Let's have a gosling hatchalong!

[Miss Lydia]

Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh. We have 1 lone egg that has made it to day 23!!!!!!!!! We haven't had an egg the veined make this far. I am so excited. Come on baby goose! (if she hatches she will have duckling companions).

I had set 6 more goose eggs about a week ago. Only 1 is veining from that set. I'm not having very good odds...must be fertility because I am hatching chicks and ducklings just fine?

for gos.

 

[kuntrygirl]

[COLOR=800080]Here are my 3 goslings today. The 2 grey saddleback's are from our Gloria I have not gotten goslings before from her. The Blue SB is from Hanna and Nikki. I did not think that the one grey SB was going to make it she was so limp and out of it..... The best thing are the 2 grey SB's are Females!!!!! YEA!!!! Not sure what the Blue SB is but I hope a female as well.[/COLOR] [COLOR=800080]The one on the left back with the darkest head is the one I have been worrying about and will still keep an eye on her...[/COLOR] [COLOR=800080] [/COLOR] [COLOR=800080] [/COLOR]

OMG !!!!!!! I AM IN LOVE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL !!!! They look so soft and cuddly!!! I want to squeeze them and kiss them !!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

So sorry Pete for your losses, very sad.

 

[zooweemama]

RURU - Great news - how are they all doing? So that's both of Gloria's eggs hatched now and so pleased they're both SB as they should be females. BIG CONGRATULATIONS.

IAIN - Oh no, so sorry to hear about the Buff not making it. You did say she was quite weak

Have you anymore eggs from the pair that are producing them?



We too are having a poor year so it happens to us all

We've just lost 2 out of the 3 Dewlap eggs. The last one has been externally pipped for 24 hours and has started peeping so that's a good sign. Also managed 15% weight loss. Hoping it might be a Buff. Lost a Grey yesterday that didn't internally pip and very swollen and only 12% weight loss. Then just lost another Grey this morning. It had lost 13% but internally pipped 36 hours ago and externally pipped 12 hours ago. However no peeping. Just watched it enlarge the pip (high up on the egg) until a hole and could see it was a Grey. After half hour I checked and thought it odd that I could see no movement in the beak. When I checked it had died but was a very large gosling with a distorted head due to its size -

Also had our best Buff female paired to a split and she's never bothered laying and tried with another gander and neither showed any interest in her. One has since being paired with a Grey and is bonded and mating her. In fact she just looked rejected. Meanwhile our old Gander has never been seen mating his new young female although bonded. In frustration I removed the young female and replaced her with the older Buff. Did that 3 days ago and instant pair bonding, female looked brighter and knew she was back in her old pen with her old mate from last year. This morning they're both mating and I'll bet they produce some fertile eggs despite being so late in the year. I nice note to end on and it just shows the importance of pairing the right birds up. It also shows that the female failed to come into breeding condition until back with her mate. They both look so content and brighter again - I was a fool to split them up but wanted to use the female to breed more Buffs. Quality over quantity (or colour)

Beautiful geese. I'm sorry for the losses.

 

[zooweemama]

RURU the baby gooses are SO adorable! (we call goslings baby gooses around here lol.)

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Looks like my 4 goslings are going to have lil duck buddies. My duck eggs have pipped. Come on duckies!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Looks like my 4 goslings are going to have lil duck buddies. My duck eggs have pipped. Come on duckies!

 

[zooweemama]

Looks like my 4 goslings are going to have lil duck buddies. My duck eggs have pipped. Come on duckies!

Yay!

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Cant wait to see what they look like and turn out to be. Pekin x brown runner crosses. Probably look like fat bowling pins walking around lol

 

[muddyhorse]

Two of my Sebastopol eggs have external pips ! This is my first time with geese