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We have goslings (well juveniles now) so the adults aren't flying right now, don't have pics its sporadic and fast. The gander is the funniest because even when he lands badly he is always proud.

The cousin probably got lice from a friend or at school, its pretty common with kids, especially if they share hats or brushes. Sad the ducks were falsely accused and discarded, I hope someone responsible finds them and rescues them.

My cotton patch geese fly well, but are not always very skilled at landing.

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Sometimes the noises and behavior give them away, its not 100% but the ganders are louder and have big egos, loving to sound off with the shoulders up like the one in the photo is, while the girls are more mellow and sometimes shy.

How long does it take your geese to sit after laying? I have not used a broody goose, only the incubator with shipped eggs.

lol, fortunately the goose is smarter than the gander and lays in a nest she built. When mine started getting interested Spot the gander would stand next to Gray lady in the pool, the first signs were her putting her head under his chest while in the pool, I also noticed her arranging twigs...

My pair laid 4 eggs, a lot of action in the goose pool, followed by Spot the gander throwing twigs and grass into the pool like he is building a nest, he's pretty but not the sharpest. I moved the eggs into the incubator since there has been no signs of them sitting on the eggs. They might not...

Thanks, night is the best time, as long as she can handle LF.

My broody serama won't give it up, we don't even have a rooster, and now shes sitting on a superball since I took the eggs from her. The feedstore sells chicks, but only the LF are sexed, shes not a tiny tiny serama, do you think she could handle 2 or 3 LF day olds?

My cochin did that before she would lay, chickens sometimes do that before going broody. It seems to be a nest building and or hiding instinct.

Brinsea has much less of a "learning curve" LG can be touchy and a real pain. Brinseas customer service is great, and the solid plastics will last you longer than styrofoam.

No but I'm sure if we got a pet bear my son would name it that lol.

I have one like that, her name is Kazooie, a speckled sussex who finds oddball spots I can't reach. I had to remove siding to get to the eggs she laid under the house in a far unreachable corner, then wire off every little spot she could squeeze through, then I found her laying under the shed...