The Quack Shack

[Jenbirdee]

How many eggs did she end up settling for???

six. but one was cracked so i removed it. so 5.I want to try candling the 5 tomorrow but I dont have a proper candler.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I just use a small LED flash light and a dark closet

 

[Jenbirdee]

I just use a small LED flash light and a dark closet

i dont know if ill have time to run back and forth to a closet with each egg. maybe i can drape a large towwel over my head and just stay at the nest

 

[Miss Lydia]

That would work. I usually wait till the broody comes off gather all the eggs in a towel covered up to keep them warm and inside a basket or something like that take them to a dark area.

 

[Jenbirdee]

That would work. I usually wait till the broody comes off gather all the eggs in a towel covered up to keep them warm and inside a basket or something like that take them to a dark area.

it has to be a small size flashlight? and led?

 

[Miss Lydia]

LED is best and I only have a small one but probably any size would work.

 

[Luv Ducks]

six. but one was cracked so i removed it. so 5.I want to try candling the 5 tomorrow but I dont have a proper candler.

Can you take them into a dark room and just use a strong flashlight? That is what I do for my duck eggs but I don't know if that works for goose eggs or not. You surely do have beautiful geese.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

It is nice that you have enough land to be able to keep all of your drakes. I have a large pen but my drakes still try to hassle my Hens since I don't have an open area that they can fly in. I am glad it is all working out well for you.

I was honestly surprised, that it has not become as bad as i though. I have started preparations for a drake-jail by starting to fence in my fruit-tree pasture. Trying to swat two flies with one stroke: Keep the deer from killing my fruit trees and being able to isolate the drakes.
I have some ducks with bald necks, but nobody ended up being bloody or severely limping.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I just use a small LED flash light and a dark closet

That's what i did too - except for the dark closet, i used the dark duck-house.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

i dont know if ill have time to run back and forth to a closet with each egg. maybe i can drape a large towwel over my head and just stay at the nest

Not sure if the shells of a goose egg are that much thicker, but with the duck-eggs a simple cheap LED flashlight was enough to see through the duck eggs' shells even in daylight. I used one of these tiny flashlights that they sometimes give away fro free at the harbor.