Let's have a gosling hatchalong!

[Iain Utah]

well,

I know it's been a while since I've posted on this thread, but I didn't have any other geese eggs due to hatch (till now). I now (as of today) have 4 Brown Chinese goslings that have hatched out yesterday and today. hope I have better luck with these than the other 2 that I hatched out..... but these are already more alert and active than the other 2.

don

Congrats!!

Well remember what happened the last time the turkey hatched the gosling, she got out of town fast.. lol can't wait to see the baby!!

X2! That was pretty funny stuff!

Two babies have hatched so far.

Well, actually four have, but only two survived. The others were fully formed, but suffocated under mommy.

It looked like the same thing that happened to my ducklings under my harlequin last month. I found them crushed, laying on the side of the nest. I'm not sure why this is happening or how to fix it. The eggs were in the tire nest (It belongs to my dewlap toulouse, but the shetland likes to lay there) and I can only conclude that mommy is too unexperienced.


When I got home from work today, another one of the eggs in the nest had externally pipped, so I brought it in and put it in my incubator to keep it safe. He peeps to his friends through the glass.

Your broody geese are so cute! Congrats on the goslings that made it!!

Everyone here seems to be very educated on this matter of hatching goslings. We aren't LOL. We are trying to hatch 3 Dewlap eggs. We are on day 8. We have no idea what we are doing. When we candle them we have no idea if we have good eggs or not. The shells are very thick and we cant see anything. Does anyone have any suggestions???
Hope

Welcome to the thread. We are happy to help. Dewlaps are the hardest of the geese breeds to hatch, so I hope you are up for a challenge! Do you have a high powered led pen flashlight? Those are great for candling. When you candle, make sure you are in a pitch black room as it makes a big difference. By day 8, you should see a spider like Pete55's avatar picture. We need more information to help you succeed. What type of bator are you using? What temps/humidity are you running your bator?

Update on the backwards pipped gosling:
Hes still not out, its been 14 hours since i noticed the pip this morning. I dont know when exactly he pipped... Hes not making
two much noise he is moving his bill in and out of the hole. He looked weak so i tried
what Pete's hatching guide said. I checked for blood vessels with the candler, there werent any that i saw. So i broke a few pieces off and there was a little blood so i put him back in the hatcher. I know that it takes 12-24 hours from pip to hatch but he looked weak. I dont want to lose him in the shell. If hes strong enough to hold his breath and pip through that tough shell on the wrong end then i want to save him. I'll check him every hour tonight and keep an eye on him. Is there anything else i can do?? I dont want him to die.

When they pip on the wrong end, they are internally/externally pipping at the same time, so you need to track timing of hatching based on internal pip which would be 48 hours after the baby cracked the shell. The fact that it broke the shell is very good and shows the baby is strong, even though it may appear weak to you. Be patient and good luck!!

 

[Iain Utah]

Newsflash: Peanut's egg (brown African) externally pipped at 8pm-ish last night and Shimmer's egg (grey dewlap goose/buff dewlap gander) externally pipped at 6:00am-ish this morning. Both are looking super strong and singing to each other. I feel really good that I will have a new pair of goslings hatched out by the morning. My next two dewlap eggs (scheduled to hatch on Thursday) have shadows in back of air cell and look like they will need to be moved to hatcher tomorrow.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

I have been watching him all night. Hes still hanging in there.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have been watching him all night. Hes still hanging in there.

 

[pete55]

Newsflash: Peanut's egg (brown African) externally pipped at 8pm-ish last night and Shimmer's egg (grey dewlap goose/buff dewlap gander) externally pipped at 6:00am-ish this morning. Both are looking super strong and singing to each other. I feel really good that I will have a new pair of goslings hatched out by the morning. My next two dewlap eggs (scheduled to hatch on Thursday) have shadows in back of air cell and look like they will need to be moved to hatcher tomorrow.

That's great news and I'll bet your so excited. Wow - you could have your first Buff Dewlap by tomorrow morning

Also seems to be going well for your other eggs too and wishing you best of luck with them. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you get Buff Dewlaps.

