, just kept warm. They both hatched yesterday, completely on their own. Darn things are tuff little boogers.

Awesome story! Too bad you can't get rid of that darned bobcat. He sure is creating a lot of extra work, worry, and havoc at your place.

 

[1MrsMagoo]

Luna is here. My little light in a dark time, hatched this morning for us, and was our alarm! My dewlaps due in a few days are all tipping nicely. The other Erin egg looks to have died at the last day or two.

What a little sweetheart! Congratulations. Sorry about your other eggs.

 

[erijn5]

Marty are any of these hatching mine?

 

[Iain Utah]

Morning update: Day 31 begins in 4 hours. I have 3 eggs with external pips and egg #1 has created a big hole. My wonky air cell has not pipped yet, which I find a little weird, but do not plan to assist until the healthy ones hatch on their own.

Marty, love the name... and love the baby!!! So happy about your dewlaps getting ready to hatch too. Nothing like new babies to bring the cycle of life into a more positive light.

Celtic, great story about your strong eggs! I wish all babies hatched out that easy!

Mrs. Magoo, good luck with your flock management circus. I know exactly what you mean since I am trying to juggle around 27 birds here.

Jerry, I understand. No doubt Carole will have dewlap eggs next year.