- Apr 19, 2013
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Fiona, a White Chinese, was hatched the end of July and began laying eggs in December before she turned 5 months old.
Her first eggs were very small and a few have had double yolks. The eggs are now what I think are normal sized (I've never had a goose before). She's laying about every three days. She still has a tendency to produce double yolks. The yolks seem consistently small for the size of egg.
The yolks are an extremely pale yellow. I've never seen a chicken egg so pale before. Fiona was raised on Manna Pro Geese/Duck Starter until she laid her first egg when I added oyster shells and ordered Mazuri Water Fowl Breeder. She travels with me between Texas and Wyoming which is probably why the early laying. She had access to fresh pasture until the first week of December when I drove back to Wyoming. She started laying a couple of weeks later.
The very pale yolk does not seem right to me. I would have thought she had a very good diet so her yolks should have been good color. I would appreciate the thoughts of more experienced geese keepers.
Her first eggs were very small and a few have had double yolks. The eggs are now what I think are normal sized (I've never had a goose before). She's laying about every three days. She still has a tendency to produce double yolks. The yolks seem consistently small for the size of egg.
The yolks are an extremely pale yellow. I've never seen a chicken egg so pale before. Fiona was raised on Manna Pro Geese/Duck Starter until she laid her first egg when I added oyster shells and ordered Mazuri Water Fowl Breeder. She travels with me between Texas and Wyoming which is probably why the early laying. She had access to fresh pasture until the first week of December when I drove back to Wyoming. She started laying a couple of weeks later.
The very pale yolk does not seem right to me. I would have thought she had a very good diet so her yolks should have been good color. I would appreciate the thoughts of more experienced geese keepers.