Sebastopol gone broody

[Suneli]

Hello,

I have a Sebastopol who has gone broody and has been sitting on her eggs for about 2 weeks now. I was able to candle them the other day and discovered she has a maximum of 3 developing eggs in her clutch, and I'm a little bummed out. Will she keep laying after she hatches or is she done for the season? Is she so far into broodiness that if I took her eggs to incubator she wouldn't return to laying?

 

[Luv Ducks]

I love those geese. I only have ducks and have never had a goose. I didn't understand why you were bummed out if 3 were developing. Did you want more? I wasn't sure. I would be tempted to let her hatch them and raise them so be sure they survived. Maybe you have great luck with an incubator? Maybe you wanted a lot more? Not sure what she would do if you removed them. Sorry I am no help. Good Luck.

 

[Pumperkinz]

Hello,

I have a Sebastopol who has gone broody and has been sitting on her eggs for about 2 weeks now. I was able to candle them the other day and discovered she has a maximum of 3 developing eggs in her clutch, and I'm a little bummed out. Will she keep laying after she hatches or is she done for the season? Is she so far into broodiness that if I took her eggs to incubator she wouldn't return to laying?

If you want her laying more, yes you'd want to pull all of them.

Sometimes those first few eggs of the season are duds as the boys have yet to fertilize them especially in sebbies.

I'd say if you have roughly 50% success then you are doing good.

Generally I would pull eggs daily if you are wanting large clutches, or more then a few. They normally will lay 6-12 and then go brood after that. If you pull sometimes you can get more but some girls only lay a few and are done, while others will lay 40+ out of spite .

Hope this helps.

 

[Suneli]

If you want her laying more, yes you'd want to pull all of them.

Sometimes those first few eggs of the season are duds as the boys have yet to fertilize them especially in sebbies.

I'd say if you have roughly 50% success then you are doing good.

Generally I would pull eggs daily if you are wanting large clutches, or more then a few. They normally will lay 6-12 and then go brood after that. If you pull sometimes you can get more but some girls only lay a few and are done, while others will lay 40+ out of spite .

Hope this helps.

Sounds like I'll be taking them and hand incubating them then! She started on 10 eggs and crushed 2 of them, so of the 8 left its nearly a 50% hatch rate. I hope she will start laying again soon!

 

[Pumperkinz]

Sounds like I'll be taking them and hand incubating them then! She started on 10 eggs and crushed 2 of them, so of the 8 left its nearly a 50% hatch rate. I hope she will start laying again soon!

Give it a few weeks, but keep checking.

Just in the future pull eggs till you get to what you want. Don't stress it's all a learning experience

Also my suggestion with sebbie girls is they are terrible moms half the time lol. I also don't let mine raise them cause i've seen too many horrible night time accidents.