broody goose

  1. SwimingWithTheGeese

    Broody goose with infertile eggs

    Hello all! I have a darling female Toulouse goose, Bella, Bella has been broody for a very long time, I think about a month and a half or more, unfortunately our gander died of old age so her eggs are infertile, I’m worried she might start getting depressed if her eggs don’t hatch, but after a...
  2. K

    Broody goose sitting on unfertilized eggs

    Hi, So I am taking a break from chicken egg hatching right now, but I have a female goose who is being broody and sitting on unfertilized eggs. Whenever people come near the fence, she will hiss and peck at the fence. What should I do? (I do not have any pictures right now; I will upload them...
    • Katherine Arts
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    • break a broody break a broody goose broody broody goose goose goose eggs infertile eggs unfertile eggs
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    • Forum: Geese
  3. W

    Talouse

    1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Hi, I'm originally from South Eastern washington (desert part) now on the southern Oregon coast. I've raised 🐣 chickens my whole life. But after getting married finally at the age of 43, we decided to completely start NEW and moved to...
  4. SunshineRain55

    Any ideas on helping Goose adopting ducklings?

    Hello - I have three ducklings that I hatched to fill out my mallard flock. One of my Chinese geese has been broody but not successful in hatching. I’m going to have to break her from her nest soon I think. My other Chinese goose and her gander have 4 goslings now and I’m feeling bad for my...
    • SunshineRain55
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    • adopt a duck broody goose goose gosling imprinting
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Geese
  5. Kimmyh51

    Do broody geese have a different call like ducks do?

    I have a lot of ducks, but this is the first spring (in a couple of months down under) where I will Hve a female goose. And I was watching a YouTube video of a goose on eggs, and her call is quite different to what my gander and goose sound like which made me wonder whether geese have a...
    • Kimmyh51
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    • behaviour breeding broody goose gander goose goslings
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Geese
  6. M

    Fighting Ganders and broodies geese all mixed together, can it work?!

    Sorry for the long post but we are newbies and really need advice. We have 3 male and 7 females in our Embden and Toulouse free range flock, all under 1yr old. We have 1 very broody Embden goose that stays on her nest, and at least two others, 1 Toulouse and 1 other Embden, that sit often on 3...
    • Mayfiel511
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    • broody goose fighting ganders managing goose flock
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Geese
  7. M

    Question on broody goose

    Hello, New member to the site but it's always been a great resource for researching advice. Hoping someone has some tips for me now. I have raised ducks for many years but I am new to geese, and one of my pair of young Brown African geese, Lucy-Goosey, seems to have become broody and is...
  8. NEgoosegirl

    Help, please! Gander won't let goose & new gosling off nest.

    Hi Everyone, If anyone has seen this behavior before and/or has any suggestions, I'd be so appreciative! THE SITUATION: I have a pair of nearly-4-year old Sebastopol geese. This year, my goose finally hatched a few goslings. Long story short, there were only two healthy ones -- female I...
    • NEgoosegirl
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    • broody goose gander and gosling gander attacks gosling gosling help separating parents and chicks urgent
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Geese
  9. T

    Lone goose gone broody

    Hi all, So I have a tufted roman goose that is in her first season of laying eggs. She is the only goose in a flock with two female ducks and several hens and one rooster, so there is no way her eggs are fertilized. I've been taking her eggs for weeks and she has now gone broody in the hen...
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