Experienced help please...adding goslings to a goose.

[Birdydeb]

Well.....last night I decided would be the night. When I shut everyone up for the night I was running the goslings into the house with my goose and she had a FIT! She hissed and hissed and lowered her neck to run them right out. So I backed off. This was with them still in her temporary pen because I haven't shuffled everyone around yet. Hubby seems to think if I move all three to the new pen and new house that she will be okay as it will be new to all three of them. A lot of animals are like that...are geese? They are 6 weeks old now and almost as big as she is. During the day they graze together and do almost everything together with no problems. I really need them to stay in this pen for awhile longer because it has access to a large fenced grassy area....and I am actually growing out some ducklings in their new pen. So I guess I will just leave them alone for now and let them sleep how they want. And I guess my question is...when I am ready to move them to the new pen will I have problems? Or since they are all three content with each other in this pen should it be fine when I have to move them? Keeping so many ducklings to grow out has really complicated my life. LOL My geese are the only ones not giving me headaches right now so I am thinking I just need to leave them alone for now and continue to let them bond even more....and sleep how they want.

@Miss Lydia

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think that is what you need to do. Once you move them to their new area most likely like dh says it will be new to all 3 and they should do fine.

Your growing out ducklings where will they go once they are grown out? do you have a place for them?

Sounds like they have formed a bond that is a big step in the right direction.

@Birdydeb

 

[Birdydeb]

Yeah, trying to figure out how many drakes I have and trying to decide which ones I want to keep. They will all go in the main pen with my little flock of six but I need to separate the drake for awhile. Part of the ducklings(3)are new blood for my flock....Welsh Harlequins....part are Anconas(6) that I hatched...which I fell in love with. No idea how many Anconas are drakes atm. I don't think I want to hatch ducks anymore...they are too flipping hard to let go and I know I am coming up on some hard decisions. When all the dust settles, everyone I keep should be integrated into the main pen and my goose's temporary pen will become where I separate drakes when needed or as a breeding pen. what I am trying to do anyway...we'll see...

@Miss Lydia

 

[Birdydeb]

@Miss Lydia

Success! The three of them went in together to sleep in the goose house. All was quiet and peaceful.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Congratulations!!!