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Update on Goose with twisted beak!
Hi all, I have three 18-month-old Toulouse geese, and one of them hatched with a severely twisted upper beak. She has survived pretty well so far and even manages to preen herself, even though her top mandible is only half the length of the bottom one. She can scoop up corn and other feed by... -
Gander adopted flock of adult ducks??
Hi all, My husband and I have 8 ducks, all adult, and three Toulouse geese. Ever since we got the geese last year, they have tended to bully the ducks - nothing vicious, just obviously unfriendly. The gander was the worst - he would chase the ducks and try to yank out their tail-feathers. The... -
Sad news about one of my broody geese
Upsetting post - sorry. One of my three broody geese died yesterday evening. She started to look a bit listless on Monday evening, so I checked on her on Tuesday morning. She was still pretty down, but got up and went out into the garden, so I didn't think anything more of it. When we got... -
All three geese gone broody...
Hi all, I posted most recently that one of my geese had gone broody (little Lembit). Well, for over a week, Lembit faithfully sat on her nest, and both Honoria and Hermione took turns when Lembit went to get food and water. Then Honoria started sitting full-time alongside Lembit. And now... -
Update on my little gander and a question...
Hi all, I posted a few weeks ago about my little Toulouse gander, Lembit (hatched with a twisted beak), and his habit of sitting on the girls' nests... now I know why he does it! On Sunday morning when I let them all out, Lembit looked really poorly, staggering around, very uncomfortable. We... -
My Toulouse girl is sitting on the eggs!
This morning, I discovered one of my Toulouse girls staying firmly put on the nest they have been building - in fact, it looks as if she's actually trying to build the nest right up around her. She's sitting on at least 12 eggs, maybe more... I was a little worried, because we keep the food... -
Goose gender??? Really confused now!
Hi all, I have four Toulouse geese, one of whom is very definitely a gander (and I've posted about my battles with him here before). Two of the others are definitely girls, and are laying c. 6 eggs a week. The last one is the runt - he has a twisted beak, so he didn't grow as big as the... -
Thanks for reassurance re. stroppy gander - much better now!
Hi all, I've posted a couple of times about my young Toulouse gander who is getting stroppy (hissing and biting my foot). Thanks for your reassurance - my husband and I have worked out a new strategy and it really seems to be working. Basically, instead of just grabbing him when he gets... -
Snappy gander again...
Hi all, I posted a while back about my young Toulouse gander who has started to get hissy and chew on my foot - well, he seems to be escalating. Yesterday I had to pin him down until he gave up, and this morning he did the same thing again. 2-0 to me so far. However, I am a bit worried that he... -
Can you have a 'Beta' gander??
Hi all, I posted a couple of weeks ago about my young Toulouse gander who is getting hissy and snappy - thanks for the advice! He is still hissyfitting from time to time, but no further biting so far. We have three other geese, two of whom seem to be girls, and we're not really sure about the... -
Young Toulouse gander getting snappy
Hello everyone! I have a couple of questions about goose behaviour... I have four young utility Toulouse geese (not the dewlap variety) that hatched in mid-June last year. I bought them at one week old, and they imprinted on me and have been friendly and chatty from the start onwards. Recently...