Let's have a gosling hatchalong!

[RURU]

YEA!!!!

Peasue your on the way to setting eggs!!!!!

 

[luvchicks8]

Getting nervous day 25 still moving really hope at least 1 of the 3 eggs i have

 

[psue]

YEA!!!!

Peasue your on the way to setting eggs!!!!!

Barb I have Embden babies due every week starting with the 6th !

One more Sebbie girl to start and the scovies... and need my Dewlap gander to get the job done and I'll be over ran in no time,lol

 

[RURU]

Peasue do you think you will have enough babies to play with???

 

[RiverGoddess]

My first hatch went horribly. All three died at different stages of pipping, so no 2013 goslings for me yet. On the bright side, I have plenty more eggs developing in the bator, so I hope the next scheduled lockdown goes better.

Mother goose

Well, just set some of my first Shetland Geese eggs from my Holderead birds,

Are those big goosies for kiddie rides?

Can any of you people that hatch geese tell me how you turn the eggs. Do you lay them flat and hand turn them or can you use a turner and keep them upright? Please any help that I can get will be appreciated. I put 4 in the incubator day before yesterday and have been hand turning for now. I have an incubator that rolls them on their side too... will that work.

I set them pointy side down or at a slight angle.

I was out picking eggs yesterday and I saw one of my girls standing over her eggs cooling them, so I ran inside the house to get my phone to take a pic. Well, the cooling turned into this. She was ready to rip my head off. I left her alone. Scary!!!!!

ROAR

Sorry to hear of your son's health issues and I hope he is doing better.

While most of my dewlaps started at the beginning of March, I am only setting eggs from my best trio (buff gander to grey girls) and they just started laying in the past two weeks. I set 3 eggs last weekend and all were fertile, but 2 quit. But I have one egg left that is also on day 8! Then I have 2 on day 6 that show promise and I set 4 more yesterday.

Yeppers ! & hope ro hatch some of your beautiful babies soon~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That sounds like an exciting breeding season and I would love to see pics!! How many eggs do you get from your girls? I have two that laid 11 eggs and then went broody a few days ago, which surprised me. I was hoping to get 20 eggs? The girls from my main trio have laid 7 eggs and so far show no signs of being broody.

I am amazed you have a 7year old gander able to mate. Doesn't he slide off the goose with his fat rolls? I sent eggs from my 2 grey pairs that are yearling ganders/2 yo geese to my friend to try to hatch. I told her I'd be surprised if my boys could get the job done, but so far she has one developing and just set 4 more this week.

My main trio (from last summer's rescue) are two years old. The gander is from Allison Grell's lines (thequackhouse), but not sure where the greys originate from. Here they are:




Trying to hatch a buff girl for my favorite buff yearling gander:

When fatties is the the thin

FIRST SEBBIE EGG was layed today!

 

[pips&peeps]

Nine growing spiders now total!!!!

Just sat around 20 more eggs today.

 

[Iain Utah]

Getting nervous day 25 still moving really hope at least 1 of the 3 eggs i have

Nine growing spiders now total!!!!

Just sat around 20 more eggs today.

 

[kuntrygirl]

This is what I have incubating right now. I will put 5 more goose eggs in the incubator today.

Chicken sitting on Goose Eggs

Goose on Goose Eggs

Turkey and Duck On Goose and Turkey Eggs

Turkey and Chicken on Goose Eggs

Turkey on Goose Eggs

 

[Irishgirl]

How much protein are goslings and ducklings supposed to get? Right now I'm feeding them a 18% chick starter with brewer's yeast. Is this ok?

 

[psue]

Peasue do you think you will have enough babies to play with???

I need more growout pens! and for the grass to grow .......lots

Nine growing spiders now total!!!!

Just sat around 20 more eggs today.

This is what I have incubating right now. I will put 5 more goose eggs in the incubator today.

Chicken sitting on Goose Eggs



Goose on Goose Eggs


Turkey and Duck On Goose and Turkey Eggs


Turkey and Chicken on Goose Eggs


Turkey on Goose Eggs

KG ? can the chicken turn the goose eggs? some of those mommas are gonna be so

when the babies hatch,lol

How much protein are goslings and ducklings supposed to get? Right now I'm feeding them a 18% chick starter with brewer's yeast. Is this ok?

thats what I do until about 6 weeks then I cut it down.... and grass when ever possible