I have been watching him all night. Hes still hanging in there.

Hi - I did reply earlier on the Incubation and Hatching Thread but will reproduce the response here

Firstly you need to keep this egg in lockdown conditions with a high humidity and hopefully you'll be able to monitor it there.

These goslings are not able to internally pip and this stage is bypassed as they go straight to external pipping. They usually need at least 24 to 36 hours after external pipping before they're ready to hatch. Even normal positioned goslings appear weak after external pipping and its usually 12 to 24 hours before they become more active with peeping and more vigorous movement.

You simply cannot rush this and the slight bleed immediately tells you that the blood vessels remain active and the yolk sac has not been absorbed into the abdomen. The most intervention is just checking the gosling has a clear air hole which is not 'glued' up with excess albumen/waste products.

When you choose to assist try to be guided by behaviour and you'll need a bright pen torch so you can try and candle the inside of the shell to search for vessels. If you proceed to help then the key is work very slowly and concentrate on simply work on enlarging the pip area more and more.

Usually we proceed in this way around the 30 hour post external pip time. The goal being to remove just enough shell to be able to free the head only. Once the head is free then you should be able to see right down into the remainder of the egg. if you've gone in too early and there's still blood vessels and then simply lay the egg on clean gauze with the gosling's head out and leave to rest.

Best of luck

 

[Fowl Menagerie]

I had the same thing last year with the mother goose squashing two of her babies. I suspect that when you allow all of the other geese access to the hatching mother that they all attempt to mother the babies. You can kind of suspect this when the eggs are near hatching and they start hearing them peep, their behavior becomes very protective and sometimes aggressive. If your geese are setting close together as in the picture they probably fighting over the babies.. Just my opinion from years of allowing them to brood their eggs. Good luck on the remaining hatching.

 

[Iain Utah]

Update on broody grey dewlap goose........ My girl (Misty) was off the nest this morning getting a drink of water from pool when I went to check on her. She is walking better, but still stiff and a bit weak. Her food and water bowl were empty at the nest site. When I entered yard to feed, she headed back to her nest acting protective. I ran inside to grab the 3 African eggs on day 25 and brought them out. I presented them to her and made a show about putting them in new nest. She had this look of happiness when she saw them. She nudged them around with her beak, then immediately got herself situated on top of them. Hope the babies hatch ok.

 

[pete55]

Update on broody grey dewlap goose........ My girl (Misty) was off the nest this morning getting a drink of water from pool when I went to check on her. She is walking better, but still stiff and a bit weak. Her food and water bowl were empty at the nest site. When I entered yard to feed, she headed back to her nest acting protective. I ran inside to grab the 3 African eggs on day 25 and brought them out. I presented them to her and made a show about putting them in new nest. She had this look of happiness when she saw them. She nudged them around with her beak, then immediately got herself situated on top of them. Hope the babies hatch ok.

It sounds like she's a little better but it'll be a big relief when she has some youngsters to care for. Although she'll probably brood her family at first it should stimulate her to lead them off the nest to feed. This will bring her broody behaviour to a natural conclusion and give her the opportunity to rebuild her own reserves.

Good luck with your hatching eggs

 

[Miss Lydia]

Update on broody grey dewlap goose........ My girl (Misty) was off the nest this morning getting a drink of water from pool when I went to check on her. She is walking better, but still stiff and a bit weak. Her food and water bowl were empty at the nest site. When I entered yard to feed, she headed back to her nest acting protective. I ran inside to grab the 3 African eggs on day 25 and brought them out. I presented them to her and made a show about putting them in new nest. She had this look of happiness when she saw them. She nudged them around with her beak, then immediately got herself situated on top of them. Hope the babies hatch ok.

So happy to hear it made her so happy J.. can't wait to see her up moving around with her babies

 

[Iain Utah]

Thanks, Pete! If I recall, didn't you have eggs set to hatch around the same time as me? How are they doing?