How about a Thread for Embdens?

[JLfarm]

Lol I would surly enjoy that but I have 5 geese and 2 ganders.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Lol I would surly enjoy that but I have 5 geese and 2 ganders.

So how are they paired up? or is one of the geese out in the cold. I have 2 pairs but I have heard that sometimes if there are more than 2 females to a gander one can be left out.

 

[JLfarm]

I'm sorry I meant 3 ganders one is a trio the others r paired

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'm sorry I meant 3 ganders one is a trio the others r paired

You've a nice group there please share pics of them all soon, it gets rather dead here on the goose thread.

Missy my oldest female 3.5 yrs

Buff female [Toots]1.5yrs gander behind her same age and my Embden papa gander at going on 9yrs old.

Gander [Babe]

Sam my Embden who is always in protective mode.

 

[JLfarm]

Wow that is a nice group of geese and it's quite fascinating how long they live for. They r truly amazing animals.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Wow that is a nice group of geese and it's quite fascinating how long they live for. They r truly amazing animals.

Thank you they are all my babies. even when ornery. lol

 

[JLfarm]

Here's an update on my mom and her babies. 14 of the eggs hatched. They all hatched at different times. And don't have a single gosling to show for it. I am so frustrated. But mom still has 2 eggs left under her. This was a big disappointment and a big let down for me. Does anyone know what could have happened ?

 

[JLfarm]

And when I found deceased goslings in the nest they were all very healthy looking.

And they weren't smashed they were just dead.

 

[JLfarm]

So as of tonight I will be putting eggs in the incubator. If anyone has any advice for this will be my first hatch of goose eggs in a bator myself. ?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here's an update on my mom and her babies. 14 of the eggs hatched. They all hatched at different times. And don't have a single gosling to show for it. I am so frustrated. But mom still has 2 eggs left under her. This was a big disappointment and a big let down for me. Does anyone know what could have happened ?

@JLfarm I'm so sorry you lost them. she may have just been over whelmed with gosling hatching at different times staggered hatches really aren't so good.What were your temps, goslings can chill pretty fast too. If you finish these eggs off in the incubator I'd brood them inside and wait till warm weather to give them to the parents. Spring is really the best time for goslings.

Here is the goose hatcher's bible https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/491013/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed