Yes, these 2pr. are exhibition geese from Holderread. They were the sweetest little babies until they started laying eggs. Now, they are my geese from Hell!!
Thanks on the dummy egg. I think I'll wait a couple wks before breaking up the nest. There's about 28-30 eggs and the dedicated one starting sitting full time the WK of 4/17. So, I'll give it to 5/28 to be sure. They're probably not fertile, but I don't want to chance it. She looks in good...
Thanks Iain Utah. One goose does get off the nest occasionally, The other looks like she's cemented on the nest. She starts yelling and the ganders come running. I guess I'm gonna have to figure out a way to steal the eggs and not get attacked. I could put a dummy egg in the nest, but it's a...
I'm sorry I didn't keep better records. On 3/7, there were 7 eggs. On 3/13, 12 eggs, on the 17, there was a 2nd nest. One goose started sitting full time the week of 4/17. I'm not sure of the exact date. The 2nd goose started sitting 5/1. With these calculation, is it to premature to break up...
Hello everyone. I'm new to this site. I have two PR of giant dewlap Toulouse, from David Holderread. They are exactly one year old tomorrow. They are sitting on eggs in their coop, which is 8x20. I made a 2x6x8 (width, height length), box filled with hay The nests were very close together. #1...
Thanks for the suggestion. Its a big size kitty pool and I use a skimmer every morning. I drain the pool every 2nd or 3rd day, there a lot of sand at the bottom. I had seen plastic snap together tiles,but I forget where. I thought it was on the BYC. I live on a sand barge called Florida, hence...