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Drakes bullying my goose
I have two drakes that are gentle & friendly to my ducks, but have decided to pick on one of my geese. The goose (Chinese/Greylag mix) is kinda timid and doesn’t realize she can fight back. I always tell her “whoop their asses, Lucy!” but no luck 😂 I think I might have to rehome one of the...- MollyHSmith
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Wing Droop Dance?
Does anyone know what this behavior is called? (Video link to YouTube at bottom) I'm trying to do more research on it but I dont know what to look up. Their wings drop up and down, usually alternating each side. They've done it while grooming, almost like it is a compulsion. Most of our flock... -
Opinion on letting my geese roam a little outside of our garden?
So ever since they were young, my two bonded geese have had a lot of contact with the land around our garden including the canal and river. They are both very well behaved and come back when called - they are also both very healthy and have never shown signs of disease, the most we’ve had is... -
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Normal Growth Rates for Pilgrim Geese
I have two 10 week old geese, unsexed. I would like to know what normal growth rates are for them. Background: Same dad, probably different mothers. They were sold to me as pilgrim geese, I don't know how accurate that is because the seller's flock was not colour true and she inherited the... -
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Goose Eye Injury?
Hello everyone! Long time since I've posted but I have a question for anyone that might know what's going on with an eye of one of my white embden geese. I noticed a couple months ago something was up with his (Guardy)'s eye but I don't know what. It doesn't seem to impair him at all but it's...- JonathanHeno
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Gander throwing up!
Hi my 2yr old gander throws up clear liquid once or twice a day it’s been happening for the last week with no obvious cause, sometimes it’s more liquid and sometimes it’s like egg whites but he’s fine in himself still eating and pooing still walking around fine and still his sassy self, I’ve...- Aimeeg1986
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Geese, Ducks, and Roos
I have a question about mixing a flock and also what to expect from a roo (or two). Currently, we have 2 Embden geese (f). We also have 2 mallard drakes and a Rouen female, which wasn't intentional or ideal. We are going to expand next year. Flock size, pen, and water pools/pond. 2 more geese...- CaptainCrossthread
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- behavior brahma chickens drake and rooster ducks flock behavior free range geese mixed flock rooster
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Adding brahma roosters and Muscovy ducks to my goose flock?
My first post outside of the goose forum! So this week we will be taking on some new birds, we are getting one adult brahma male and 2 younger males plus 4 young Muscovy ducks. We have only ever handled geese before so this will be very new to us! Any advice is incredibly welcome. We don’t...- ElGoose
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Looking for Fertilized Geese Eggs
I know it isn’t the typical laying season, but does anyone have any fertilized goose eggs they’d be willing to sell? I want to add 1-2 geese to our flock. We have appropriate accommodations indoors for goslings. TIA!- eandrews
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Goose laid 1 soft egg then stopped
Hello, My goose laid her first soft egg on 10/26/23 and I have not seen an egg since. They are at the pond most of the day and locked in their pin at night. I have looked around the yard/pond and cannot find any evidence of a 2nd egg being laid. These are my first geese and not sure when to get...- LouisChickon
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- egg production eggs geese goose goose egg no eggs for a week
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Geese legs
Hi i have 2 geese..i noticed my girl’s legs are like a dry brownish color while their feet are orange, they eat, drink, and poop normal. They walk fine too…my Chinese is laying and I suspect my sebbie is going to soon as well. We still have their pool out and it’s been cold here during the day... -
Anybody else have a thin faced goose?
I always notice this about our Polly but it’s like she has no cheeks like our other geese, her head basically just blends seamlessly into her neck. Does anybody else have a goose like this? Is it normal? She’s definitely not underweight, I wonder if it’s just a facial feature.. both her and... -
Goose injured from fight 😢
Not sure what happened between our two ganders but it looks almost as if a blood feather has been ripped out? How should we handle this? He’s not bleeding out but it looks very sore!! -
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Hi everybody! I just joined BYC not long ago! I loveee it here, and everybody is so kind! I have a pet duck named Smokey, and he is known for his unique and loving personality. He really enjoys cuddles! We have our own YouTube channel as well! I would really appreciate if you subscribed, as it...- Jennifer Rogers
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Goose ponds in winter?
Hi guys! I was wondering what people do about geese in winter? Do you still let them access their ponds? Mine sleep in their kiddie pool (in an enclosed run) and I'm not sure if I'll have to introduce them to a building to sleep for winter. I'm in NC usa so we don't get super harsh winters by... -
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Goose eye infection?
Hi! So this happened overnight with my goose's eye. Yesterday I noticed her eye was slightly closed, I immediately rinsed her eyes with saline solution and put ACV in her water. This is the picture from today. Whatever it is got worse. She can’t see from this eye at all, from what I noticed. Her...- Nataliegeese
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- eye geese goose infected ?
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Goose wing situation getting worse 😢
So our Sebastopol who’s 3 months old hurt her wing on Tuesday getting out of the little pool since she fell in without meaning to. There was one feather down which was causing her some pain when I moved it up but when I got back home on Friday it had disappeared and my mum said that since it... -
Sand as bedding???
My mum is saying she’s seeing goose owners use sand as bedding but I’m not sure, what do you guys think?? She wants to switch to it because apparently it’s easier to clean but I didnt mind shovelling out their poop all the time 🤣 -
Bonded pair help
Something really horrible has happened. Someone has taken one of our older geese and left the gander as they couldn’t grab him. Our 2 older geese kind of freely roamed around on the land and had a nice life, but this guy that parked his caravan ass on the land told someone they were his and that...