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    Goose returns to nest after we removed eggs

    Gabrielle had been sitting on 4 eggs for 49 days so we lifted her off and removed the eggs. She has lost a lot of weight & her feathers are falling out. Much to our horror she has gone straight back to the nest. I am so worried she will waste away she gets 2 pieces of bread a day. Is there any...
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    Nesting Goose ate one of her egg s!?

    Fleck 1 year old tufted roman/ pilgrim cross has been sitting on 13 eggs for 4 weeks now . yesterday I saw a broken open egg near her nest and she had yolk on her beak no sign of a gosling under her. Do geese eat their eggs ? If so why and how do you stop it.
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    geese sharing nests and ganders

    Hi Strange things have been happening in our garden. The first goose Gertrude 4 ( a full pilgrim) and hubby Eric 5 a tufted roman have hatched their 8 goslings 2 of which we are rearing ( see thread late hatch gosling left behind). The 2nd older goose Gabrielle ( half Pilgram 1/2 embden 3 is not...
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    gosling hatched later than siblings & can't walk

    Hi I need advice on the above. He hatched last night. He is a tufted roman/pilgram. We have called him Lucky. The others 7 had their first day out yesterday & hatched 4 days ago. when they left the nest this am he was left behind because he can't walk. He was very cold. I warmed him up skin to...
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    new goslings ? feeding

    Last week our first goslings (2boys & a girl) were hatched by their mum Gertrude (that's her as my avatar hissing on her eggs). I am now wondering should I supplement their grazing with the gaggle with starter feed out with the adult grain or just leave them to their grazing ?
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    When do geese mate age and season ?

    Hi I have 1 x 3 y/old tufted roman Eric who thinks he is human, he was introduced to the pilgram gaggle to provide a mate for a goose Gertrude that the gander Guss was rejecting. The other geese are 7/12 old Gabrielle and Gizelle. Now we are approaching mating season in the southern hemisphere...
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