Broody Goose question

[goosedragon]

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I'm sorry you lost your goose. How sad.

As I said she was one of my first pair, I didn't mention that I got them in '83 and she died in "84 (27 years ago) I learned alot from that first pair and I still remember....

 

[goosedragon]

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Thats right! Another bit of info is that having food too close to the nest can bring attention from other pests. After I learned to have geese nest in a protected run,(see post #11) I thought it would be nice to have food and water that they could reach with their long necks (China goose). I would often find mice dead in the water bucket, since it had flared sides I thought it was odd that they could climb in but not out, then I caught her in the act! You know that broody trance like state where you wonder where her mind is? Well some at least are perfectly aware of what is going on around them. This four year old would see a mouse in her food dish, That long neck strikes as fast as a snake, then into the water bucket until the mouse quits struggling.
I didn't learn from that and another food dish brought on disaster when it attracted a mob of crows, the goose tried to protect her food so they mobbed her. I didn't see this but I heard it and came tearing out of the house. She had knocked down three but had to retreat and they had gotten two of her eggs. She had nasty peck marks on her head and one had just missed her eye. She wasn't about to let me do first aid until I let her back on her nest. She sat quietly while I stopped the bleeding and put antibiotic cream on her wounds.
Lessons learned, no more breakfast in bed, and any goose that insists on nesting out of doors (seems like there is always at least one) gets a overhead cover to protect her and the nest from the weather (Rain and sometimes blazing sun) and from other birds that might want the eggs. Over the years I have noticed that some geese use the same spot year after year and they get something better than four bales of straw with plywood tied down over it which is my usual temp. housing.~gd

 

[fancyfowl4ever]

When a broody is feeding it also means to poop, since broodies hold it in until they go for they're food/water. If fed on the nest it may trigger her to poop there and soil the nest(which A) is gross when you reach for a stinky broody poop covered egg to candle and B) the bacteria are bad for the eggs).

Other then that have fun with your broody goose!!!!
I love it when mine go broody and when the goslings hatch the family gets to free range in the garden just because its such a pretty picture. Just my mother isn't so happy with it. she doesn't trust them cause my male from the embden pair I had, years ago, bit her when she hung the laundry out to dry......

 

[2dancingrats]

My goose has been sitting for about 30 days. I'm not sure I figured the days right. Anyway, today she has one of her eggs out of her nest and is rolling it around the middle of her pen. She seems to be trying to build a new nest around it. I tried to check the eggs in the original nest (she has them covered) but she was very protective.
Anyone know what could be going on here? According to my math, the eggs should have been hatching this weekend. I really don't know what, if anything, I should do. Read that a "bad" egg can explode. Really don't want that.
Will be grateful for any insight you can offer.
Thanks.

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

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Wow this is interesting ....

 

[Anthony Goebel]

OK I'm new to this but I have 4 females and 3 of the are broody . I have a 3 your old African goose 1 two year old Chinese goose and 3 emdben geese 2 geese 1 gander .now I have had the African goose for 2 yours now and I just got the other 4 . the gander is bullying the African and so are the other 3 females . the African has tryed to take over one of the nests and the others push her off so I locked her up in a separate pen with the nest . if she hatches them will the gander try to kill the goslings