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  1. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    Ok little problem. My one gander Mr Roper has a bill issue. It may be that he has scrapped it on chicken wire trying to get a muscovy drake. Problem is I'm not sure if it's getting infected. Any suggestion on what I can use on it?
  2. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    The fall/winter hatching are getting bigger. Some of the kids at 3 - 4 months of age.
  3. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    Glade to hear the rope worked but so sorry to hear about the goose that so sad.
  4. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    I'm in Ontario Canada. I'll have a look at the options you suggested. Thanks.
  5. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    We have a couple but I hate to loose a season waiting for him to mature. The frustrating part is I borrowed a stall to bond my female to the new male. (Separated her from the small flock). The original female Tatter is a lovely fine featured little girl that is very aggressive when it comes to...
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    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    Ok the egg laying confirms my suspicion the male I bought (and was concerned it was a female) started laying eggs. Does anyone know of a breader of brown Chinese in Ontario I really need a good male.
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    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    Little up date. Looks like new goose is a male voice starting to break (not sure if right term). On the hatching front thing have not been great but at this point we have 7 live births. All at various ages the first 2 that are about 4 weeks old have been moved to the barn in the "play pen" to...
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    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    I was thinking Chinese not sure about Gander voice is as low as the girls
  9. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    Ok here is a question approximately 6 month old any guesses Chinese or Africa
  10. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    I'm up in Ontario Canada and my geese have been laying for the last month and a half and still going. Trying to incubate the eggs but hatch rate had been bad. Here is a shot of the first 2
  11. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    1/2 acer pond is pretty big. When we had a small pond 100 ft x 110 ft (roughly) so this might not work for you. we use rope and Ribben. The ribbon is tied every 12 inches or so along the rope then we would walk on either side of the pond trying to keep the rope about 6 - 12 inches above the...
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    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    Ok so haven't had much luck with hatching. Have gotten 2 of 9 eggs to hatch 1 didn't make it after breaking through the shell. Most recent is struggling to get out and getting week. When candling seem to all be fertilizer and at early stages seeing veins etc in shell. Air space gets larger but...
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    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    Ok maybe a silly question but I'm up in ontario Canada and my 2 chiniese girls are laying. Was really unexpected here the problem if I were to let them sit they'd loose weight right before the cold weather starts. So we're incubating the eggs. If they hatch how big should the goslings be before...
  14. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    Two of the females - Tatter and Joanie are 1 and a half the third female Frida is 4 I think and the the male Mr Roper is 3. They spent the winter in the greenhouse with me could have use ear plugs at times but it's was a great winter getting to know them a and watching there society.
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    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    Ok quick question I have 4 brown chinese geese (3 goose 1 gander). The three girls are all using the same nest to lay. There is about 18 eggs in it now but not one of them seems to want to sit is there anything I can do to encourage them? Here is the gang/gagle
  16. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    First thanks for the help. After a couple of days of getting more "greens" into Tatter things seem to be going back to normal. Again thanks for the help and concern Chris
  17. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    Did something similar last year and he settled down. With the girls laying the closer he gets to the goose house the worse he is. Guess it time for another lesson.
  18. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    With the Easter weekend feed supplies are closed so I headed out and cleared a bit of ice and dug up some grass and dandelions that had greened up before the ice stone. It looked a bit better this morning and the four of the our out foraging. Also seeded some trays of wheat grass not going to...
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    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    I guess it's possible but the goose house is insulated and attached to our greenhouse. I put a simple heat source in there house and there water pail didn't freeze all winter. then during the day when it's below 0c they spend the day in the greenhouse with me. I'm Keeping a close eye on her when...
  20. cedarhedge

    The African and Chinese goose thread!!

    Ok here is a picture of the lovely Tatter it's not easy to see but the wrinkles are not normally there
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