GOOSE BREEDING THREAD - for breeding, incubating, hatching and rearing.

[8GeeseALaying]

Here it is all cleaned up

 

[8GeeseALaying]

8geese, those are cool pics of the colored egg and your goose is very pretty.  Congrats on the experiment working!

Miss L, sorry to hear you got bit.  Ouch.

Donkey are fun and full of personality, but I prefer my horses. 

Thanks lain, i was hoping it would work im so glad it did. Im going to keep that method for later use.

 

[LTygress]

Here it is all cleaned up

That is really pretty! You're right! VERY nice as an ornament without any changes!

 

[DaisyMeadow]

I finally popped my first goose eggs into the incubator this Monday. I'm not too hopeful, though, as I'm not sure how much hanky panky has been going on, and all of my girls are less than a year old.

Just as a warm up, though, a muscovy nest was accidentally disturbed when a boat was moved and the mama didn't return to it. I suspect it is my only female mule (muscovy/ancona). Although this is a goose forum, I'd like some incubation confirmation.

I candled the muscovy eggs (all 18!) yesterday and found that most have no development at all, a few have red blood rings and 3-4 have spider veins. Today is the 10-day mark. Is it okay to safely toss the ones with no development and the ones with red rings? I'm guessing those are a loss and I'd like to clear out the space for goose eggs in the incubator. Last year was my first hatching year and I think I held out hope too long on many eggs that should have been tossed.

Thanks!

 

[livininbrazil]

It Worked!! It Worked!! It was Stormy my Tufted Roman x brown chinese!! I think im happier that its hers than i would be if it had been one of the toulouse cause now i know i have my pied crossbred girl that i was trying for.
Heres the little Star of the year, Stormy!

Servpolice was right about her being female.
Thank you Subhanalah for suggesting the food coloring!

Congrats, that´s great! And well done to serv, too!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here it is all cleaned up

That is gorgeous, now put other colors on your other girls bums so you have a whole display of feather dying goose eggs.

 

[LTygress]

That is gorgeous, now put other colors on your other girls bums so you have a whole display of feather dying goose eggs.

Also/or, wait until she lays another with the blue streaks, and then dye the whole thing yellow for a half-yellow, half-green egg with a similar design! Same with red for a purple effect!

 

[LTygress]

AND THEN....

Sell the eggs at art shows for $100 a piece, lol!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Also/or, wait until she lays another with the blue streaks, and then dye the whole thing yellow for a half-yellow, half-green egg with a similar design! Same with red for a purple effect!

AND THEN....

Sell the eggs at art shows for $100 a piece, lol!

Great idea.

 

[Miss HennyPenny]

Moose the Toulouse goose is now 9 days old and has upgraded to the big brooder.
I got 4 more eggs and put them in the incubator yesterday so fingers crossed moose will have some friends by the end of the month.