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Can anyone advise me on what to do with a two day old gosling that has gunk in her eye? It has been this way since she hatched. I have tried to clean it out with water and by dipping the side of her head in water. She scratches at it with her foot. We can open the eye and see white gunk in...

Can anyone tell me if the amount of humidity affects the ability of the gosling to absorb the yoke sac? My first bunch of hatchlings didn't absorb all of the yoke sac and only one lived. I have changed feeds to a conditioning feed for ducks, geese, etc and feed greens daily. Thanks.

I'm convinced now of how important it is to weigh the eggs and keep track of moisture loss. My first incubated goose egg externally piped and we lost it as it still had a good sized yoke sac attached. The second one came out last evening (day 30) and it left part of a yoke sac behind in the...

Can anyone tell me how the mother goose feeds her new babies when they first hatch? Also how does she find them a safe source of water that they won.t drown in? I have only incubated and given my babies a shallow source of water and wild bird starter mixed with shedded lettuce. I have been...

My babies are starting to pip! I am so excited! Two have piped internally and one externally. Our miniture dachshund must be able to hear them because she keeps going over to the incubator and tipping her head to one side with her ears perked up to listen and then she smells all around the...

I am looking for American Lavender hatching eggs for sale. I would accept a mix of lavender and blue.

Has anyone hatched a double-yoke egg? I have one that I felt almost sure was a double yoke egg that I placed in my incubator and it is developing. The shell on the egg is so thick that I am not positive that it is a double yoke egg; however when I candled it after it started to develop it...

I have read a great deal of information on incubation and I am currently incubating nine goose eggs in a forced air incubator. I am hoping that I will actually hatch some babies out. My questions are: Will my female geese take the babies once they hatch if I place them in her nest? If my...

Hi all, I hatched out some geese last spring for my daughter and managed to keep them alive by dumb luck. Actually they might have been hatched by dumb luck too. Anyway I have three females and a gander now that are toulouse and african mixed. One of my females started laying last fall then...

Hi everyone, I am new to Back Yard Chickens and I would like to say hi and let you all know that I joined because I ended up with geese that I hatched out for my daughter. So now I have four geese that I know very little about taking care of. I guess I have had beginners luck because my four...