Let's have a gosling hatchalong!

[DaisyMeadow]

I made a little video. Please excuse my silly hand and squeaky voice. It gets better toward the end when they start flapping.

Super cute!

I love how you were able to make the video in the ten minutes of clean brooder that we all get to see a peek of every day.

 

[Goose and Fig]

They'd only been in there 1/2 a day. Not long enough to learn how to make the mess yet

 

[Irishgirl]

Another question, should I weigh my goose eggs? My mom has a really nice lbs/oz/kg food scale that I can use, I just need a good reason to drag it out of the cabinet.
Also, about the yeast thing, can I use food yeast, or does it have to be brewers?

 

[Iain Utah]

Watching the video made me drool for goslings. I can't wait!!

 

[psue]

I made a little video. Please excuse my silly hand and squeaky voice. It gets better toward the end when they start flapping.

x2

Another question, should I weigh my goose eggs? My mom has a really nice lbs/oz/kg food scale that I can use, I just need a good reason to drag it out of the cabinet.
Also, about the yeast thing, can I use food yeast, or does it have to be brewers?

I use a scale...and Pete's Guide sugest you use one.... I have no idea about the yeast as I didn't need it last year

 

[Iain Utah]

X2 on weighing eggs. It's good to monitor weight loss and will improve success at hatching. Active yeast is not the same thing as brewer's yeast, which is found as a dietary supplement in the vitamin section.

 

[1MrsMagoo]

Another question, should I weigh my goose eggs? My mom has a really nice lbs/oz/kg food scale that I can use, I just need a good reason to drag it out of the cabinet.
Also, about the yeast thing, can I use food yeast, or does it have to be brewers?

If you have a good scale, by all means weigh the eggs. I also trace the air cell at least once a week in pencil so I can see the progress.

As to the yeast..no, food yeast will not work. It has to be brewers yeast. You can get it pretty reasonably online. I got it on Amazon last year, and their are a few horse websites that sell it by the 5 gallon bucket that are pretty inexpensive. A couple teaspoons each day sprinkled on top of the food will do the job.

 

[Goose and Fig]

I wish I had a scale just to weigh this monster egg I got today. Holy moly its like 3 x the size of a regular goose egg.

 

[Iain Utah]

Why don't you have a scale? I got a 216 gram egg this morning from one of my grey dewlap girls. It's a pretty impressive egg.

 

[Goose and Fig]

I keep forgetting. I will pick one up in the morning when I go to town....
This is next to an average Toulouse egg: