Recent content by BeckyBoo

Hmmmm, thanks guys. We have a chick our little aracauna hatched during the day today, still damp but looks ok. No sign of anything from the cream legbar, not sure wether to risk adding a day old, don't want to inflict death on a day old just for the sake of it. Think what I'll have to do is...

Quote: Me too!! Geese are just the best, they keep me entertained for hours BeckyBoo

...ok so we've currently got a bird who was sitting on four eggs but ate one early on. She had three left, and after 22 days one made substantial hole in the egg whilst I was at work but I came home to find it dead in the shell (took it out - couldn't find anything wrong with it but there you...

Poor Wills, and Poor Kate. NG looks good though - my two are about the same size and they're four weeks so give it a week or two and hopefully Kate will start catching up. BeckyBoo

Wow - I wish our library did things like that! It must have been awesome to see. Well done Gwen that's an amazing feat for a goose NOT to poop BeckyBoo

They're lovely I was JUST about to ask the same question? Mine are nearly 4 weeks old and cheep like mad, when is that likely to turn to HONK HONK HONK? BeckyBoo

Hi TiaView, we've just hatched two toulouse eggs under a broody hen and she just about covered them. We actually turned them for her every day as we didn't think she'd manage. I didn't realise we were supposed to mist them so we only did it in the last few days but they both hatched ok (after a...

My Toulouse babies - Gloria and Geraldine (hopefully not Graham and Gerald!) BeckyBoo

That's it. I HAVE to put my house on the market and find somewhere with land because I absolutely HAVE to have more geese!! I've never even given geese a second look til we were given our two eggs, then someone pointed me at the BYC forum and now you're all posting pictures of more and more cute...

....ok, so I have found that I LOVE my baby geese sooooo very much Why have I not wanted or had geese before? And what you guys said is true, you can almost SEE them growing!! From 4oz each at hatch, 1lb 4 13 days later, 2lb 6oz last Sunday and 3lb 8oz today - that's 1lb 2 oz in FOUR DAYS...

......because I cannot actually quite believe my eyes. Ok, so the goose weigh in - this is getting REALLY ridiculous. Hatched 17th May at 4oz each. Weighed 30th May - 1lb 4oz. Weighed today (that's 6 days later folks)........2lb 6oz. So a gain of 1lb 2oz each in 6 days - bloody hell, how big are...

Just wanted to say hi, and I think you are doing the right thing. We don't have limits on animal numbers but I'm in an urban area and if mine turn out to be boys they'll have to go as well, just like the cockerels I end up with. They will pine for a while I'm sure but give them a few days and...

I don't know if it's the same in the US but over here we have medicated and non medicated chick crumb - I was advised to use non medicated for our goslings (our first as well!! ) Hope your eggs hatch so your little goslings gets some friends soon BeckyBoo

If only...... We live in a suburban area, we have hens but no cockerel because of the noise and would NEVER have thought of getting geese if we hadn't been given the eggs. The breeder has agreed to have them back if the noise becomes an issue with the neighbours, I think if I went and got some...

Mine have got chickcrumb down all the time, they can come and go to it and help themselves - think I might have to go and get another bag, they eat masses!! And just to show her most gorgeous, happy face, here's Delilah again.... BeckyBoo