Are your geese done laying for the year?

[RURU]

Miss Lydia I am getting worried about Missy. That is an awful lots of eggs for one goose to lay. I hope her calcium in her bones does not go wacky!!! Have you thought about just letting her have a couple eggs to sit on and maybe she will go broody?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Miss Lydia I am getting worried about Missy. That is an awful lots of eggs for one goose to lay. I hope her calcium in her bones does not go wacky!!! Have you thought about just letting her have a couple eggs to sit on and maybe she will go broody?

RURU there are 5 eggs in her nest, I don't go in and take her eggs they lay there for weeks before I remove any then I do it only when she takes her break and doesn't go broody. I'm worried too, she may never lay again after this year. Her eggs look good she only has had to wonky ones and that's was way back. We keep waiting for her to go broody she is very interested in the new ducklings that hatched.

 

[psue]

Maybe if she wont go broody, she'll adopt and quit laying

 

[sianara]

I wonder if its our early warm weather that's spurring Beatrice on? Now I'm getting a little worried that all these eggs are taxing her system. I do take the eggs daily I wonder if leaving whatever she lays from now on will encourage her brooding so she'll STOP!!??!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Maybe if she wont go broody, she'll adopt and quit laying

I think it would be a fight to the finish for duck mama and goose mama wanna be, they do not like each other and my duck isn't going to give her ducklings up with out a fight, and I don't blame her.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I wonder if its our early warm weather that's spurring Beatrice on? Now I'm getting a little worried that all these eggs are taxing her system. I do take the eggs daily I wonder if leaving whatever she lays from now on will encourage her brooding so she'll STOP!!??!!

Hopefully so for your girl, so far it hasn't worked for mine, she goes in of an evening and lays on her eggs but that's it.

 

[sianara]

I'm going to try it. Hopefully she's done laying as of today, wouldn't THAT be ironic?

 

[psue]

I think it would be a fight to the finish for duck mama and goose mama wanna be, they do not like each other and my duck isn't going to give her ducklings up with out a fight, and I don't blame her.

oops.. missed the "ducks have a mommy" part

 

[RURU]

I have said this before on here about the calcium loss in the bones of the females while laying eggs. I found that mixed shelled nuts have a good source of calcium to replenish their loss of it. I make sure to mix the walmart porch, patio and deck bird feed and nut and berry mix with their normal feed. This seems to help so much with the girls to replenish their calcium and boy do mine enjoy the shelled nuts!!! They will pick tem out of the food which is great because that is what they need inn their system to help with the calcium. The ganders like it as well. Yes, I do spoil my sebastopols...... Before I did this I did lose two females while egg laying season was here. Then I read how they lose the calcium from their bones to create eggs. That is what spurred me to look for sources of calcium to ad to the feed.
This has helped my girls so much and also find the eggs with better consistency.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have said this before on here about the calcium loss in the bones of the females while laying eggs. I found that mixed shelled nuts have a good source of calcium to replenish their loss of it. I make sure to mix the walmart porch, patio and deck bird feed and nut and berry mix with their normal feed. This seems to help so much with the girls to replenish their calcium and boy do mine enjoy the shelled nuts!!! They will pick tem out of the food which is great because that is what they need inn their system to help with the calcium. The ganders like it as well. Yes, I do spoil my sebastopols...... Before I did this I did lose two females while egg laying season was here. Then I read how they lose the calcium from their bones to create eggs. That is what spurred me to look for sources of calcium to ad to the feed.
This has helped my girls so much and also find the eggs with better consistency.

Until I can get to Walmart RURU I have added Coral Calcium to Missy water, I went in to see if she had laid another egg but a chicken had beat me to the nest and was laying hers so I am waiting for the opportunity to go check, I am so hoping she is done.