Geese behave much differently than chickens. First, you'll never be able to sneak up on her at night. They can see almost as well as during the day. Second, if by some chance you are able to get close to her, she'll still know that you're there. It will cause all sorts of commotion, scattering both "her" hatched babies and those that you've saved. You'll take the chance that they'll all get lost or chilled. Geese are extremely intelligent, and have social behaviors that are so much more advanced than that of any chicken flock. Probably one of two things happened with this clutch. Either she is an inexperienced mother, and her instincts were satisfied by hatching the first few, even though more were coming, or, two, there were other females who had access to her nest, and they layed after she began setting, so there are actually multiple eggs with varying hatch dates. I have had good luck both ways, introducing newly hatched goslings to a mother even several days after her true brood had hatched, or also introducing young started birds to the group when they were several weeks old. I've even had my flock take in newly hatched babies when there was no female setting. I would introduce them all to the entire flock first thing in the morning when you have a few hours to watch closely that everything is going OK. In most cases it will take only a minute or two before you know if they'll accept or reject them. I've never had well adjusted (non pet) males cause any problems with babies in my flock. The only time that there were issues was when I had too many males, and squabbles between the males who were in the group and those who were kept out have sometimes inadvertently caused problems with young chicks that got caught up in the fighting. Even that has usually worked itself out in a few minutes. All this happens in a pen of almost 3/4 an acre, and I'm sure that plenty of space is a factor in allowing everything to work itself out.

It's easy to see why these birds trust us like they do! Great work! Wow now there's three of us who have had fledgers in the last day! But I'm probably the only one with success on the 2nd attempt instead of first. I saw two on a branch today and Mr single dad fed one in plain sight. (Actually,high in a tree)

The baby Blues are my favorite just because they are so darned cute. But that hummingbird photo is very impressive. Any idea what kind of hummingbird it is? Without the light reflecting off those gorget feathers, and not knowing where you are located, I haven't got a clue.

The houzz was the alternative to the whole site just disappearing from what I understand. I will try to find a link to the post that talked about it. As for trade lists this is how to get to them to edit them.... https://support.houzz.com/hc/en-us/articles/204109408-How-do-I-edit-my-GardenWeb-Trade-List-