Let's have a gosling hatchalong!

[zooweemama]

My eggs (ok, the ones my goose is sitting on) are the same age! They are Dewlap ToulousexShetland.

Ahhh a broody! That's so awesome!

 

[8GeeseALaying]

haha!! We share a property with my mil, though who can only half hear me at times...somehow she can hear highway noise and the birds? LOL I
would love to have a couple guinea hens. Just for fun. But she gets that look in her eyes if I mention guineas or
peacocks/peahens. Maybe one day. She doesn't mind the roosters and geese so I think we're getting somewhere. haha!

I have guineas but they got used to them. The funny thing is that sounds are annoying but if they keep it up they will have something else to worry about, smell is alot worse than sound and nothing is worse than the smell of hogs lol ive got the pens already we raised them before. Except i dont want to suffer lol ill stick with the birds for now since i love all types of fowl and poultry to begin with.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Here is the first gosling of the year. I was scared that he would die in the shell because it had been several days and no change in the crack of the egg, so I helped him out this morning.

 

[pinkchick]

They are loud for sure. I live in the country too but still have neighbors that complained about my bottle goats crying. Even though i could not hear them while standing outside the barn and having hubby tell me when they were crying. So with that complaint i went on a mission to get the most obnoxious sounding animals i could find, im not a mean person but i will not tolerate someone that just moved to the country from the city and trys tell me what i can and cannot raise on my farm that has been an active farm for my family for over 100 yrs. So i got geese lmbo next will be a donkey. Then some peacocks i love them anyways but their loud cries is a plus. Hehe

I have a neighbor that lives acres away and he HATES my geese....so I am hatching more.

Didn't even think of adding a donkey or peafowl. What a grand idea!

 

[pinkchick]

My first 2 little honkers are here and doing great!
2 more pips and 2 more eggs that haven't done anything yet, but were doing great when put into lockdown. We will see.
No worries though.....I have 8 more eggs a cookin' set for hatch next month.

Congrats to everyone who is hatching!

Hope you all have a great hatch!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here is the first gosling of the year. I was scared that he would die in the shell because it had been several days and no change in the crack of the egg, so I helped him out this morning.

kg how sweet hope it makes it.

looks very tired.

 

[RURU]

Kuntrygirl When a baby is that week believe it or not I get out a hair dryer get the gosling and put it in a small towel and sit down with a hair dryer and blow the gosling dry with it. For some reason it warms them up faster and help bring that temp up. I have had ones that almost looked dead I had to look and see if they were still breathing. But the hair dryer works great. You use the low warm speed until baby is all the way dry.

 

[Iain Utah]

My hatch is not going so great. It's day 30 and the first two eggs passed trying to internally pip. Eggtopsy reveals malposition in that head tucked into belly. The last egg looked to be starting to struggle, so I jumped in to try to help. Not sure if this one is positioned wrong or just shrinkwrapped, because its beak is in top middle of egg close to where it should be for pipping. I was able to free beak/nares in time. It gave a big gasp as I opened membrane and stretched its beak open wide gulping in air. It's got a bit of veining in it, so has a long way to go until it is safely hatched out, but it is breathing strong.

I don't screw up hatching it out.

 

[zooweemama]

Here is the first gosling of the year. I was scared that he would die in the shell because it had been several days and no change in the crack of the egg, so I helped him out this morning.

Oh do keep us updated! Come on baby goose!

 

[zooweemama]

My hatch is not going so great.  It's day 30 and the first two eggs passed trying to internally pip.  Eggtopsy reveals malposition in that head tucked into belly.  The last egg looked to be starting to struggle, so I jumped in to try to help. Not sure if this one is positioned wrong or just shrinkwrapped, because its beak is in top middle of egg close to where it should be for pipping.  I was able to free beak/nares in time.  It gave a big gasp as I opened membrane and stretched its beak open wide gulping in air.  It's got a bit of veining in it, so has a long way to go until it is safely hatched out, but it is breathing strong.   I don't screw up hatching it out. 

This is exactly what terrifies me. I totally realize that the hatch is so much work for them. I will feel so bad for the ones that don't make it. I hope this one pulls through!