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Over the last week they have been forming nests inside the hutch. I've added a bit more straw everyday to make sure they had enough. The ganders have been increasingly aggressive to the point of leaving bruises with their nips. Today, we were rewarded with the first two goose eggs. I did procure...

IKR? That thread is the one that popped up top of my google searches multiple times. As it came from here, I just bookmarked it and since it was similar to the Storey's chart went with it.

Thank you all. After starting this journey last year, I was confounded by all the contradictory data/recommendations for chickens, geese and poultry in general (including responses to some of my questions here in other threads about chickens that varied wildly) and gave up on internet searching...

ok, but, Google searches aside...which, c'mon; your recent searches dictate your subsequent results...the data I present is from a 'live' post here (in that the mods haven't taken it down) and one of the most well regarded series of books about all things 'farming'. I'm not trying to be...

@Jenbirdee so far, the sources I have, including an approved post here on this forum don't come close to that. I would love to see a source for the 8' rule, please. I'm all for trying to do the right thing but I haven't run across that number yet. Thank you. ftr, my geese are not 'locked' into...

right on. still not sure what we'll do with the goose eggs beyond self-indulgence. They were honestly a bit of an impulse. I like them though was disappointed they wanted to kill the chickens as we tried to create a single mixed flock. We did go through a month of habituation through...

@Jenbirdee Hi and thanks for the reply. Not a typo. I got the 3 foot number from this thread on this forum https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/a-beginners-guide-to-raising-geese-and-are-they-right-for-you.78377/ and, fwiw, Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry has a chart on page 23...

I have 4 Pilgrim (crosses I think, both males are starting to grow double humped knobs at the top of their beaks and according to Holderead's pamphlet on the breed this means crossbreeding has happened) that are now 9 months old. Somehow I had been under the impression they would lay till late...