So I had some excitement a few days ago! My DH and I had our first baby about a month ago and moved into a new house right before she arrived so the geese kind of got thrown off their rockers right in the middle of breeding season. I gave some eggs to a friend who hatched some goslings and let the three girls set on their own clutches of eggs. One girl quit laying so I didn't have any of her eggs for her to set but she really wanted to be a mom so I gave some of the unmarked eggs that were collected right after the baby arrived (DH gathered them for me) and figured if anything hatched they would be a mixed lot.
Well we had a series of unfortunate events. One goose flaked out and got off her nest and didn't go back to sitting so we lost those eggs. ( I was still wandering around in a state of exhaustion from being a new mom myself!) and the other girl had a no good, rotten snake in her nest a week ago and her eggs were cold to the touch. As soon as the snake was removed she bustled right back in but nothing has hatched so I am going to have to risk life and limb to check and see if anything is alive in there!
Long story short I figured Sybil's nest (the last remaining nest) was no good too because it seemed like they should have hatched by now and two mornings ago I went out to this wonderful surprise!
Don't mess with momma!!!
Well we had a series of unfortunate events. One goose flaked out and got off her nest and didn't go back to sitting so we lost those eggs. ( I was still wandering around in a state of exhaustion from being a new mom myself!) and the other girl had a no good, rotten snake in her nest a week ago and her eggs were cold to the touch. As soon as the snake was removed she bustled right back in but nothing has hatched so I am going to have to risk life and limb to check and see if anything is alive in there!
Long story short I figured Sybil's nest (the last remaining nest) was no good too because it seemed like they should have hatched by now and two mornings ago I went out to this wonderful surprise!
Don't mess with momma!!!