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This lovely boy won Best Goose 2010 at the Federation of Poultry Club Shows in the UK

It's true geese are highly addictive!!! Yours look lovely and healthy, very well cared for!!

This is Dizzy and Dude, Dizzy is Smooth Breasted, Dude is curly!!!

JJ was a good gosling and decided to help Mum cleaning out the brooder boxes!!! In here Mum? Ok here we go......... Scrubby scrubby.... Splashy splashy.......... Thanks for your help Dizzy but I've finished now!!!

Quote: Pick it up and cuddle it, hold it close to your chest, head up to your shoulder, your heartbeat will be soothing to it, and talk to it, so that it associates your voice with protection and something good. I agree with all the previous body language posted! Our Chinese gander also rubs...

I'd said African too, our Chinese had a longer bill than that at that age. They are cute too though!!!

Looking forward to hearing the results of this one!!

I suggest you get it to the vets, we had this with one of our runners and it turned out to be bacterial infection that needed treating with antibiotics

So sorry for your loss but it seems like this little baby wasn't meant to be. Hope all your others stay fit and healthy and grow like weeds!!!

We used to have a lovely black mutt called Scarlett who would come in the kitchen everyday and lay her egg in the corner, sadly she got killed by a dog the day after one of her eggs won best contents at a show BTW our rheas are called Bonnie and Clyde too!!!

Wow lucky you, what a great birthday present! With the water they need to be able to get their heads in really so that they can immerse their eyes and nostrils! The food you're giving them sounds fine, I usually mix the crumbs with water for them. They will also love a little scrambled egg and...

Quote: Nope just making the point that this particular Chinese ain't agressive I have to say I believe it is the way you raise them that makes them mean, or not! If the ones at the park are mean to kids, maybe some kids were mean to them first, they remember these things And that's from...

you sound like me!!!

LOL yep, been there done that, just make sure you never get embarrassed to ask questions or tell ppl about your mistakes because it may help to prevent them from doing the same thing!!

Quote: Tell that to Jack my Chinese gander, he's got his own Facebook page!!!