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2017 Gosling Hatch a long!!
We have geese! One out of egg one half out. And two more w lots of movement today. -
2017 Gosling Hatch a long!!
So my African started laying in Mid-late May. One of my Rouen ducks went broody on the eggs. A couple weeks ago a copper maran hen joined her. Checked the nest today. One egg peeped at me and another was scratching inside. Husband wants me to bring them to the house to hatch. He's worried... -
Duck hatched w yolk sac
We had a goose setting on duck eggs. They are all in about the 4th week. We've lost a couple already because there are chickens in there also. So yesterday husband had me bring eggs to the house. One had started to hatch. I helped it some today. Now that it's out it still has the yolk sac... -
Duck eggs being hatched by a goose
Thanks. We brought them in yesterday. One was in the process of hatching. Husband helped it a little yesterday. I helped it today. It's in the bathroom with a heater now. -
Duck eggs being hatched by a goose
We have a goose who went broody end of December. She had one of her own eggs and a bunch of duck and chicken eggs she was setting. At one time she was over a dozen. A chicken egg hatched but she was too heavy for it. When she was off the nest a few weeks ago I checked the eggs. Her egg felt... -
2016 Gosling Hatch-a-long
So I have one goose and one gander. Got them in early April. Surprisingly the goose has decided to nest. Now. She has a nest with a couple of her eggs. A couple duck eggs and I'm pretty sure a couple chicken eggs. We have Roos and drakes as well. I've never hatched anything. Will she hatch... -
Indoor duck
Right now the ducks and geese are separate from the chickens at night. We don't typically keep any bedding on the concrete because it is near a field and when it rains it becomes a mud mess. However we will be forcing the geese and ducks to bed with the chickens when it gets cold as there's no... -
Indoor duck
Thanks for the reply. Iggy is 1 of 4 Rouens that we have. We also have 3 Indian Runners and 2 geese. We got them all in April. They all eat the same feed. Crumbles and scratch grains and corn. They free range during the day in a fenced area with a small pond and about 30 chickens. At night they... -
Indoor duck
So I've posted before about my Rouen duck that is periodically lame. Thought it was male when younger. Named Igor. Turned out to be female. Renamed Iggy. She has been spending a lot of nights in our spare bathroom. I guess because she's the runt she ends up on the bottom of the sleep pile or... -
Comment by 'nanceann' in article 'Building our Duck Pond'
Ren2014 how deep did you make yours? Lined or unlined?- nanceann
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Females presenting to males
How do you think an Indian Runner male and a Rouen male would do rehomed to a farm pond/lake? Friend of mine has acreage and large water area with water fowl on it. -
Females presenting to males
Well my female goose was biting the male goose on the back and neck and circling around him until he did the same to her. Then he mounted her. Always in the wading pool. Couple of the ducks seem to be the same behavior. I'm not worried yet about hatching. We have chickens and 1 roo. I don't... -
Females presenting to males
They aren't laying yet. I'm trying to establish which comes first. Laying or mating. Although I guess I've answered that because I haven't found eggs but they are mating. -
Females presenting to males
Presenting was my polite way of saying my girls seem to want to be humped. Heavy duty flirting. Please mate with me big boy. They are about 13 weeks. -
Females presenting to males
Ok to talk about ducks and geese here also? Got mine in mid April. 4 rouens 3 Indian runners 2 geese. I'm not sure if the ducks are 4 male and 3 female or the other way around. I know the geese are 1 male 1 female. Today it seemed like several of the females were 'presenting' to the males. If...