5 April 2010
Put 12 Goose eggs in an incubator on March 28. Candled them today and it appears 10 of them are developing. There had been some concerns about the parents being too young or not mating in the water. I have seen them mate on dry land, and he’s gotten good enough to not fall off. And maybe that is good enough to the job done.
Also started getting turkey eggs the other day, I now have 4 of them. They are different than the ones I got back in December, so I am thinking the other type of hen laid these. And more and more I am thinking these are the slate and the those in December were actually Reds. Recently sold one of the Red hens, and I had gotten an egg or two before she left. The lady I sold her to said she has gotten an egg every day since. So I obviously sold the wrong hen, lol! Those eggs looked like the ones I got in December. But the ones I have now are paler, and with less spots. Tomorrow I plan to put them, and hopefully one more, in the incubator. I just ordered my own incubator and will start collecting turkey eggs for when it gets here and I will incubate them. Plan to hatch just about every turkey egg I get, or get the hens to set on some. Might sell some goose eggs or turkey eggs. Will try to sell some of the turkey poults.
Clay