chrisngo73
In the Brooder
- Aug 19, 2015
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Hello everyone, I had a pair of 2 yrs old. Our muscovies helped hatched 7 of their eggs. 3 of the older goslings are now with the pair and was readily accepted.
We then bought 3 young females and a young gander. The 3 young females were readily accepted but the gander was very badly injured. We moved the young gander to the duck shed and he's happy there now with the 4 little goslings that was still with their muscovy mom.
Yesterday we adopted 9 rescued semi wild geese (it's what's left of an original flock of 40) that needed a new home. They are currently in a field of their own but there's no shed there i can put them away at night though they are used to living outside for years (due to abandonment). They are really mild mannered but there's a fox around
Question 1: is there a way I can integrate my 2 flocks (leaving the flock of the young gander out for the moment) and how do I go about it?
Question 2: I was told that there's 8 geese and 1 gander in the rescued flock; though I think that is highly unlikely. I was also told that if there's no gander around for pairing 2 geese of same sex would pair up with each other and that pairing is for life? is that true?
Question 3: I have a lot more geese than I do gander at the moment, how do I add gander into the flock without them getting brutally attacked?
1 have 3 fields and they are each in a field but I m dreading having to put electric fencing on 3 acres so if I could get them together it'll be really good.
1st picture: my 2yrs old pair with his new flock
2nd picture: the new 9 rescued geese
3rd picture: the injured young gander with the 4 goslings that will be his flock
We then bought 3 young females and a young gander. The 3 young females were readily accepted but the gander was very badly injured. We moved the young gander to the duck shed and he's happy there now with the 4 little goslings that was still with their muscovy mom.
Yesterday we adopted 9 rescued semi wild geese (it's what's left of an original flock of 40) that needed a new home. They are currently in a field of their own but there's no shed there i can put them away at night though they are used to living outside for years (due to abandonment). They are really mild mannered but there's a fox around
Question 1: is there a way I can integrate my 2 flocks (leaving the flock of the young gander out for the moment) and how do I go about it?
Question 2: I was told that there's 8 geese and 1 gander in the rescued flock; though I think that is highly unlikely. I was also told that if there's no gander around for pairing 2 geese of same sex would pair up with each other and that pairing is for life? is that true?
Question 3: I have a lot more geese than I do gander at the moment, how do I add gander into the flock without them getting brutally attacked?
1 have 3 fields and they are each in a field but I m dreading having to put electric fencing on 3 acres so if I could get them together it'll be really good.
1st picture: my 2yrs old pair with his new flock
2nd picture: the new 9 rescued geese
3rd picture: the injured young gander with the 4 goslings that will be his flock