Rural Gardening: Help for our Nesting Goose, 0 by TamaraFaye

TamaraFaye wrote:
We have had a White Chinese goose on her nest, and yesterday she hatched out her first gosling. and she had one bad egg explode. there is nothing new this morning, and i am thinking there was about 15 or so eggs. how much longer will it take for her to hatch another?

mainly i am concerned because something suddenly went in and took her gosling without leaving a trace. the cat i suspected has gone to live with peacocks and emus and llamas to learn a new respect for birds. oh, did he freak when he heard his first turkey...

we are very sad about the gosling, but now concerned for the mother goose. worst case scenario, if that was her only good egg and she doens't hatch another, how long will she stay on that nest? she is looking horrible, and it can't be good for her!

consider me overly concerned, this is our first time... any help or ray of hope, or just downright honest answers appreciated. sympathy accepted too ;-(

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