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So, I was waiting for someone to make this thread but I got a suprise this morning on the 1st of January 2020 which forced me to start the 2020 Gosling Hatch-A-Long :) I've never had a goose egg this early and everyone here is suprised but yet again not suprised because the mating, fighting and...

Hey all! Hope you're ready for the holidays because here they come!! :th And then it's that special time of year where our feather babies turn crazy and make babies of their own! So, today's question is... If Chance the gander and BB goose hatch babies, will they be auto sexing? Chance (M)=...

I have a healthy 4 year old male Black Australian swan that needs a mate. Do you have a mature female available, reasonably priced? Also open to giving up Gunther to a good forever home where he would be with a female. Price negotiable. Won't ship him so must be within driving distance of San...

I have a Toulouse goose, which I believe to be female... The latter assumption is thwarted by the fact that as far as I think I know it hasn't layed a single egg! I have had it for some time now, I got a pair of toulouse geese, but while I was away it seems a predator came and snatched one...

Hello. About two days ago, I came home and found one of our geese laying on the ground being pecked at by a half-blind female turkey. The turkey didn't do any damage (she can't really see so she was missing), but when I picked him up he flapped out of my arms and proceeded to fall forward with...

Should i have anything to worry about when introducing goslings to a single african goose? I've read that usually ganders are what to worry about. Also I was thinking that since she is the only goose(4 ducks, 1 goose) that she might readily adopt the babies, but just want to make sure.

I want to hear your favorite mischief story! We all know our geese are just feathered toddlers, and here's why... Duck mischief is always welcome too :D

I’m reposting here at the suggestion of others. My 7 year old gander has a pale beak and is losing weight. He is a French Toulouse. His apatite seems fine, he’s eating a lot his food is digested, no whole bits passing through. No blood in his droppings Droppings are brown and a little watery. I...

I made a post before but it went unnoticed, so I guess I’ll try again. My 7 year old gander has a pale beak and is losing weight. His apatite seems fine, he’s eating a lot his food is digested, no whole bits passing through. No blood in his droppings Droppings are brown and a little watery. I...

Hi there, I checked a lot of the threads before posting this one. A lot of people don’t seem to follow up once they figure out what the issue is so I figured I’d start a new thread about my goose. A few days ago I noticed my four-year-old white rescue American buffet goose cannot seem to stand...

Hello! First time goose wrangler here, and I have 9 Pomeranian geese that are now 5 months old. Here in indiana there seems to be a goose shortage, so I’d like to try breeding these guys in the spring, but I’m having a heck of a time sorting out which are males/females to start planning out my...

one of my 5 toulose geese was attacked by one of my two dogs tonight. It was entirely my fault, i usually close them up right before sunset, but today i was studying for an important exam and i figured i would do it before dinner instead, my dogs tolerate all the birds in the day, but for some...

All right, so before the weather drops TOO much more, I absolutely need to get a better home built for my ducks and geese. However, I'm somewhat hesitant because I'm not sure how I want them homed. For some context: 5 drakes, have been on the ranch at least 7+ years 8 hens, raised over this...

Ok friends, educate me! What are some of the tell tale signs that geese are ready to mate? Do they do any head bobbing or dancing like the other birds?

I went out about an hour ago to put my chickens, duck, and geese in for the night, and noticed my Toulouse gander was only standing on one leg. The other is hanging behind him. He hops around on his good leg with the help of his wings for support. I haven't seen him move the bad leg at all, but...

I have four Chinese Geese and they love to “talk”. On this day (before they had goslings) they would come and “knock” on the back sliding glass door. They arrived 2 days old and were raised in the house. They are not scared to come in the kitchen for a treat. Anyway this video will show my...

As in the photo, the upper eyelid of the left eye looks red. The same goes to the other eye except that it's not as red as on the side in the photo. Is there anything wrong? What should I do?

I picked one of these up at a yard sale over the weekend for 0.25!! On paper and in theory, it seems like a wonderful idea! However, common sense and experience is telling me this has potential for disaster with geese and ducks. Sooo....have any of you tried one? Any tips?

My name is Maria. I work at Nalls Produce, it’s a small farm/market/plant nursery in Springfield, VA. I’m reaching out to y’all today because I hatched and hand-raised a chinese goose at Nalls, believing that would be his permanent home, alongside his parents. Unfortunately because of the...

I rescue ducks, but I rescued my first goose in Feb this year. I had intended to get Goosey a mate in spring (which is now, where I am in the sth hemisphere) once I knew Gooseys gender. Goosey is a white goose and appers to be embden. Unlike what I have heard about geese, Goosey was a big...