Let's have a gosling hatchalong!

[Miss Lydia]

I have a goose egg hatching under a turkey right now.

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!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

I have a goose egg hatching under a turkey right now.

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!!

Lol lol lol. You are so right. I almost forgot. I will post pics when it has hatched. it started zipping around 10:00 am this morning.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Lol lol lol. You are so right. I almost forgot. I will post pics when it has hatched. it started zipping around 10:00 am this morning.

 

[RURU]

I just thought that was so funny about the turkey hatching the gosling and then looking at it and taking off.....

 

[Miss Lydia]

I just thought that was so funny about the turkey hatching the gosling and then looking at it and taking off.....

it was RURU, now i wonder how the Muscovy that stayed is doing with the gosling.

 

[Dwen]

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.

 

[hopemason28]

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

 

[8GeeseALaying]

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.

 

[RURU]

You are both going to have to go to Pete incubation and hatching section to read what to do with helping the gosling pipped on the wrong end. Pete has it in there on how to help the gosling. He also has instructions for temps in the incubator, humidity, ect. Please both of you go there and you will learn from Pete's excellent incubations instructions and instructions on goslings pipped on the wrong end.......

 

[8GeeseALaying]

I read it, i go there everyday. Thanks