Um, what to do?

[Alas]

My goose was laying eggs and not watching them, so they were getting eaten. I took 8 before she finally started to pay attention. She lay another 5 and started sitting. She has a week left before her clutch hatches. In the meantime, I have several goslings that are too big now for the container I have them in and I'm really ready to get them out of the house. If I take the eggs to put in the bator, will she take the goslings? And when the other eggs hatch, can I add them to the family?

 

[emys]

Hmmm...it could work, or it could be a huge mess if she doesn't cooperate. How much older will the older chicks be?? You don't want the older ones to bully the younger ones...

I don't have goose experience - just chickens, so maybe someone else will chime in.

 

[scratch'n'peck]

I can't speak from personal experience yet, but it could be worth a try. There are pictures of goslings that accept ducks as brooder company so maybe they are less likely to bully the smaller ones than chickens.