Hi all,
I've been keeping geese for many years in France & UK.
Now in France last year I bought a pair of 18 month old Embdens, goose and gander. Also a pair of year old female Toulouse. They seemed to get on well although the gander took more to the Toulouse for about 6 months.
More recently...
I had geese for many years, they just need a large wooden/metal box big enough for as many you have at nesting time, I built mine from old wood & pallets. I had 2 using 1 nest the 1st year. Next year they built 2 individual nests but still in the same shed. Never had fighting problems.
Last but...
2 muscovy mums-2 nests-2 separate sheds, 1 for each.........what next?
I have separated the 2 runs now because originally the mum with eggs but not hatched went in the others' shed & became very rough with the smallest chick, mum 2 has 5 chicks now.
Mum 1 is still sitting on her eggs. I would...
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I have some eggs almost hatched.
Should I separate the female from the Drake & also my question is when they do hatch what to feed them or does the mother do it?
Thanks in advance.
An update..................................now have 2 sitting on the same nest, the 1st one built it 3 weeks ago & sits quietly & still as normal. It's full of eggs she laid
1 week ago the 2nd duck started sitting after making the same nest twice the size but I never saw her lay any eggs in the...
Hi Chillin',
Thanks for your reply, it's possible they're 5 months because the place I bought them from can be a bit unreliable to say the least. Some years ago I was buying some pintards & they asked me if I wanted some with 1 leg for 1/2 price, they were serious!!
Actually today a girl sat on...
OK they may be 4 months old not more I know the drake is huge but that normally depends on parents. The girls are small I think!!
Before the avian flu problem when I had to put down all ducks & geese I had over here, the girls laid & hatched the 1st year, as did the geese but I never...
Hi everyone, this is my 1st post although bred most types of poultry for 20 years or more as an amateur.
Presently just have 3 Muscovy's, 2 females & a Drake, all 4 months old.
20 or so eggs in shed in nest, the ladies show no inclination of going broody but the drake does! It's as if he is...