The Canada goose is being given daily shots of antibiotics to prevent infection and five of the eggs, some with scorch marks on them, were placed into an incubator at the Back to the Wild ...

Our smallholding provides us with fabulous food - pork, lamb and eggs - but now 16 little chicks have bumped up the numbers.

According to the OVGMP, egg addling involves shaking eggs or coating them with non-toxic biodegradable food-grade corn oil within 14 days of incubation to make them non-viable.