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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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 ?

Hi,this is quite a gentic-like topic about goose colors,I want to get some birds like this http://i24.servimg.com/u/f24/15/64/72/57/oiefla12.jpg http://www.la-basse-cour-du-nord.fr/page_palmipedes/oie_flamande.jpg...

Hi,I need some help on this problem.I have read that geese became mature at 10 months,but I had ganders mounting even at 7-8 months.But are the matings fertile ? So at what age can ganders succesfully insiminate ?

Hi evreyone,I need some goose genetics help.I have some heritige piebald auto-sexing geese(ganders white,geese piebald tricolor white,blue and grey).And I am getting some performat hybrid geese.From other breeders who had the hybrids,I know they are extraordinary birds,fast growth,lay twice a...

Hi evreyone,I need some goose genetics help.I have some heritige piebald auto-sexing geese(ganders white,geese piebald tricolor white,blue and grey).And I am getting some performat hybrid geese.From other breeders who had the hybrids,I know they are extraordinary birds,fast growth,lay twice a...

Hi,I have a question.Lets say I have a mixed breed flock of breeders,and if accidentaly a heavy gander(toulouse or embden type ) would breed with a light breed goose(cotton patch or roman) would he cruss her back or they will mate with no problem and result medium sized goslings ?I know that if...

Hi,I raise some ducks,only a few,about 40-50 ducks a year,mainly muscovy ducks.With the muscovies,Ichange my breeding flock evrey 2 to 3 years or with some drakes that are too heavy for mating even evrey year.This year I will keep a breeding pair of pedigree grimaud freres pekin ducks,and my...

Are Sweese fertile ? I have seen a few pics over the internet of mute swan x goose hybrids,I even searched in the hybrid database and it only says viable F1 hybrid dosent specifie if fertile or not.It was such a great looking bird so I was just curious if they can breed.

Hi I just read this http://www.bryancore.org/cgi-bin/hdb.pl?field=Genus&query=Cairina&submit=Search%21 where says that mule duck males are sometimes fertile,is it true ? Has anyone experienced this fertile hybrid ? Is anyone raising them or have you heard about this ?

Anyone raising rohan ducks ? Cuz I heard they are starting to became popular,if you have some,please post pics.

Hi ! My geese have just strted to set and my gander,beeing bored alone has started to mate with my muscovy ducks,can a hybrid happed or they are impossible to cross ?

How tender woulda 6 week old duck be ? I am just curios on how tender this meat is because I am planning to buy some pekins that I will slaughter at 6 weeks old,at a 3,1 kg live weight.I have raised muscovy duck before and I still raise them and butcher them at 10-12 weeks old,they are preety...

Hi ! I have just started judging waterfowl,and if anyoane wants to join I propose an Online Duck Show.In this way you can have your birds quality evaluated and I can practise my judging.So start posting your best birds ! And Hope your animals will win the best of breed.

does anyone have an embden goose standard of perfection,cuz I want to evaluate my geese.If you have it please help,and if you have some best of breed embdens please send me pics.