Fig. 5: Hip strengthening exercises for piriformis syndrome. A: While keeping the pelvis stationary with the upper leg hanging off the edge of a workout bench, raise and lower the upper leg through a 45 degree range of motion.
Goose eggs take between 28 and 35 days to hatch and by the end of the incubation period, the goose will have become run down so it is important to take note of the date that she starts sitting so that you can intervene if she is still sitting after this time on non-viable eggs.
Once a goose goes broody, you canât move her nest, so start off by encouraging her to sit in the right place by providing nesting material in a shed or covered area. If you leave goose eggs in the nest, a goose will usually sit once she has laid a suitable size clutch of eggs. To prevent breakages whilst she is laying, it is usually best to leave a couple of eggs in the nest but to remove and store the others until there are enough for her to sit on. Geese can usually sit on 7 to 10 eggs comfortably. When a goose is ready to sit, she will line her nest with down that she plucks from herself.