The Dim Side
Songster
- Mar 16, 2021
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Hello!
My one goose has been adamantly broody, so while fairly young (a little over a year old), we let her sit on a couple eggs. They turned out to be duds, but our one broody hen was sitting on some chicken eggs but not looking very healthy. I was too worried about her, so I broke her broodiness but let my goose sit on those chicken eggs instead. Since she seemed like she was remaining healthy and doing a good job of sitting. But either they were also duds, or the goose just wasn't as good as it as we had thought (we confirmed a few were definitely duds though).
But we just took in two ducklings with a couple deformities the other day. They're about a week or so old (one is a little bigger than the other, two different breeds, a runner duck and Cayuga). But the Cayuga is missing an eye, and the runner--I think its legs are too bent inward, so it makes walking awkward for it, sort of front-heavy, leaning forward. So balancing for it is a little tough.
And I think my goose is starting to get over her broodiness. Even without eggs, she still wants to nest, but she's been wandering around outside more, and I've closed her out of her nesting location. But I was hoping that maybe she could take these ducklings under her wing (figuratively and maybe literally, lol). But both she and my gander just hiss at them when they see them. They've always hated chickens (they were initially supposed to be guard geese for them, but they don't get along), so I don't know if it's just that they hate everything. Or if it's because they're deformed that their instincts make them not want them. Or if the ducks are just new, so the geese are confused and wary. But is there any chance of them wanting to be parents to these ducklings? Or will we have to wait till they get older before they can be around one another?
Thanks!
My one goose has been adamantly broody, so while fairly young (a little over a year old), we let her sit on a couple eggs. They turned out to be duds, but our one broody hen was sitting on some chicken eggs but not looking very healthy. I was too worried about her, so I broke her broodiness but let my goose sit on those chicken eggs instead. Since she seemed like she was remaining healthy and doing a good job of sitting. But either they were also duds, or the goose just wasn't as good as it as we had thought (we confirmed a few were definitely duds though).
But we just took in two ducklings with a couple deformities the other day. They're about a week or so old (one is a little bigger than the other, two different breeds, a runner duck and Cayuga). But the Cayuga is missing an eye, and the runner--I think its legs are too bent inward, so it makes walking awkward for it, sort of front-heavy, leaning forward. So balancing for it is a little tough.
And I think my goose is starting to get over her broodiness. Even without eggs, she still wants to nest, but she's been wandering around outside more, and I've closed her out of her nesting location. But I was hoping that maybe she could take these ducklings under her wing (figuratively and maybe literally, lol). But both she and my gander just hiss at them when they see them. They've always hated chickens (they were initially supposed to be guard geese for them, but they don't get along), so I don't know if it's just that they hate everything. Or if it's because they're deformed that their instincts make them not want them. Or if the ducks are just new, so the geese are confused and wary. But is there any chance of them wanting to be parents to these ducklings? Or will we have to wait till they get older before they can be around one another?
Thanks!