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    Remove or Leave Goose Eggs in the Nest?

    Thanks, it's really not practical to move them nor to keep the dog out as they all have free range in the garden and herb garden; chickens, dog, cat & geese! I'll just remove each egg as it's laid if it doesn't affect her laying, just didn't want to upset her. Thanks again.
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    Look at the amazing difference in my Rescue Hens!

    Thank you, they have been rewarding me since they arrived. It's so lovely to watch them recover :)
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    Look at the amazing difference in my Rescue Hens!

    Well done you, I've never had roosters but imagine they may be more challenging to keep than hens. It's great that there are such caring people in the world :)
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    Remove or Leave Goose Eggs in the Nest?

    One of my two female geese has started laying, for the first time with me. I'm having to remove the eggs as she lays them because our dog Tara is an accomplished egg hunter! Will this distress her or prevent her from continuing to lay? They're unfertilised as there is no gander, so I give them...
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    Look at the amazing difference in my Rescue Hens!

    Brilliant - they're so loving, Chocolate & Brownie are forever sneaking into the house - they just love human company :)
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    Look at the amazing difference in my Rescue Hens!

    Thanks, yes i can highly recommend doing this, they're great :)
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    Look at the amazing difference in my Rescue Hens!

    Thanks, I love them. Yes, hope you can rescue more soon. Sorry to hear about Hesta but you can take pride in the happy life you gave her. It breaks my heart how animals are so forgiving of humans, despite the horrific cruelty inflicted on them by some. Eight years is a good long life, you...
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    Look at the amazing difference in my Rescue Hens!

    That's great, isn't it so rewarding to rescue and give these poor creatures a happy life.
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    Look at the amazing difference in my Rescue Hens!

    Thanks, yes I'm very pleased with them. Yes, unfortunately free-range here usually means they're kept in excessively large numbers in sheds with doors so they can access outside. The reality is that hens, being hens, will guard their territory including those at the doors, so few actually make...
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    Goose plucking out breast feathers?

    Thanks all for the info, yes she hasn't used her feathers in her nest. She just scraped out a kind of nest on the gravel and laid on the ground, ignoring a lovely sheltered, wood-shaving filled kennel that Guinevere used to nest in. Each to their own :)
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    New member from UK saying Hello

    Hi Gill Welcome, I only joined yesterday, having found BYC an invaluable source of info over the years to help me with my hens (without registering before), even though it's mainly USA.I'm in Northern Ireland so great to have more UK experience. I would strongly suggest rescue hens. I started...
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    New member from UK saying Hello

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    Female goose using neck to push other goose's neck down to feed?

    The previous female Guinevere laid eggs with Lancelot and finding them was amazing, like finding treasure! They're huge!
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    Female goose using neck to push other goose's neck down to feed?

    I'm vegan so don't eat them. With my hens I usually feed them and the crushed shells back to them, can I do that with geese too? Otherwise, The hens will benefit, or my neighbour who loves them too :)
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    Female goose using neck to push other goose's neck down to feed?

    Thanks. Actually that's interesting cos when Betsy was using her neck to push down Bella's she also looked like she was trying to climb onto her a little. Then what did I find today - an egg! Betsy has laid an egg, her first here and possibly her first ever as I don't know how old she is. Bella...
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    Goose plucking out breast feathers?

    Thank you, she doesn't seemed stressed but having lost her mate maybe she is. However, WOW, guess what I found today - an egg! Her first egg laid here! It may even be her first egg ever! So, now I'm thinking it was nesting behaviour - either way I'll keep a good eye on her.
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    Female goose using neck to push other goose's neck down to feed?

    Thank you, yes I hope it is affection. I had been given the gander Lancelot with his mate Guinevere but she died and he was absolutely forlorn, calling and searching for her, not eating and making the most heart breaking wee sounds to me when I talked tom him. So I got the 2 females for him...
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    Look at the amazing difference in my Rescue Hens!

    I got 2 rescue hens from Barbara at the 'Nuthouse Hen Rescue' also known as 'Northern Ireland Battery Hen Rescue' in Moira. They were to keep my other hen company after losing her companions. They were rescued from a free range egg farm and were saved from slaughter at only 18 months! Barbara...
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    Goose plucking out breast feathers?

    I have 2 gorgeous geese left Bella & Betsy, having recently lost Lancelot the gander. Betsy has recently developed a bare patch on her chest and I assume she has been plucking out her feathers. I know some birds do that to line their nests etc but is this normal for geese? I don't know if either...
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    Where there's a will there's a way - Pyjama Farmer!

    Where there's a will there's a way - Pyjama Farmer!
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