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Hello everyone....I need some help. So,I have 3 geese,2 females and one male,and it seems that the male has been very active so I supposed most of the eggs should be fertile. I started incubating 25 eggs and one gosling hatched this Monday ( 28th day of incubation) and 3 hatched yesterday (29th...

Well,traditionally the geese are raised all their life outside and stay inside only during the forcefeeding time(a few weeks) they are fed corn soaked in salty water 2 times per day,for 28 days,that is done only 3 months per year(not year round),and they are kept in large pens all togheter.The...

Well,the french producers do that since the 17th century,and foie gras is much tastier than normal liver,and unlike others,I dont think the traditional foie gras is a cruel thing,of course the factory farmed one is cruel like any other factory farm raised animal but not the traditional foie.

Can any goose produce foie gras ? I mean,I know only toulouse and landes geese are forcefeed to produce foie gras,but why them and not other breeds ? Can you tell me a few brees that could suit the foie gras production ? Just curious. Thanks.

A goose would be poissoned by a coin ?

So,I heard of a local method of fattening ganders,it is said to work,but I want to ask other goose keepers for advice.So,this mathod bassicly consists in slipping a coin(a very small one ,1 cent or so) and it is said that once the coin gets in the gizzard,it will rubb the birds gizard walls so...

Are africans good broodies ? And will they go broody even if I collect the eggs daily to prevent freazing ? My geese still do it even there are no eggs in the nest.I need to know for the next spring.Thank you.

In fact the white one was a drake and the black ones were girls.And glad you like my household,and my grapes,I have a lot of them,and a lot of duck,chivkens,geese and other animals so yeah its a beautifull place.

Hi.I have a question about color.If breeding a white(non dimorphic gander) X grey or pied dimorphic goose the goose calculator says dimorphic males,white females.But will the males get the dimorphic color of their mom or be dwhite like a normal dimorphic male.Please help.

Mine is a very hadsome embden gosling now (will this do for 8 months ?) but he I hope he will bacome a great breeder next feb.

I know that geese become sexually mature so they can produce goslings at 10 months.But I had ganders mating even at 7 months old.But will a 8 month old gander be able to produce goslings ? I know I posted a similar thread a while ago,but I didnt got a proper answer(i mean I got a few but they...

You are right with the breeds,and about their gender,at about 7-8 weeks the males will have a curl on their tail.You can also vent sex them or listen them,females quack males grunt.

means breeding of related specimens,like inbreeding.

Are geese having problems due to Consanvinization ? I know that siblings are not to breed with each other,but lets say that the gander's mother was sister withe the goose's mother.Are cousin geese ok to mate with eachother ?

Then look here And I also want to point out the most amazing animal in the world,the ancester of the african goose,the original one,The chinese Shitou or Lion head goose,please enjoy...