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  1. justin shrew

    Will a goose hatch a chicken?

    Definitely true, geese tend to reject non-geese babies. This chick is resilient and brave, she endured being hatred and pecked away from the group. But the geese family decided to adopt the poor chick🧡🌻🔥
  2. justin shrew

    Will a goose hatch a chicken?

    Will do so, the next spring. 🌻
  3. justin shrew

    Will a goose hatch a chicken?

    The mysterious question that i always ask myself, sometimes it is answered and some times others aren't yet sure but make predictions. To be able to answer all the mysteries we dare try some experiments and make our own theories and hypothesis. Will a goose hatch & raise a chick? they do. It...
  4. justin shrew

    Hen Behavior

    I aren't sure this sounds like a clear answer, "being a guinea". You should have said you don't know or not comment at all its so immature.
  5. justin shrew

    What geese are these

    Thanks, texasclucker. that was so helpful. I could do more research with the name.
  6. justin shrew

    What geese are these

    Do they also come in pure white?
  7. justin shrew

    What geese are these

    Good morning. Not sure what they are, got them last year. they are kinda noisy geese. that the female, the rest are younglings close to one year.
  8. justin shrew

    Is it normal?

    They do have a small pond outside the coop about 5m wide. And inside its just the water basins.
  9. justin shrew

    Is it normal?

    She not yet laying, and i have never seen them mating, but only her chasing him off. Shes showing signs that she's about to start laying. 5 years? You must be joking. He's about to reach, not yet, two years.
  10. justin shrew

    Is it normal?

    Wow, these are real odds. Yes we separated them this early afternoon. But the problem is, the female is older than him and owns the whole yard. She sometimes chases him with aggression. Prettily, it seems like we'd be having unfertilized eggs, since the breeding is close by. So is locking them...
  11. justin shrew

    Is it normal?

    Have anyone ever had a goose that follows chickens? Molly, the gander was raised by a chicken and has spent almost two years of his time with chickens. So this year we thought we could find him a partner to forages with and raise a family. In late may, we bought an adult goose who's almost 6...
  12. justin shrew

    Best things to know about ducklings

    If the Pekin mother, mothers the ducklingsnaturally, then shell have to Brood them at night, and lead the way to the feeds. And if she monitors them around, and walk them to the side of the river. But not brooding them when in need. Then do not let the ducklings go outside or for swimming. Wait...
  13. justin shrew

    Best things to know about ducklings

    Okay. Is the Pekin duck a mother to ducklings or a foster mother?
  14. justin shrew

    Best things to know about ducklings

    If they are with their female mother, then they can go swimming, even within 5 hours of hatcing. The only important thing is the oil that helps the ducks swim. To how old can they be outside and roam as they please? Ducklings are much stronger than chicks or guineafowl keets. As long as the...
  15. justin shrew

    How to stop my ducks from flying away

    Wow💜🌻 they are so beautiful. But i don't think i have ever seen a duck like that before. They resembles a mallard duck family. Its supper beautiful to watch and understand why sometimes birds take it into the air. Mybe to play, or stretch the wings, oh mybe migrating. But clipping the wings...
  16. justin shrew

    Best things to know about ducklings

    Am i being wrong if i say it depends on the species of duck? Yes, muscovy ducks can swim, but their feathers are not built to be in water since muscovy ducks don't produce much oil (above the tail). Most of wild ducks hatch their ducklings and take them to water. And can bear harsh weather's...
  17. justin shrew

    Broody hen not getting out of nest with chicks

    Yep. That was a figure of speech, because that will never happen.
  18. justin shrew

    Broody hen not getting out of nest with chicks

    Yes sometimes not all eggs hatch. Those are the environmental factors that also happen to wild birds, whether the eggs were exposed to the heat or have been stored for a very long time. Most birds knows how long they are to sit on their eggs. Thats why Pigeons never hatch ostrich eggs. Maybe...
  19. justin shrew

    STILL laying eggs?

    And while geese are about to laying, ours are to begin at the beginning of July or early August.
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