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I feel a bit guilty lol. I waited until we got back from getting some groceries to remove the other gosling from the broody and she seemed to keep looking for it or something to sit on. She was up for a bit but whenever I was checking for eggs she would come in and act like she was looking for...

So... Very weird situation this morning. Today would be lock down day for the broody's eggs. I go out to feed and move our geese to the half finished goose pen we did yesterday. We got all the fencing up and a pond filled and its got alot more shade than the chicken run. Well I look inside the...

Weathers warming up and flowers blooming. Some of our hens are looking bare on their backs. But I'm suspecting more of rooster and geese damage than mites.. Were working on getting a goose pen built so it should help. Their run is almost all dirt and sand and they have some ankle breaking holes...

I know. Its sad.

Unfortunately the gosling passed sometime last night. Maybe there was something wrong with it considering it was smaller.

The fourth gosling didn't make the night. It did look smaller so perhaps there was something wrong with it.

Okay so far: Batch 1 out of eight eggs none made it to lockdown Batch 2 out of six eggs 4 hatched and the other two which were suspected to be dead before lockdown seem to be dead. I candled them after we took the fourth gosling out and didn't see any movement or veining. To confirm I left them...

It was about 2 hours after yesterday. Forgot to update XD It seems a little smaller than the others. We left it in the incubator all day and all night because it still seemed weak. But this morning it was walking around chewing on wires.

Thank you! My mom woke me up at 7:30am because the gosling that was in there was biting at the one inside the egg and then started nibbling on the incubator wires so after a few hours we made the decision to pull it and in doing so I cracked a thin line around most of the exterior of the egg...

It started pipping yesterday at the top of the egg. Today its made a large enough hole to poke its bill out. But its been about six hours since. We can see its breathing and theres another gosling in there thats drying so it has a little friend to bump into it. I've seen some people say 3 hours...

I guess its a surprise whether I go out and find an egg until probably june then lol Shes at 22 and I heard her breed Buff Americans usually lay up to 25 so maybe shell stop by June but who knows lol

Gizzy laid another egg today. The girl is up to 22 eggs this year x.x Should I say it? Whats 1 more egg? Lol A 3rd gosling has hatched out and we suspect the other might as well. But the final candling had me worried about the last 2 in the lockdown so probably in a few days if they don't pip...

So last night I put the second gosling in with the first despite the other eggs having pipped. There just isn't enough room for both of them to hatch plus the 2nd gosling to remain in there. I made sure to spray water inside and not linger with the lid open. My mom woke me up saying she was...

Thank you. The second one hatched and a third started as the second was drying XD It's exciting. The second one is another mini gus lookalike lol

It is a mini gus! Don't know whether male or female but still adorable!!! We removed it and its egg after it dried through the night to give the others some room. And theres another one pipping. We heard it chirping and I even saw a large egg movement. Wonder if it'll look like Gus or if we'll...