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Goosed!
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:15 pm
by alan refail
The Embden goslings are pipping and hatching since yesterday afternoon.
This in the first one out in the brooder a few hours after hatching - he's a male and already named Kaiser!
Pipping in the incubator
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Out of lock-in at last!
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In the brooder
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So far we seem to have one male and three females and three eggs still to hatch. Grandson's project in his new incubator. He's done a sterling job!
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:24 pm
by alan refail
He's so cute, I can't resist posting the full-face view!
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Re: Goosed!
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:31 pm
by Stephen
Very good
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 8:14 pm
by Primrose
Cute! Just in time for a Easter !
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:18 pm
by oldherbaceous
Will you pass my congratulations on to your Grandson, please Alan...bet he is very excited.
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:56 pm
by retropants
Adorable!
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:55 am
by alan refail
Sadly, the females have not survived, so poor lad will grow up alone.
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:47 am
by robo
Watch the bears don’t get them
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:40 pm
by oldherbaceous
Now that is a shame, Alan...
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:45 pm
by alan refail
oldherbaceous wrote:Now that is a shame, Alan...
We have already arranged to get another set from a friend down the peninsula and will be starting them in the second incubator as soon as the duck eggs, which are hatching in the next couple of days, are out of there. We shall overcome!
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 4:22 pm
by oldherbaceous
That's good then, Alan, just can't beat being positive.
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:12 pm
by alan refail
Well the ducklings have hatched and are now in the brooder with Kaiser, the lonely gosling.
"I told them I was lonely" says Kaiser "so they go and give me eighteen blooming ducklings!"
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Re: Goosed!
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:25 pm
by Primrose
Not quite a case of "hen pecked" then but a delightful early Easter photo all the same!
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:51 pm
by retropants
Fabukous, Thankyou ever so much for sharing the photos!
Re: Goosed!
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:52 pm
by Stephen
I have never considered that, at this stage, only size distinguishes the gosling from the ducklings only hatched a few days apart.