So did you keep all 8 goslings? And I see your hatch rate was low too so maybe this is just the way with ducks and geese I'll be very excited to see my first goose egg. I don't think my gander has impregnated either of the girls yet but then don't geese have a particular mating season?I started with three geese (gander and two females). At about a year (actually 11 months) they hatched out 8 goslings as a thank you for all their care. They started laying a couple of months before that though. The hatch was from a clutch of about 20 eggs total.