Let's have a gosling hatchalong!

[Miss Lydia]

Hatching is going well in the incubator with this batch of Welsh Harlequins finishing up today (looks like 8 little quackers this time around) and the Embdens seem to be progressing nicely.

Meanwhile on the back 40, I checked on my scovy girl on her nest and was alarmed to see several broken eggshells and the dog running away from the scene.

Much to my relief, however, the broken eggshells were from all the babies that she had finally hatched out.

It would seem that the puppy was just checking in on the ducklings. She loves muscovies, for some reason. They groom each other and she watches over them while they swim, keeping away the other drakes.

Congrats!!

 

[Iain Utah]

Good morning, hatching friends. After taking a short break from geese to hatch chicks for my friend, I am getting ready to lockdown 5 goose eggs (4 Africans saved from Peanut's nest) and 1 dewlap (with another pair of dewlaps due 4 days later).

for a buff girl!!

After these three dewlaps hatch, I only have 8 left developing, but am still getting eggs from my trio. As of yesterday, Shimmer has laid 34 and Slate has laid 31 eggs. I thought dewlaps were only supposed to lay 30 eggs at the most?

 

[8GeeseALaying]

I have 8 goslings so far. 1 is zipping(it was under a chicken she jumped ship yesterday) 1 externally pipped and 2 internally pipped in the bator. I have 4 dark and 4 white. The last one that hatched is a roman tufted it has a hair do bigger than Marge Simpson lol hopefully it will have more of a tuft than its parents have, theirs is small.

 

[RiverGoddess]

Hatched out & in the brooder
A colored white african
& a Grey Dewlap from Slate,
and a Buff girl from Shimmer!

So that puts me at 8 girls & 4 Boys!

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Can't wait to put my Sebbies in LD this Sat ~ I really would like girls!
Since all I have hatched are boys from them all season (except my 1 lone girl gosling)

 

[lori stetson]

Stevie(a) is doing great so far. Still living in the big brooder box on sunporch and going out in grass whenever i have time to take him. Doesnt follow me and stay close as much as my 2 sebbies did at this age. I'm thinking that spending the first 12 hours w parents ( Spike and Russell) may have had something to do with that. Very chewie like all gooslings but fixated on my neck and underside of arm - anywhere skin is soft and tender - and it HURTS.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have 8 goslings so far. 1 is zipping(it was under a chicken she jumped ship yesterday) 1 externally pipped and 2 internally pipped in the bator. I have 4 dark and 4 white. The last one that hatched is a roman tufted it has a hair do bigger than Marge Simpson lol hopefully it will have more of a tuft than its parents have, theirs is small.

something in the water for them to be laying more than normal.

 

[lori stetson]

Any thoughts on why hes so rough and how i teach him to be more careful? How do parents teach their goslings? Dog, horse and cat methods dont seem to fit and none of my goslings in previous years ever did this. Likes to snuggle under my neck/wing and makes the little snuggling noises while torturing my neck. On my arms he does it more like he's trying to pull grass._ Definitely more than the curious gosling nibble.

 

[lori stetson]

Any thoughts on why hes so rough and how i teach him to be more careful? How do parents teach their goslings? Dog, horse and cat methods dont seem to fit and none of my goslings in previous years ever did this. Likes to snuggle under my neck/wing and makes the little snuggling noises while torturing my neck. On my arms he does it more like he's trying to pull grass._ Definitely more than the curious gosling nibble.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Someone in my area is selling 2 baby dewlap gosling for $75.00. Is that how much they really cost?????????? I'm not interested in them but am just curious. :/

 

[psue]

75.00 for 2 is a great price