Aw, that is sooo cool and exciting! I am Sherry Smith on the fb groups too! I see you in both places. :) These are the curly girls from Shellie in FL? Is that right? They sure are gorgeous!
LOL! His goose is not setting or have babies, but he is particularly protective. In the past he has reached for my boots or stuck his neck out at me, and I don't know how I didn't see it coming, but he got me when I wasn't expecting it! :) I guess I didn't have enough coffee that morning to...
I think it is pretty common to see sprains and strains during breeding season in geese and ducks. I was worried about mine once and took her to the vet for this. They gave her Metacam, which is a pain reliever and anti-inflammatory and had me keep her in a large kennel but where she could be...
My girls have only been laying for 2 1/2 weeks now and 4 of them are trying to set already! And one of them is a yearling! I use large and xl dog kennels for nest boxes. When they go broody/set, I take the tops off the kennels and herd them off their nests as often as I can. Essentially, I...
Very cute family! I don't think she will lay any more eggs if you let her keep the baby. If you took him away and brooded him, then she may start to lay again. I would also advise, if you leave the baby with them, to handle it every day. I let mine raise babies and the babies were terrified...
Emvickrey,
I had a friend that had a pair like the above ones and the babies turned out to be smooth breasted, almost all white with a few gray dots on their backs, with curly back feathers. I think I have a pic somewhere, I will try to find it. I will warn you that if you let the parents...
Finny,
I collect for 7 days, then put the eggs from that week in the bator, and do this each week. I have a hatcher, so I can do staggered hatches in my bator. Each week some go in the bator and each week some go from bator to hatcher. Good luck!