Just had a random 'abandoned' egg hatch. Got home from the feed store and was greeted by a wet fuzzy still partially in his shell.
Took some eggs that had been kinda sat then ignored and put them in the incubator. This is going to be a very staggered hatch.
Believe me, by the end of my indoor hatching season (which is in about 3 weeks!) I want nothing to do with all these birds in the trailer! :lau
I've also got 13 month-old silkie mix chicks that I haven't sold yet, plus about 20 other chicks (Chantecler, Brahma, and OEGB) that I picked up from a...
Had five more babies hatch yesterday. Running out of places to put them all, lol! Right now I have a total of 14, three of which are Muscovy (eggs got mixed up in the nest boxes) and one that I purchased last week (a chocolate magpie!). Also have about 2 dozen more eggs in the incubators, all...
Sounds like someone did some cross-breeding sometime in the past. I took the biggest yellow and the smallest gray to hopefully increase my chances at a pair.
I have to admit, having them following me around was the sweetest thing ever!!!
Because they are Pilgrim geese, the goslings (and adults!) are different colours. So yes, they are a pair. Colt is the lighter coloured one and he'll be white as an adult, and Winney is the darker one and will be grayish when she matures.
Here's a pic from Wikipedia: