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well I have been on a down hill slide. I have lost so many eggs to crushing this week it has me sick. dunno why either. went from 15 to 9 in a matter of hour or two. then one of the other bird was out in the garden laying again? right now I have her on the eggs. dunno if she will crush any I'll see when I open the coop this morning.
 
Yetti, it sounds like you are over thinking this. Try to back track and simplify the nesting situation. If they are housed together in confined spaces you will run the risk of arguments and broken eggs. Can you remove the dividers and open the space up? Is there a way to not house them all in the same space? Geese unlike chickens don't really like "nesting box" style set ups. We use "stalls" for each breeding group here. The grops are pairs or trios, and all have a a very thick layer of hay in the stall as well as the whiskey barrel I described before. So far so good. No broken eggs, no dirty eggs, and easy to find and collect.
 
as for stalls they are about 30" x 30". they are not confined. each girl has their own. but the girls have been switching off as to which box they want to sit in. the one who sits the best has the box at night. she came out this morning and no eggs were broken. so as far as I'm concerned she is the only one I will let in that stall.



the open floor space now has gates since this pic was taken. its divided into thirds. each pair has their own space.
 
How's the bottom of each stall? The gates dividing the space should help middle of the night issues.

Ours are also wood floors, but I keep a very thick layer of hay (we can't get straw around here) so they have lots of padding. As a base I have sand, but it would fall through your slat floor.

Maybe stall mats, or foam mats (large puzzle style often used for kids play space) with bedding on top? Will keep thinking and offering ideas.

Has the breakage continued since you added the gates?
 
the gates have been in service a couple weeks. the one stall that has the eggs right now has a saucer sled in it full of wood chips. its about the only thing that has worked better then the leaves and floor. I tried rubber mat, they crushed a couple on that right off.
 
Here is a picture of my goose in her nest. Nothing fancy. On the floor I have lamenent (sp?) flooring, on top of that I open up a feed bag to protect the floor then added pine shavings and a lot of hay. She did the rest. In another coop I did the same thing but I put a cardboard box between the flooring and the feed bag for a little cushion but also warmth.



I can only load 1 picture for some reason. Since I have dial up this new site doesn't let me post many pictures.

You don't have to go crazy making a nestbox for them. If they like a spot they will take. I have a goose wandering the yard for a spot to start laying. I also have a goose that was kicked out of the coop she was sharing with a chicken. The chicken hatched her babies and now the goose is going to a new coop to lay her eggs. That would all be fine and well if a chicken would just lay her egg and get out of that coop. Apparently this chicken doesn't like to share space. The poor goose.... lol.

My geese don't poop in there nesting areas either so I don't worry about that mess. If they are in a small coop and laying at night they get locked in for the night and let out first thing in the morning. As for Ginger in the picture, her coop is in the duck/goose pen which gets locked up each night so they are safe from predators.
 
well my one goose decided to sit, she is about 3 days on task now. its funny the other day another goose was challenging her for the nest box & eggs. I had to remove her before they had bigger issues or fighting in the nest box. it was funny to see them setting side by side. current count is 13 eggs in tact. oh since the boxes have gates I close it after I let her mate out in the morning to keep the other girls out.
 

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