Let's have a gosling hatchalong!

[pete55]

Well I have babies !

2 Sebbies

1 Fattie Dewlap

(my 1st Dewlap)
1 Peanut egg

2 Crackers (White Africans)

Only to my surprise as well as Utah's THEY are not white ~

But of coarse still adorable

Hurrah - and what a great result. Congratulations and all your babies must be so cute. Also your first Dewlap too

How did you do with the rest of the Dewlap eggs are they progressing?

With the Africans you should be able to sex by colour if sired by a Brown so that's a bonus. Dilute Splash will be males and Browns will be females

 

[pete55]

My brown African baby hatched out overnight and my 1st dewlap egg is almost ready to zip. From what I can see of its beak, it appears to be a boy (grey). My next two dewlap eggs internally pipped overnight too, so I'll move them over to hatcher this afternoon, as soon as the 1st dewlap baby finishes hatching.

CONGRATULATIONS IAIN

Wow I'll bet you're thrilled with your Dewlaps, first baby almost here and another 2 letting you know that they're on their way

Also well done on getting your African out safely. The start of a great week for you

 

[pete55]

After a late start to the season we've finally hatched our first gosling - a Grey Dewlap. Hatched without problems and now under lamps in the brooder, a strong gosling

Another egg in lockdown after externally pipping yesterday. More due later at the weekend.

I should be pleased (and I am) but oh how I'd love to see a Buff hatch out from my Dewlux line

Also ordered myself a new incubator today and that arrives tomorrow. After conversation with RiverGoddess (many thanks for sharing all your information about your Petersime Incubator)

I decided on a new Brinsea so I'll enjoy setting that all up when it arrives.

Here's new baby and apologies for odd colour of the picture but under red lamp at present.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Ya'll have been busy. I have a lot to catch up on.

Congrats to everyone who has new babies and Good luck to those that are waiting!!!

I had 2 babies to hatch under a turkey and they are doing good. They are in the brooder with their poult siblings. All are doing well. The turkey didn't leave the nest. I removed the goslings before she saw them and abandoned ship.

 

[Iain Utah]

Thanks, Pete!! Congrats to you too!!! I know exactly what you mean about not wanting to be disappointed at hatching a grey boy. My dewlap is halfway zipped and I keep hoping I mistook coloring by the tip of the beak, but we will know for sure within the hour!

Kuntry, congrats to you, as well!!! They are precious!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Ya'll have been busy. I have a lot to catch up on.

Congrats to everyone who has new babies and Good luck to those that are waiting!!!

I had 2 babies to hatch under a turkey and they are doing good. They are in the brooder with their poult siblings. All are doing well. The turkey didn't leave the nest. I removed the goslings before she saw them and abandoned ship.

Good for you and they are so cute,, Congrats..

 

[Miss Lydia]

After a late start to the season we've finally hatched our first gosling - a Grey Dewlap. Hatched without problems and now under lamps in the brooder, a strong gosling

Another egg in lockdown after externally pipping yesterday. More due later at the weekend.

I should be pleased (and I am) but oh how I'd love to see a Buff hatch out from my Dewlux line

Also ordered myself a new incubator today and that arrives tomorrow. After conversation with RiverGoddess (many thanks for sharing all your information about your Petersime Incubator)

I decided on a new Brinsea so I'll enjoy setting that all up when it arrives.

Here's new baby and apologies for odd colour of the picture but under red lamp at present.

Beautiful Pete even under red lamp.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My brown African baby hatched out overnight and my 1st dewlap egg is almost ready to zip. From what I can see of its beak, it appears to be a boy (grey). My next two dewlap eggs internally pipped overnight too, so I'll move them over to hatcher this afternoon, as soon as the 1st dewlap baby finishes hatching.

 

[Iain Utah]

My dewlap has made it out of the shell..... and it's a big boy! Getting my post hatcher box warmed up so I can move them over as soon as possible, because my next two dewlap eggs are ready for lockdown.

 

[mominoz]

I'm back, online. Last Tuesday, it went down, and thru calls , visits, etc, it was their switching station , and we didn't have it till last Sat. night.

So I couldn't ask for ADVICE

. (then Thur, I awoke to a power outage, but had the incubators on a power backup, and then we got generator running for the 3 hours it was out )I'd hatched the first set of ducklings,6 Dutch Hookbills and one silky Duck out of my first batch. As i mentioned the goose eggs are from my less than a year old Shetland Geese and pair of Super Africans I got from Dave Holderreads last year and one gandar the year before, so thought I'd try to set them. (Using Hovabators) . After the ducks hatched , which I have found now are early hatchers , like 26 1/2 days. So I left what I had left in incubator, Most had hatched between the 11-13th.(DHB). So I waited, noted a smell, checked DIS, silkies, DHB's.... threw out , put last African egg in other bator, cleaned the hatcher.Put back, waited , thought it was dead(34 days) no tapping, low float in water,(not sure about the whole float test, as the dead ones floated the same height).. Finally I drilled a hole in top, nothing for a while, so I took cap off, it was alive ! . So I tried to recap it with a clean shell (didn't know about the boiling shell , till after internet came back)

. Put it back, next morning it had ex. pipped below the cap! Tried to remember to leave it along. Long story short, after 3-4 days of all this, it's peeping was weak (membrane stayed white, no blood, ) I finaly got it's head free, , yolk, sticky on head , gluing it some, it tried to struggle , out, but hadn'[t absorbed yolk (I don't think it could turn in shell....I believe it got too big for the shell-could this be from it being a yearling egg and too small perhaps? So I put it in a cup and waited , hoping yolk would absorb. ...it did....after it was done, I let it come out of shell (shell was clean).. it was so sticky on it's head, and eyes so I put it in warm water and tried to clean it off, the wrapped in towel and put back in hatcher. , 8 hours later it was dead..... DANG!
What I learned...after reading DH book, they put different breeds in on a staggered schedule so that they hatch on the same date...so instead of putting all eggs at same time, they put them in so they hatch on same day...... duh!!!

He took 36 days....that seems really long,and my temps were pretty stable in the Hovabator..(mostly 102, but 2 spikes of 104, but I caught them (when outside temp got 80, and house went up to 78...I then realised that it was the room temp affecting it!, so I put ac on and had to alternate with the heat (spring in Ga.) to keep room between 70-74. (last year I had in laundry room , with huge spikes, because I believe now , the humidity and heat by the dryer, and the 2 connecting doors , one to garage, the room was acting like a airlock, duh! with vastly changing temps and humidity.
I have cleaned the hatcher and have a dozen or so duck eggs put in today for lockdown, and have 4 goose eggs,--trying to decide whether to put them in hatcher NOW with the duck eggs they incubated with or wait a couple more days... so they can dehydrate more ... also am DROPPING my HUMIDITY in incubator (wtih staggered groups of duck and goose eggs (full) from 51-60% that is had down to 40%...I did wash duck eggs with warm/hot water like D book said, and the new group , only get a bit or peroxide dip, then rinse off with water. (first group had soap/ or didluted bleach to clean under running warm water...but after reading, realised , soaps have oils in them, and bleach may be bad too...)

My Tuft. Buff goose is still setting on her foster eggs, I believe there are 2 Shetlands and an african, I put under her....

I am also thinking of getting a fan unit or another incubator with a fan in the next couple days (my hatcher has some taped up cracks, was damaged in shipping) SUGGESTIONS welcome ...