mother duck, baby goslings

[muus]

Thank you all, this is my lovely girl incubating her eggs.

 

[Orca5094]

Aww, what a cute little momma duck!! She's adorable! ^-^

 

[buff goose guy]

Hi

My mallard hen is incubating her eggs and chinese geese eggs.

I want her to take care of all te chicks (in total 6, 4 ducklings and 2 goslings I had some infertile eggs) and I don't know if I should take away the duck eggs and let them hatch in the incubator and when the goslings hatch return the ducklings to her mother or let the ducklings hatch with it's mother and when the goslings hatch put them with the mallard, but, she would accept them?
Other thing I don't understand is why only 4 of the 12 eggs were fertile? They hace water in a pond everyday and I see them mating so whats going wrong? and why gosling embryos die in the middle of the incubation? I had 2 deaths at days 16 and 17.

Thanks

i would take 2 eggs from her and ket her keep the rest.

its better if she hatch the goslings so she doesnt get freaked out when there are two giant balls of fluff running at her.

 

[Frank Phinster]

lol! I had to Google "thimblerigging", but yes, absolutely!

From looking at your location I assume that you are also not a native speaker

I had to look the English term up for this, too, but this was the first thing I thought of when I read about this method here.

 

[Orca5094]

From looking at your location I assume that you are also not a native speaker

I had to look the English term up for this, too, but this was the first thing I thought of when I read about this method here.

Actually, I'm originally from the US, but I think thimblerigging is either a really old term, or maybe British English? They use some silly words sometimes.

 

[Frank Phinster]

Actually, I'm originally from the US, but I think thimblerigging is either a really old term, or maybe British English? They use some silly words sometimes.

Oh, that would have been my secons guess.

According to wikipedia, the more usual term is "shell game". But until a few hours ago I new neither of these words...byc can be enlightening in all kinds of ways.

 

[muus]

Hi
The ducklings hatched and the goslings too, I couldn't put them together because the mother don't mind of them, the ducklings died and the goslings are alive, they hatched in the incubator 3 and 4 days after the ducklings.

 

[Orca5094]

Oh no, I'm so sorry! Are you saying the mother didn't take care of the ducklings? Are you hand-raising the goslings?

 

[muus]

Oh no, I'm so sorry! Are you saying the mother didn't take care of the ducklings? Are you hand-raising the goslings?

Yes and yes.She only sleeped with them, when they were out the mother goes in one way and the ducklings in the other. The goslings imprinted on me.
Thanks

 

[Orca5094]

Ok, so sorry your broody duck didn't take to the ducklings. That's always a risk for new mothers. :/

Glad the goslings are doing well with you, though! ^-^