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

[flockman]

I call my geese the goose patrol, they will break up any mating going on with the ducks. It's hilarious they run up and stand right over them screaming at them to stop.

Boris will chase off our drake and rooster both. Mary and Martha yell at the drake and rooster as well.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Boris will chase off our drake and rooster both. Mary and Martha yell at the drake and rooster as well.

They are funny aren't they. lol

 

[RiverGoddess]

You guys have been chatty!

Well I have an itch & needed to buy some eggs to start hatching

Auction I bought 13 dozen eggs but can't wait to hatch some goslings.

What are you all hatching? Anyone have laying birds?

My Brahma's gave me my 1st egg Christmas eve

Some pics of my Flock !

 

[RURU]

My geese have started breeding and I am in no means ready to hatch goslings yet..... Too early and still too cold for goslings. We still have bad winter weather ahead yet......
Look to the right of the red heart and you will see a very tiny mini horse. This was taken way away from him and still got him.

 

[psue]

None of mine are breeding yet.. but the hissy attitude changes have started.Of course after 3 days in the 50's the windchill is -5 this morning

 

[servpolice]

Mine arent either but my african ganders are doing the neck mating signal

 

[seminolewind]

I'm not hatching anymore chickens. I have to keep the roosters since I have Marek's in my flock, and I just have too darn many. But I'm getting into geese now, and although they have a completely different personality, it is just as precious.

 

[flockman]

Mine arent either but my african ganders are doing the neck mating signal

What is the neck mating signal? Not sure I know what that is. If I saw it I must not have known what it was.

Boris is very chatty and hisses more than usual. Definitely more possessive of his girls.

 

[RiverGoddess]

Mine arent either but my african ganders are doing the neck mating signal

Any pics of your geese? Maybe we can egg swap!

I'm not hatching anymore chickens. I have to keep the roosters since I have Marek's in my flock, and I just have too darn many. But I'm getting into geese now, and although they have a completely different personality, it is just as precious.

I will have some goose eggs to ship this spring ~ What are you using to hatch?

 

[SolarPoweredMe]

Alright, so we've been researching forever now, and still can't get a solid read on this so here goes: We're going to hatch geese for pets. We each want 1 goose to link to us especially. We plan on hatching the babies, and keeping them separate for X amount of time to reinforce the imprint. (How long is a good time you think?) They will eventually meet of course, so the question is, will they see each other as siblings and still love us best, or bond to each other over "mom and dad" when they see another one of themselves? Everything says the goose "knows" it's human when it's imprinted, so will they not recognize the other goose as one of their own kind?

Also, the eggs we're getting are from a flock of mixed breed geese that free range, so there's no telling what will come out of each egg. Is there any discernable way to tell gosling breeds apart soon after hatching? Say within the first two days or so?