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If the weather is very warm and they have a place to get dry if they want to, I would leave 6 week old goslings out in a light rain. A heavy downpour I generally brought them in (if I'm raising them myself). I've noticed the parent-raised ones being treated the same. It's always pretty warm here...

Pop is probably right (not disputing you) but ... I can't bring myself to let them just die. I admit, MUCH of the time, it does result in weak hatchlings, and they often die soon after I help them out. Some never stand. But I have had times when the shell seemed to be too dry, and the...

Oh, and island sounds good! I hope that works well for you. :) I know what you mean, if they have free access to a pond, I don't see any way of making them go in anywhere at night. I wouldn't be able to do it. No way to "herd" geese in water, lol. If you keep disturbing her nests, hopefully...

Hopefully that will work for you. Maybe my geese are harder to get along with than some folks. I do have one pair of ganders that work together, they have a clear hierarchy and the #2 backs the #1 up, and everything is fine. With THAT pair of ganders and their ladies. I tried twice to add a...

Many geese have very strong maternal instincts. Reminds me of a silky I had that would find rocks and pile them up and set on them. Can you put her on a safe nest at night? Put her eggs there, and encourage her to set there? Sometimes you can move them, sometimes not ... Are the eggs...

My guess would be male. It can depend on the quality of the stock, how well they sex by color.

If it were me, and there was any way I could partition her an area to herself, I would do it. Just so you don't have a more dominant goose decide to nest right next to her when the eggs are almost ready to hatch, and then you are more likely to get a fight over the babies, or lose the eggs of...

What Enchanted Sunrise said ... Except mine seem to lay quite well the first year. I've usually even had goslings the first year, though only a small number (maybe 1-4 from any goose, and not any from some). My youngest right now were hatched last July and have laid like crazy ... from two...

I've seen two kinds of Africans ... those GIANT ones, and the smaller slimmer ones? Either way, I doubt size would truly be an issue between a pair. It's going to depend how he sees her and bonds to her, but I'd say the chances are very, very good that they will get along just fine. If she...

Others may have other things to say about it but ... Honestly, I'd probably plan on pairs. I've had trios work, but it wasn't intentional on my part. I've also had it be a disaster (also not intentional). And I'd also separate them EARLY into pairs, and separate them FAR. When they are up...

I haven't heard much, but somewhere along the way I heard they can produce mules. I know the scovies and ducks can produce mules. I have three or four more ducks setting on clutches than may be highly mules. My one drake tries to keep the scovy drakes away, but he's no match for them. I don't...

I'd say it might be more difficult since your goslings are older and larger than your ducklings. I've successfully raised ducks, muscovies, and goslings together, more than once. As long as the size difference isn't too great, everyone tends to get along just fine and they bond like one flock...

Not having a good hatching year. My Pilgrim goose just gave up on her second clutch, and I believe she's beginning a third. Not sure why they are not hatching. There are more infertiles than there should be. My Toulouse decided to nest in a woodpile, and I shouldn't have let her. Something got...

Thanks so much! Maybe that guy is still selling bushels by the road. If I can get some from him, they are almost surely a variety that will grow here (though I may grab a couple from the store too, since obviously he harvested his earlier than I am planting). Love sweet potato vines. I wish I...

Awww, poor girl, glad you are giving her a home. My muscovies were raised with "regular" ducks and they all dove in the water and swam when I first gave them a pool. After the novelty wore off, the muscovies used it less and less. They prefer to breed on the ground, it seems. They really...

Oh! Can you tell me about sweet potatoes? I need - I mean really NEED - to plant sweet potatoes, since they figure into the feed for several of my animals here and the other day I had to pay $3 for 3 potatoes at Wal-Mart. I've never grown them. Can I just plant tubers from the store? Plant...

Thanks. I surely hope it's that simple. I've never heard of or seen them getting foam over their eyes? Anyway, the first thing I did after I saw that (and failed at catching the ducks) was to clean out all the places they have water (there are a good many and all are deep) and make sure the...

You're welcome. I know it's hard to rehome animals, especially those you consider to be pets. I had to give away/sell my entire flock of ducks, geese, and chickens when I moved out of state once. :( You can always try telling people the (true) point that drakes are much quieter than ducks...

I'd agree with cheesehead. I let my ducks in my garden, and haven't had any problems whatsoever with established plants (the strawberries were burned out before the ducks got there though). They didn't bother tomatoes, peppers, onions, potatoes (well, they nibbled some potato leaves but stopped)...

I want to play. :) I've been here in Texas for a couple of years and last year was just miserable with the drought, never-ending wind, and grasshopper plague. I brought home a bunch of baby ducks that took care of the grasshoppers, and built some wind breaks, but the drought ended up doing...