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I don't know how much of you know about birds/geese

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everything under the sun.
We have two canadian geese that have built a nest on our lake, and have three eggs - however it's been about a month now and we have just discovered their nest ruined and found the three eggs in the water, one was submerged entirely and three floating next to the feathers and pineneedles (under it actually) I took the eggs and laid them on the shore and themother is now sitting on them. She would know if her babies were dead wouldn't she? What could ahve ruined their nest? Could the eggs have drowned? And will she be able to tell if she's lost her babies?

It's disappointing because we're been expecting these babies all month - I'm so sad.
 
I don't think she would necessarily know if the eggs are bad, but if they don't hatch when they are supposed to she will eventually abandon them. I'd probably leave them there or if it is a really bad spot, gradually move them to a safer spot (touching them won't make her abandon them)

My cockatiel lays 3 clutches each year (no male) & sits on them for quite awhile before slowly giving up on them. I leave her at least 2 to sit on so they she isn't compelled to lay even more (it takes a lot of them to produce & lay eggs). Even with no male & no nest box, she still insists on it.
 
As a kid I have tried to hatch eggs that my ducks layed here and there. They never built nests and just dropped eggs where ever they decided to. Some ended up in the lake before i got to them and none of them ever hatched, even though I had the temps right and did the turning of the eggs and such.
To answer your question as to what may have happened. Any number of critters could have gotten to the nest to eat the eggs but the eggs being in the water probably kept the animal from going after them. It was probably a opossum or stray dogs. A raccoon would probably have gone into the water after the eggs.
Hope this helps you. And I agree that the mother will probably abandon the eggs if they don't hatch within the time period they were suppose to.
 
I _think_ the mom listens to the eggs as time gets closer to when they will hatch. If she hears nothing, and they don't hatch, she abandons the eggs. And usually lays another clutch.
 
If it was a wild animal, they would have eaten the eggs and not bothered with destroying the nest. Sounds like a human to me.

D80
 
I used to breed ring-necked pheasants and Merriam's turkeys. The eggs will not hatch if you found them in water. My guess would be that she will abandon the eggs rather soon, if she hasn't done so already. She will probably lay again.
 
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