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Looks like a pair of chinese boys. How nice of you to consider keeping them! I expect they will be fearful/respectful of your dog, and should integrate ok with your chickens.

If you want the babies to hatch, I'd let her finish brooding. But I'd pour a pile of grain on side of nest and put a dish of water as close as possible to nest. I believe she will slip off nest to drink if no one is looking.

I once had a goose die while brooding. Not sure if she starved or did not get enough water. But from that point on, if I have a broody goose not properly caring for herself when broody, I will either bust up the nest or bring food and water to her nest.

You can try searching on facebook. A quick search showed there is a private group called dewlap toulouse geese breeders that appears active. You may also try calling Holderreads. He is based in corvallis. He retired a couple years ago but may know of a breeder. Good luck!!

Agree his needs a girlfriend, although I should warn you. I had a gander that imprinted on me when hatched and he'd still try to flirt with me every year, even though he had a girlfriend. I'd pick him up and carry him around. He lived for 10 years and never changed. He was an absolute doll.

I'm sorry for your loss. She could have internally developed a shell less egg that poisoned her. If she had a formed shelled egg inside her, she could have internally caused a rupture, if not obvious egg bound. I've also known birds to drop dead from embolisms and heart attacks, but they were...

I usually pull eggs at day 7. If I'm wishful thinking, I may wait until day 10.

I have marked eggs and swapped eggs out from geese nests. They don't care.

The mostly white look like my embden/toulouse cross. The others could also be crosses, but they sure could pass for pomeranian. They are super cute! Congrats!

Good on you to care! You can either get babies for the lone goose to raise or a solo goose of either gender, preferably the older the better. Avoid juvenile/yearling males. You can get more than one goose to build flock, but I'd get one at a time. Do not get more than one goose from the same...

What a cute goose! Looks domesticated to me. I live in a canada goose migratory area and have wetlands on my property. So, we get them every year. I have had rescues bring geese here to rejoin the wild. Sometimes they leave in a few days and others stay for a season. Once a day-old appeared with...

She sure looks just like my buff girl. Cute! FYI, it is not the size of the lobes/pouches (that varies for both genders), but rather the short neck length and the flatness of the back topline that looks female.

I'm sorry for your loss. Have you checked the local craigslist ads? Also, there are a few major goose breeders in michigan, including a pilgrim breeder in SW Mich called Full Soul Farm. I found it with a quick google for michigan goose breeder.

I suggest putting them both into kennels next to each other and take them for a drive. Removing them from property and placing them in an uncomfortable situation will likely force them to bond quicker. If you can take them to a friend's yard to release from kennels for an hour or so, that is...

I turn eggs 3x daily for the three weeks. I usually start misting after 2 weeks. Then at 3 weeks, I switch to 2x daily with an extended cooling period and mist eggs when done cooling. At 28 days I stop turning eggs and position so that the dipped air cell is facing up and lock-down.

In my experience, dewlap toulouse and quality bred Africans are the two friendliest and calmest breeds.

So great to hear your goose is improving! Ivermectin can be given orally, but if it were me, I'd probably take my goose back to the vet for a follow-up and let them give the injection.

Agree that they are domestic, and likely chinese/toulouse crosses. Good luck catching them!

While not coast to coast (although I've hauled my horses from Utah to Florida and back again, so I know the drive), I have hauled a large number of geese from Cali coast to Utah in a livestock trailer. I also had a few youngsters in kennels in my suv. They did just fine. Was able to get Cali vet...

If you remove eggs, they will keep laying. The best way to get your goose to lay the least amount of eggs is to leave eggs and allow goose to go broody, then take eggs partway through incubation.