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Moving adult geese accross country in winter.
As life would have it looks like I will be moving mid march or April. I live in Southern CA close to San Diego. I have three gorgeous adult geese. A cotton patch mama, and two of her offspring from last year, a male and a female. Im selling my house here to move back to Tennessee close to... -
Goslings die within a few hours after hatching HELP
My cotton patch eggs are hatched and then each bird dies within a matter of hours. The shells are so tough they don't seem to be able to pip out on their own. After 24 hrs I have had to help all three out of the shell, no bleeding, seem fully developed, leave them in the incubator and again each... -
Pure bred cotton patch
My mating pair will start laying in the 2nd week of April I am only gonna keep 2 girls the rest will need good homes. Prefer they go in pairs. Tell me what you know about this endangered species and prove you can give them a good home and they can be yours. Live in San Diego County. Will not...- jynxster
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first time goose laying questions
My little cotton patch is laying her first clutch. She is being such a good little momma sitting on them and all. My question is she started laying on the 5th of this month, its now the 13th and she has laid 6 eggs so far. That's like every other day. Is this normal last year my Toulouse laid... -
Pure Bred Cotton Patch in Southern CA
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COTTON PATCH FEMALE NEEDED DESPERATELY
I got a gosling last yr this time thought it was a female cotton patch , I also got a couole Toulouse at the same time. Turned out I kept the cotton patch and a single female toulouse. I thought I had 2 females and looked forward to the eggs for eating. Well as luck would have it, the cotton... -
my toulouse is making a strange sound
my female toulouse suddenly tonight started making a hick uping sound this evening. She feeds on grass in the yard and really nothing new added so what to do no money here for a vet. She is a year old always healthy mellow goose been hatching regularly last month to 6 weeks. It cant be normal... -
Girls mounting girls? Are there gay geese?What gives?
I have two geese. One is a Cotton Patch and one a Toulouse. They were born within a week of each other. I ordered the toulouse and know for sure she is a girl. She laid her first egg today. I know it was her, because her vent was a little messy. I got the Cotton patch from a friend who... -
One Toulouse and one Cotton Patch
These girls are inseperable. They are born just a couple days apart and they have grown up together. I want to have them go to a forever home and they MUST stay together. I live in Southern CA and am going to loose my home so finding these girls the perfect home is of my utmost concern, They are...- jynxster
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2- 6 mo old geese free to good forever homes. Please Help must rehome; sadly.
I have 2 geese. both are female both have grown up together and I do not want them to be separated. they love each other and are always together. I live outside San Diego CA. One is a Cotton Patch and one is a Toulouse. I have had them both since they were two days old and again they have been...- jynxster
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IS THIS NORMAL FOR GEESE??
I have two aproxamately 3 month old female geese. One is Toulouse one is Cotton Patch. I noticed forever the tooulouse has always had this "pouch" underneath her on the left side next to her leg, feels like feathers when I feel it. Today I noticed the cotton patch is developing the same thing... -
Cotton Patch
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Bonded pair pure bred cotton patch
1 and a half yr old male and 7 month old female cotton patch bonded pair. I would never separate this couple. they love each other and he is very protective of her since his first mate died last spring. I was so fortunate to find a female quickly to help him adjust. They are both very friendly...- jynxster
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My one month old cotton patch has angel wing.
My one month old cotton patch goose has angel wing on the one side. Thought about a week ago the one wing looked funny, instead of feathers on the one side looked like blue pins, today I come home from owrk and sure enough the wing is sticking out at a 90 degree angle to teh body. I look at my... -
jynxster
I got a new cotton patch female is now about 2 weeks old. Growing like a weed, eating grass weeds and unmedicated chick starter. She is SOOO Imprinted on me. At this time she is living in a large plastic storage bin in the living room. She really has me wrapped around her little finger? or flat... -
"dropped tounge" in Toulouse geese
So I was researching toulouse geese, and there was an interesting article about Toulouse geese that state this breed is prone to "dropped tounge." However I find very little about this "dropped tounge". I have alreadyordered my toulouse and will recieve them on the 11th. Now I am concerned... -
Agressive pekin male behavior
So my first two ducks came to me last Dec, they were 2 months old and siblings. they are inseperable. They were not pet like, one could get close but not pet them or pick them up, they were raised in a pen with many many ducks and chickens; they are Pekin Cuyaga mix. About a month later somoen... -
Medicated chick feed for new ducklings??
I have 3 new , just a few days old, pekins. The feed store guy sold me Nutrena Medicated Chick feed for the ducks, says they feed all the chicks and the ducklings this; however everything I read says medicated chick feed not good for ducklings. Whats the safest thing to do. I have decided at... -
I want to order a pair of geese, new to geese here
I have three ducks, the duck run is 20 feet by about 55 feet long, two small wading ponds for the ducks. brought filtered sand in so the ducks have sand around the pind areas (good grit for them and keeps the ponds cleaner) I have a one yr old male pekin very friendly towards people hand raised... -
New male for my two girls
I have two sister mix Caugya and Pekin. They were born last Oct 16. I rescued these ducks and they are ok friendly but dont want to be petted or held. Can get close within 2 feet just never held. came from a larger flock and were picked on I think with little human contact. Today I was given a...