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Update: Pearl stopped laying 2 weeks ago. Daisy laid another egg this morning. :rolleyes:

Got an egg from Daisy this morning: she always lays either in the night or early-morning, then gets up and goes about her day. Pearl has been on the nest (off-and-on: I've been making her get up periodically) all day. :( Despite laying for two days straight. Then, when I make her get up, she's...

Thanks for the input! I read one person's experience with an eggbound duck - their vet said that laying feed could promote over-laying, leading to egg binding, but I don't know if that's backed up by research or even anecdotal evidence. But now it's something I think about. Yes!!! Both of my...

I know the (logical) answer to "when will my geese stop laying eggs" is "when they dang well please"; but it is almost July and I'm still collecting eggs from both of my females. Not as prolifically as the start of the season (two eggs every other day vs. two eggs every three or four days) but...

Digging a hole is even more enjoyable when you're standing on top of something meant to prevent you from digging said hole.

I will also say re: noise .... I have Africans (by far not the quietest breed, but probably not quite as talkative as Chinese) and live in an area with 13 near-ish dogs surrounding me. My geese are the quietest of them all. While the neighbor dogs will bark at anything, including nothing: the...

@DiYMama540 Your video of Chance was hilarious!! I originally got my geese because they "aren't supposed to dig & destroy like ducks: only graze the grass." Now my backyard looks like I have a severe gopher problem. :lol:

They look how my Africans looked as babies. :) Though they could be Brown Chinese - they look very similar as babies - but I think Chinese should have a more upright posture, even as a gosling, almost like a Runner duck would.

Beautiful ducks! I'm considering breeds for egg layers next year .... Silver Appleyards are definitely on the list.

Sounds like you're well prepared. :) Be sure to show us pictures when they arrive!

I just place an old heating pad on the bottom of the brooder for them to access. :confused: I cover it with an old pillowcase - you could insert a puppy pad in the pillowcase, too, if you're worried about them soaking it with pee.

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Over the heating pad, you mean? Just a word of caution - hardware cloth is quite abrasive, and can easily damage toes/beaks. My Pearl had a beak injury that way - repeatedly scraping her beak against hardware cloth.

Toulouse goslings start out with black-pigmented beaks and feet. It looks like your girl simply has not lost all of her 'baby' pigment. :) Or she could possibly be mixed with another breed - Africans are supposed to have black beaks.