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  1. JRies

    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    There about the same as chicken for storing. As long as they have a good bloom on them
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    Small egg big baby
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    So funny, I was once given really solid advice. Do not hatch the small eggs. So I told myseelf Im just checking for fertility. I confess once I saw fertile I was hooked. This year I have allot of not quite a year girls. I raise heavy weights. Did I listen yes but... Anyway My main girls are...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    Your probably right you may find this interesting it is the migration survey for your state for December. file:///C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/waterfowl_221222.pdf also ducks unlimited has good descriptions of wild geese https://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowl-id/Geese another thing to consider is...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    You think they could have been crains snow geese are usually smaller than Canadian geese I thought about answering this morning then I did more research. We get lots of snow geese around here they (dark beaks black tipped wings) they are much smaller than the Canadian. Last year Buzz a friend...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    I got whites this year its so funny to see the new mud fashion every day. Someday Im going to catch them putting the mud blanket on there back. But they do come up with some creative masks.
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    Your goose math is fantastic. That is just 2 pair right....
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    We had a warm day today hit 45 I went out and pulled weeds from the pasture and they all helped. They did 4 pretend flights for me enjoying the exposed land. Its hard to explain but I keep planting cool season grass for the kidos but its been such a drought so I pull about 400 square feet of...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    Thought I would bring this tread back to the front for a moment. Been really cold REALLY COLD. The geese make it five feet out the door in the morning and lay down to warm there feet. Then get to go back in the barn I give them till 9am with water and food. We have been lucky by 9am the sun...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    Thank for the likes they grow up so fast same baby's Now 5 months old
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    Mr Pinkerton, He has bumble foot on both feet were working on it. He spends all day with his flock but has to come in every night for therapy. Sorry not a great photographer but first picture is I had to get dishes started. 2nd is about a hour latter oh ya he is still on the couch as Im...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    OMG- goose eggs are some of the healthiest eggs out there to eat. They just dont lay as much as a chicken or a duck. I miss that I didn't get eggs for eating this year because my 2 girls who are here just for eating eggs have been bizzy training my young ganders and geese. but where else can...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    good job just know geese do things in there own time. mine internally pip on usually day 29 or 30 then take 2 days to finish the job. So get out the popcorn and cant wait to see the end of the show.
  14. JRies

    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    Ok now there are 13 in the new baby gaggle. My whites Africans came from Johnson's waterfowl this week and today was intro day. The 2 taller are the babies I posted about there now 3 weeks old both are girls (dna egg shell tested) and doing great at raising there gaggle. I think the girl geese...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    I so miss the goose eggs they are the best ever for eating.
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    Another week another 2 babies hatch. I dont care what anyone says every hatch has its issues. Lets start with my fault and I totally take the blame. Im breading a production grey African goose to a buff dewlap African boy. They choose each other. Here eggs are huge but the babies who are buff...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    My 2 year old MaMa went broody yesterday, I take there eggs 2 times a day so she was on one egg. I have divider walls to keep the other geese out. So put thous up and grabbed all my marked eggs in the house. set them next to her and she tucked them under her. I did the same thing last year...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    I love that you have runners me to. but here the geese rule my runners would go near them. All 27 work as a flock but if the geese are overexercising there bugles the ducks have to be pushed out of there house. But every morning my penciled runners and Browns still have to say hi through the...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    2 that hatched the 3rd and one from the 7th in one photo other is the 2 babies from 1pm yesterday. Mine all take 31-32 days for hatch sory about the dirty puppy pad they get them changed out in the morning. The tall one in the front is my first and so far only Holderread Johnson Dewlap Buff...
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    Gaggle of Geese Lovers

    Thanks for including me! Do you remember musical chairs when you were a kid. Were in the middle of musical pen breading season. 2 boys fell in lust with one girl 2 girls fell in love with one boy. My oldest girl grabbed the best quality gander and will breed any other girl who comes close to...
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