What in the World Am I Looking at? (Goose Eggs)

[Iain Utah]

I cannot speak to auto turners. When I have successfully incubated wonky air cell eggs, I used dixie cup or egg carton to set egg into, rest upon side/corner of bator, and hand-turn 2x per day for the first 21-24 days, then lay down. Otherwise, I lay my eggs down on floor of bator and manually turn.

 

[ColtHandorf]

I hope you have other eggs? It is still early in the season.

These are shipped Blue and Lavender Ice American eggs. My Buffs went broody despite me pulling their eggs so I gave up and let them sit. They are due at the same time these in the incubator are. My Pomeranian ganders are in love with each other and not the hen. I think she's had three fertile eggs all season.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

These are shipped Blue and Lavender Ice American eggs. My Buffs went broody despite me pulling their eggs so I gave up and let them sit. They are due at the same time these in the incubator are. My Pomeranian ganders are in love with each other and not the hen. I think she's had three fertile eggs all season.

I had the same happen with a pair of Pilgrim ganders I brought into my gaggle...they only had eyes for each other.

 

[ColtHandorf]

I had the same happen with a pair of Pilgrim ganders I brought into my gaggle...they only had eyes for each other.

It's so annoying. The poor female clearly wants attention from them, but she's second fiddle.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

@ColtHandorf, I guess "the heart wants what the heart wants". I hadn't even considered ganders bonding like that...until it happened. For mine, I think their monthlong quarantine together may have contributed, but I'd do the same again for biosecurity.

 

[ColtHandorf]

These came to me as a "trio". I had them with my Buffs during the non-breeding season. But the Poms paired up with the Buff hens and no one like the Pom hen. When I separated them all back out by breed, after the Pomeranians decided they were through pouting about the Buff hens, they only had eyes for each other. I actually have to stand guard over the Pomeranian hen when she lays her egg because neither of the ganders will and the stupid Khaki Campbell drake pesters her constantly. She waits for me to get off work to lay now.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Booo! That's not what I wanted to hear. Is there anything I can do at this point to help them out?

So these were incubated upright, not on their side. Perhaps the turner was operating at too steep of an angle for the shipped eggs.

Could you not keep an eye on it and like a safety hole for the beak? Being careful about veins that is

 

[ColtHandorf]

Could you not keep an eye on it and like a safety hole for the beak? Being careful about veins that is

I'm not the expert. Perhaps Pyxis could advise?

 

[MGG]

It's so annoying. The poor female clearly wants attention from them, but she's second fiddle.

I wonder if you couldn't just sell one of the ganders, or keep him separate for a while?

 

[MGG]

How are the eggs doing, Colt?