Sitting on dirty eggs?

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Our female goose decided to sit on her nest before we had a chance to really clean the coop/bedding and her nest is right under the chickens' roosts I told my husband to kick her off but he thought she'd be ok and left her. It's been almost a week and today when he checked on her, he said it smelled really bad!

If we take her eggs now, will she lay more and try again? (We will make sure to clean that spot! It's the same spot she tried to lay last year, her first year, but she didn't have anything hatch.) We still have snow on the ground so spring is really just starting. Or should we try to clean that area but leave her eggs on fresh bedding? If we candle her eygs, how can we tell if they got infected with bacteria or not?

Our tub for them is also still buried in snow, so I'm a little worried about fertility if they didn't have water to mate in (which is what I thought her issue was last year).

We are still very new to raiding geese so any advice will be greatly appreciated!

 

[Miss Lydia]

If you can install poop boards that will help with the chickens pooping on the floor we had to do that because our ducks like sleeping under the chickens roosting. You can take those eggs and toss them out she’ll continue to lay or just clean those up and put down new bedding before hand. Has she been sitting on the eggs longer than 7 days if so when you candle you begin to see veining in the eggs if that has begun them just take a damp paper towel and wipe any stuck on poop.its amazing how goslings and ducklings can hatch from dirty eggs.my Embden gander and Toulouse goose are able to mate fine on dry ground but do prefer their pool, what breed do you have?

 

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If you can install poop boards that will help with the chickens pooping on the floor we had to do that because our ducks like sleeping under the chickens roosting. You can take those eggs and toss them out she’ll continue to lay or just clean those up and put down new bedding before hand. Has she been sitting on the eggs longer than 7 days if so when you candle you begin to see veining in the eggs if that has begun them just take a damp paper towel and wipe any stuck on poop.its amazing how goslings and ducklings can hatch from dirty eggs.my Embden gander and Toulouse goose are able to mate fine on dry ground but do prefer their pool, what breed do you have?

I saw some poop hammocks someone did and we will definitely be doing those this spring/summer!

Thank you so much! I think we'll try to clean them and get fresh bedding under her. They are French Toulouse. I wish I had 10 more, I love them!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Love to see some Pics they really are special.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Also once you candle please let us know what you see!