Adult Pilgrim Geese, very healthy, located in western Wisconsin. Decided we're going to focus on our Toulouse. We have 8 pairs available- and can negotiate if you'd be interested in taking all of them. Beautiful birds!.
I have a question about vibration- where we have our incubators set up in the house, I noticed as we walk into that room the eggs wiggle a bit- I can hear them just slightly moving. We have an old house with weak spots in the floor problem. Would this mess up incubation? We go in there probably...
Thanks for asking this question, I was going to post about it too. So any egg with this blood ring WAS fertile, but is now considered dead? I see the same thing in several of mine at 7 days in, but definitely have some embryos visible in others...
You can see half of my "cement mixing tub" on the left side of the photo---I'd say it's about 2 feet by 3 feet, maybe 8 inches deep. The plastic is not as thick/heavy as the rubber livestock tubs, but not brittle like smaller utility pans I have bought at the hardware store. It's amazing!
As far...
I had a lady tell me she buys blown out eggs for 3.99 a piece at a crafty store (this is near Mpls, MN) so I told her we'd sell the unfertile eggs we have, blown out, for 1/2 that. I've been told out here 2.50 to 3 EACH for eating eggs. But when I do the math, selling eggs even at that price...
we use a cement mixing tub (never used for cement of course)- it holds 30 gallons, but we just fill it half way, twice a day. They can get in to bathe, but the sides are high enough to contain a bit of the water whent hey splash around. Works well for drinking and bathing/mating, plus this type...
Hey Susan- I feel like I'm in the same situation- new to geese and wanting to add them as supplier of meat for us and our customers. Their personalities are so different than the ducks and turkeys, it's been quite interesting to watch the breeding season begin and supervise the drama. I'm loving...
I'm still new to geese, but this sounds pretty normal. The geese are so crazy for any attention that might result in a mate, it seems to me! I'll have a group of females gather round a gander mating with a goose, and they cheer them on, and sometimes even try to pile on for some action. Kind of...
I'm sending goose prayers for April. You are a good momma! I remember when I took a chicken to the vet and the clinic thought I was crazy. All beings deserve good care!
I appreciate reading through the dialouge here- propagating any animal, pet or livestock (or BOTH) is a tremendous responsibility. We are raising geese for meat, and I know some folks on this forum are not super comfortable with this, and some are totally fine with it. I wanted to ask a question...
These two appear to both be ganders to me, but they are a strong pair and were picking fights as though a male/female pair. Neither of them has the between the legs "rudder" i see on many of my female geese. Any thoughts? No eggs from them as of yet, that'd be the easiest way to tell! Thanks for...
I am so glad you asked this question! I just saw 2 of my pilgrim males mating in the bath tub!!!, and they definitely have girls in the flock to choose from. (We just got them and have them all together in our hoophouse.) Due to a foot of snow still, we've not set up separate pens for...
we have a larger flock of laying ducks and got our first pair of geese to protect the ducks from hawks. The weird thing is the ducks do the mating dance around the gander, and then crouch in front of him! He's been seen once trying to climb a board, so I think ideally we'd keep the geese...