2013 Breeding season is officially STARTED for us!

[CelticOaksFarm]

Needless to say we are more than ecstatic around here to have found our first goose egg for the 2013 breeding season

198 grams in weight too! - Definitely a day to be thankful for these wonderful birds who share our farm and life.

 

[chicks are me]

AWESOME!!!! thats one HUGE EGG!

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

thanks, it is an amazing first egg. The girls are looking fantastic and it was laid in a perfect nest in the stall today.

 

[DuckieTam]

Congrats on the first egg of the season.

Quick question I have a white chinese goose, not sure of gender, it is almost 5 months old. It's behavior the last couple weeks has been a little different. Could a goose lay her first egg in the fall at only 5 months old. I did find her in a nesting area I have set up for the ducks, she had set herself up in a nest.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Chinese are the best layers for geese, so yes you can find eggs fall/winter. Often they play house long before they ever lay, but keep an eye out. Most lay every other to every three days once they get going.

 

[DuckieTam]

Thank you.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

welcome

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

figured out today if this first egg is fertile we will have a Christmas goose lol, as it will be set to hatch the weekend rolling into Christmas.

 

[goosemama]

Funny to see you finding your first goose egg while we in NY State are layering more hay into our goose shed and preparing for a long winter! Ahh to be in Florida and just starting laying season, not ending it.

 

[goose4]

Ours laid an egg yesterday. I hope they don't plan on starting a family anytime soon. It gets a little cold up here in the winter.