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

[servpolice]

What breed of geese are the parents

 

[TexasAngel34]

I have a mama that has made a nest away from the other animals in my front yard, its really cold out here and i dont know what i can do once the babies are born? Any suggestions/ ideas??? I have been giving her water and food but now she doesnt leave the nest... she has about 12 eggs under her... I have never done this before so i need some guidance... I was told to take the babies once they are born so i can put them under a heat lamp so they dont die in the cold..

 

[servpolice]

ok if the mama goose is over a year old you can leave the babies and leave her stay where she made the nest and in a cold shady place is perfect for goose eggs,out direct sunlight ! There is notting wrong if she wont get off the nest she is just very protective .
When a goose broods they dont need food much and if she is hungrey she will come off the nest and leave thecbabies with the mother when they are born ,coz unlike chickens geese protect babys like human mothers do so taking her babies would make her sad and alert ,just keep a eye on her and her babies when they are born for 2 weeks

And leave her nest be cos the spot sounds like a perfect spot for a goose nest espically if she wont get off the nest

 

[Iain Utah]

I have a mama that has made a nest away from the other animals in my front yard, its really cold out here and i dont know what i can do once the babies are born? Any suggestions/ ideas??? I have been giving her water and food but now she doesnt leave the nest... she has about 12 eggs under her... I have never done this before so i need some guidance... I was told to take the babies once they are born so i can put them under a heat lamp so they dont die in the cold..

My first concern is for your goose's safety from predators. I allowed one of my geese this spring to sit on her eggs in my horse pasture and a mink got her about 5 days before her eggs were to hatch. Cold is not so much of a concern, so long as her nest is well sheltered with plenty of shavings, long dead grass/hay, leaves, etc. to build up the nest. Most of my geese are "good" sitters in that they take care to leave nest to eat/drink/clean. However, I have one goose that is so determined to not leave nest if cold out, I have to bring her food/water. After she tries to bite the hand that feeds her, she eagerly eats/drinks what I have provided her. I have allowed my geese to raise babies in the cold and my momma geese have done an excellent job of keeping them warm. However, unless the momma goose is very trusting with you, it may be hard to bond with the babies (if that is what you want to do).

Hope that helps and best of luck with a successful hatch!

 

[servpolice]

Yea like utah said keep safe from predators and yea if you have a bond with her (being tame) the babies my not or are tame if you are with them 24/7 but if your goose has a partner and he is aggressive then the babies will never be tame

 

[tillyita]

What breed of geese are the parents

The geese are Poms (or pom crosses) but I suspect that both my ganders may be embertons (or crosses). (White, blue eyes, one has a couple of bits of grey on his wing tips, they are both single lobed)

Would be nice if I can colour sex the offspring but wasn't expecting to be able to.

I have one young saddleback male from last years hatch in another pen - but I don't think he has worked out what his job is yet (I only saw him on sideways ) His eggs aren't ready to hatch yet.

 

[servpolice]

Ok by look of the goslings in your pictures the dark ones are females and the light are males anything esle u need to no

 

[Miss Lydia]

Ok by look of the goslings in your pictures the dark ones are females and the light are males anything esle u need to no

I knew that worked with Embdens so it's that way on all breeds? even mixed breeds?

 

[servpolice]

And by the looks of the pictures your going to get pure white geese and pomerainan look alike geese

 

[servpolice]

I knew that worked with Embdens so it's that way on all breeds? even mixed breeds?

no its also on piligrams,west of england geese,cotton patched geese,shetland geese,steinbachers and with africans i know if they are males or females by week 1 and mix breeds are a bit harder to predict unless i know what breed the parents are ! For e.g i my male greylag mated with a embden and all the light coloured goslings with orange pale beaks were males and the females were same colour as toulouse goslings and when they got older the males were white and looked like white greylags and the females were same colour as normal greylags but they looked more heavier and all the offspring can fly