Janet, African Goose, hatching duck eggs

[Hope Frazier]

This is Janet one of our five African geese and she has gone broody. I gave her four khaki campbell duck eggs. She is on day four of incubation, and i will let you all know how this plays out!

 

[livininbrazil]

This is Janet one of our five African geese and she has gone broody. I gave her four khaki campbell duck eggs. She is on day four of incubation, and i will let you all know how this plays out!

janet seems to be pretty serious about her job!! How nice for your goose to have some little things to look after. don´t forget pics when they hatch!

 

[Hope Frazier]

I havent seen to many threads on geese hatching other species of poultry, so i thought i would start one. I'll keep you posted on her progress. She is doing real good so far!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I havent seen to many threads on geese hatching other species of poultry, so i thought i would start one. I'll keep you posted on her progress. She is doing real good so far!

Other than she's going to wonder how come they stayed so short she'll love them like her own, I had the opposite Muscovy duck hatched an Embden goose, it was so cute watching mother and child walk around together him being so much larger than her.

 

[livininbrazil]

Other than she's going to wonder how come they stayed so short she'll love them like her own, I had the opposite Muscovy duck hatched an Embden goose, it was so cute watching mother and child walk around together him being so much larger than her.

She´ll be thinking that she has to read up on niacin because they have leg abnormalities!!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

She´ll be thinking that she has to read up on niacin because they have leg abnormalities!!!

 

[Hope Frazier]

One of our other goose hens laid in Janet's nest, and broke two of her eggs. We are down to two but they are developing!

 

[The goose girl]

So exciting! Please keep us posted. I was just wondering in another thread if my goose could hatch indian runner eggs, if and when she goes broody. I guess I'm getting a "live" answer here.

I was worried she'd crush the eggs or the ducklings, but from what you're saying a broody goose will be more careful than geese in general.

 

[livininbrazil]

One of our other goose hens laid in Janet's nest, and broke two of her eggs. We are down to two but they are developing!

That´s strange, geese are usually very careful with eggs. Do you think they had a fight in there? Maybe you need to fence her off from the others.

 

[Hope Frazier]

They might have had fight, I'm not sure, but I am now keeping the door shut on the pen for her.