Gaggle of Geese Lovers

[Sondraa]

What do goose eggs taste like? Do they differ much from duck eggs?

 

[fowltemptress]

What do goose eggs taste like? Do they differ much from duck eggs?

I have muscovy ducks so I don't know if they're different from mallard derived eggs, but I can't stand the taste of muscovy eggs because they taste so . . . eggy. Goose eggs have the opposite problem for me; they have so little flavor I don't enjoy eating them. My husband likes the muscovy eggs, but he says he dislikes goose eggs because they're tasteless.

 

[Sondraa]

Oh wow. I did not expect that. Thanks for that. How curious.

I was reading that geese lay fewer eggs because they need 10 hours of light a day...no more and no less to stimulate egg production. I suspect they might be more productive here where I am because that describes our weather most of the time and we don't have a real winter. Never goes below 2C which is around 40F and would only drop that low overnight a few times a year. Have you heard of any variations in egg production in different climates?

 

[Goosebaby]

All of my girl’s laying have been drastically different from year to year and from each other so I couldn’t say how much climate impacts them.

 

[PhantomSlayer]

I'm only reaching a second year breeding so I sadly am of no help for that. I do know our girl Gizzy (Middle Buff American) laid last year March to May. I'm trying to patiently wait.

I'm just ready for warmer temps so I can introduce a kiddy pool to Greta (Left). I rescued her so I don't know how much experience shed got since birth last year to be around a kiddy pool but she was recently trying to imitate Gizzy and Gus (Right Toulouse) while they were bathing in a gallon bucket of water. She was doing it in the snow though which had me laughing and crying from how cute it was lol.

 

[PhantomSlayer]

Can anyone explain how you can tell dominance vs mating?

I just watched Gus our almost 2 year old Toulouse gander mount our almost 1 year old Embden Greta but I can't quite figure out if it was a dominance thing or a mating thing.

To explain I was watching them trying to bathe in the same water bowl (1 gallon bucket). Then Gus spilled the water. I watched Greta start biting at his back and moving around the bowl and try to step on him but seemed to give up and start nibbling on snow around where the water spilled and then Gus started doing the same thing to her and mounted her fully and stayed ontop of her for a little bit.

Not quite sure if it was a dominance thing or mating thing. I mean were close to mating season and I haven't yet noticed any mating but doesn't mean it's not happening when I'm not around.

 

[Sondraa]

I am more of a duck person but it sounds like pre mating activity at least. My ducks are about the right age to start and they are flirting and trying out behaviours etc without fully following thru.

 

[PhantomSlayer]

I am more of a duck person but it sounds like pre mating activity at least. My ducks are about the right age to start and they are flirting and trying out behaviours etc without fully following thru.

Interesting. Maybe he's accepting her then. He's had only one female (Gizzy) through one breeding season since we got him and Gizzy as goslings. So when I brought Greta in this year I worried he might not be interested in her come breeding season because he still has Gizzy. Hopefully he accepts her lol. I didn't want to bring in another male.

 

[Goosehill]

I go to a school where a LARGE portion of the students are majoring in pre vet and only a small portion of them will actually get into vet school because not everyone can be a vet. A lot of these students are studying to be farm vets. So I don't see the problem there. Except no one cares about poultry.

I brought a bird to an avian vet ONCE years ago and basically the answer was. "Your bird is sick and the only way to know what it is is to send a dead bird to state to get lab tested, it will be a zillion dollars though, try using this medicine for your birds."
But knowing whatever virus it had wasn't going to solve the problem, and medicine can only treat the symptoms.
That's when I learned the best cure is the chop.
It was traumatizing for a child like me but I culled any and all birds that showed signs of sickness (and we already had a large flock at that point.)
I can say that my flock is disease free now.
But it's definitely something I wish I knew back before I took my bird to the vet.

Much the same experience here...
I asked an avian vet about an injury issue and didn't receive anything useful in rely, other than a line of questions about when they were last wormed- clearly unrelated.
Thankfully there is another specialist vet in a nearby city, and Mr Gander and his girlfriend do travel surprisingly well.

 

[Goosehill]

He's probably like just tell those chicken and goose people I'm on vacation.

^^^
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