It's Complicated

[livininbrazil]

Hi,

Well she has laid no more but is still sitting so I have persuaded her to sit in a new shelter that I have made for her, she sat yesterday all day on 2 plastic eggs so today I have put under her 2 of her own eggs and put the other 2 in the incubator. Now she seems ok except I have about a dozen chicks running round that are 1 week old and with their respective mothers and a group of 9 x 4 week old chicks also running around and they are so inquisitive they pester the goose in the new area especially as there is some corn and pellets for the goose near by. To reduce this I have closed the door and basically locked her inside on her own, much to the ganders disgust, he is not happy. So far she doesn't seem to object and has not panicked and left the nest so I figure I will keep her door closed. Is this ok or a bad thing to do or should I let the door open and the younger birds wander in and out?

Stephen

Well, she´s much better left quiet, that´s for sure. You don´t need to keep food near her, especially as it attracts the other birds. She´ll find her food when she gets off her nest, which she needs to do to poop etc.
Shutting her in on her own is up to you...as long as she can get out a couple of times a day for a stretch, food, wash, etc, she´ll be fine. the gander knows where she is. He´ll be ok. But when she comes out he´ll be very happy!
And I suppose keeping her locked in will protect her eggs a bit?
But it´s up to you if you leave the door open or not, but the chicks will be less likely to bother her if you don´t put the food near her. I hope it works out with the incubator. Goose eggs apparently are a bit tricky, so it´d be good to read up on the incubation threads on here.

 

[Wild1]

Hi All,

Well we are well into the second week and my goose is sitting still in her own private little room, This time she is out of contact from the marauding chickens and looks content. Now I have 2 eggs under her and 2 eggs in the incubator, I candled the eggs in the incubator the other day and they have a large spot and blood vessels so I think all is well. I am now wondering should I move the eggs from the incubator down to the goose being as she looks settled or leave them in the incubator? What are you thoughts on this?

Stephen

 

[livininbrazil]

Hi All,

Well we are well into the second week and my goose is sitting still in her own private little room, This time she is out of contact from the marauding chickens and looks content. Now I have 2 eggs under her and 2 eggs in the incubator, I candled the eggs in the incubator the other day and they have a large spot and blood vessels so I think all is well. I am now wondering should I move the eggs from the incubator down to the goose being as she looks settled or leave them in the incubator? What are you thoughts on this?

Stephen

Blood vessels is great!
Well, I´d be inclined to leave things as they are if you think the incubator is going well, due to ther isk of preds where the geese are. However, if you´re pretty sure she´s reliably settled and safe, the eggs will do fine with her. All up to you..
the saying "all your eggs in one basket" comes to mind, though! Some of us on here trust the incubators more than the geese, others trust the geese to incubate.....
And if you should decide to keep the 2 in the incubator and they manage to hatch, you can always introduce them to the goose once her own eggs are hatching.

 

[Wild1]

Hi Everyone,

I want to update what is the current status with my goose eggs,
I put 2 eggs in the incubator and left 2 under the goose, the results so far are as follows, the 2 in the incubator at 5 days both had blood vessels and looked good, at 3 weeks I candled them again one has not changed so I am guessing it is dead but one is developing nicely, the ones under the goose are as follows one is completely clear must have been in fertile and one is developing nicely. I then took out the infertile egg from under the goose and replaced it with the developing egg from the incubator. That was about 5 days ago now only have 5 days left and today was the first time I actually see her get up and leave the nest. However this brings me to another question, how long do they normally leave the eggs for? I am worried because it has been quite some time about 1 hr and the eggs have cooled down somewhat. So much so I have put them both back ion the incubator and put 2 plastic eggs in the nest. The chickens invaded the area and scratted up the nest scattering the eggs. After some time about 1.5 hrs she has gone back to sit on the plastic eggs. is this normal to leave them so long?

Is there any way when the eggs are candled that I can see if the 2 good eggs are still alive?

This is my first time trying to hatch gees and I am like the expectant father here hahahaha

 

[subhanalah]

I've heard that geese often have an extended cooling period daily for their eggs. Some people try to replicate it in artificial incubation. Hopefully someone with more experience can weigh in.

 

[livininbrazil]

Hi Everyone,

I want to update what is the current status with my goose eggs,
I put 2 eggs in the incubator and left 2 under the goose, the results so far are as follows, the 2 in the incubator at 5 days both had blood vessels and looked good, at 3 weeks I candled them again one has not changed so I am guessing it is dead but one is developing nicely, the ones under the goose are as follows one is completely clear must have been in fertile and one is developing nicely. I then took out the infertile egg from under the goose and replaced it with the developing egg from the incubator. That was about 5 days ago now only have 5 days left and today was the first time I actually see her get up and leave the nest. However this brings me to another question, how long do they normally leave the eggs for? I am worried because it has been quite some time about 1 hr and the eggs have cooled down somewhat. So much so I have put them both back ion the incubator and put 2 plastic eggs in the nest. The chickens invaded the area and scratted up the nest scattering the eggs. After some time about 1.5 hrs she has gone back to sit on the plastic eggs. is this normal to leave them so long?

Is there any way when the eggs are candled that I can see if the 2 good eggs are still alive?

This is my first time trying to hatch gees and I am like the expectant father here hahahaha

An hour and a half is a long time to leave them. Usually mine leave them for half an hour at the most. My muscovies leave their eggs for ages, a good half hour, sometimes more, but those eggs always hatch! Good job you got to them before the chickens, though! You should be able to tell if they´re still good when candling. They most probably are ok. Will you keep them in the incubator for a while now? Or try them again with the goose? Maybe she´d been on the nest for so long that she needed a good break!

 

[Wild1]

Hi all,

I am once again seeking help , the remaining 2 eggs that looked fertile have been under the goose and now the 28th day was up last Friday so now today is day 31. They still have not hatched so am I to presume they are dead? How many dye should I wait before removing the eggs and goes from the nest?

Stephen

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hi all,

I am once again seeking help , the remaining 2 eggs that looked fertile have been under the goose and now the 28th day was up last Friday so now today is day 31. They still have not hatched so am I to presume they are dead? How many dye should I wait before removing the eggs and goes from the nest?

Stephen

Can you take them out from under mom and candle? that way you'll know if you should even put them back. 28 days means nothing to a goose. But I'd think for sure you'd be able to tell from candling and listening.

 

[livininbrazil]

They´re not overdue necessarily. Goslings will hatch from anywher between 28 days and 33+, so as MLyd says, candle them, have a listen, see what´s happening.

 

[Wild1]

Hi All,

We'll now is day 34 no hatchlings yet from the remaining eggs. I have candled them and the egg looks full and black inside except for the air pocket, I cannot hear anything from inside and the goose is still sitting tight. How long do we wait before we accept the eggs are dead?