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All three goslings have hatched. I fussed about membranes and did end up chipping shells and carefully peeling back membranes that seemed dry but they have all come out.
Gosling #1 hatched around 4am last night.
Gosling #2 hatched about 12 hours later.
Gosling #3 hatched about 5 hours after that.
I believe I have one boy and two girls if I am doing the sexing Pilgrim things right.
This forum has been great for this first time hatcher! Never hatched anything before these geese! They are drying off and fluffing up well in a homemade bator that is working out great for the purpose. The yellowish one (#1) is chatty and nibbling everything, and #2 started nibbling even quicker. We'll transfer them into a proper brooder in the morning and start offering food and water (I used a syringe to offer some dribbles of water + electrolytes so far).
Now I have 17 duck eggs, 10 with internal pipping, 5 that aren't makign noise yet but some movement and 2 with small aircells and very weird candling results. I think I'll post about them in duck forum.
Gosling #1 hatched around 4am last night.
Gosling #2 hatched about 12 hours later.
Gosling #3 hatched about 5 hours after that.
I believe I have one boy and two girls if I am doing the sexing Pilgrim things right.
This forum has been great for this first time hatcher! Never hatched anything before these geese! They are drying off and fluffing up well in a homemade bator that is working out great for the purpose. The yellowish one (#1) is chatty and nibbling everything, and #2 started nibbling even quicker. We'll transfer them into a proper brooder in the morning and start offering food and water (I used a syringe to offer some dribbles of water + electrolytes so far).
Now I have 17 duck eggs, 10 with internal pipping, 5 that aren't makign noise yet but some movement and 2 with small aircells and very weird candling results. I think I'll post about them in duck forum.