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

[8GeeseALaying]

I traded 10 goslings for a breeding pair of pied peacocks over the summer, i was happier than a racoon in a grocery store about the trade. Hubby found out that i was going to let them free range and told my mom(she lives on the same farm) that they would climb on her new tin roof and poop so i had to cancel the trade. I wasnt goin to scrub poop off the roof i hate heights lol im still PO'd over not getting them

 

[Miss Lydia]

I traded 10 goslings for a breeding pair of pied peacocks over the summer, i was happier than a racoon in a grocery store about the trade. Hubby found out that i was going to let them free range and told my mom(she lives on the same farm) that they would climb on her new tin roof and poop so i had to cancel the trade. I wasnt goin to scrub poop off the roof i hate heights lol im still PO'd over not getting them

8 your neighbors would not have liked Peas.

 

[seminolewind]

Quote: Beautiful hen!

I think most of my demises here have been coccidiosis-some strain that takes them fast.

 

[seminolewind]

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i just love huge birds and those eggs are gorgeous. Id be happy picking up those eggs lol i think i used to be an easter bunny in a past life cause thats the best part of my day.

Yes it takes 52-64 days ~ Depending on your bator & the temp you use. So it feels like 80

Not being able to candle drove me nuts. I did however buy 2 Rhea eggs & they are white so I could watch the development. But they quit on me half way through

I wanted to switch to the Rhea because 1 male can pollinate up to 5 girls ~ and Emus 1 male one female. Rheas are about the same size, and they lay alot more eggs. Their meat is also the same (I heard) as an Emu.

So I want to hatch some this year if I can find some local eggs. But their eggs are definately not as pretty as those emerald eggs!

When one did not hatch people told me to drill a hole and blow them out...

I am like NO WAY they have been incubating for almost 2 months..... and what if they did start to develop

I never had the courage to crack the eggs when they did not hatch. Those are big eggs with big chicks in them ! I did buy a stethoscope so I could hear the babies heart, & scratching & peeping inside the egg! That was really cool !

The males make a handsome whistle & we would whistle back and forth all the time. Always greeted me whenever I was outside, and was very curious. Could not wear anything sparkly, buttons, zippers, strings(hoodies) nail polish, toe polish or open toed shoes (they would go straight for my piggies

~ Would want to "eat them" not to be mean or anything but I have to admit when they are full grown that "taste" nip does start to hurt! And when I turned my back they always seemed to nip my butt (the back pockets) ! OUCH! But it was still sweet none the less. Females make a "Boom Boom" like a big drum in their chest.

When you are in there area and they get "spooked" I do my best to get the "hell" outta there !!!!! I would scale a fence !! They are pretty intimidating and VERY VERY strong, fast, and can jump like a kangaroo & have widdle widdle brains. God had a sense of humor when creating them

They are EXTREMELY accident prone (due to their high intelligence) and the survival rate of chicks is low. But once you get the chicks past the baby phase they are very hardy health wise but not accident wise.

I kept my chickens & geese with them. If you want to have ANY type of animals around them you have to raise them with them from babies!!!!! Otherwise they will STOMP them to death. So any unfamiliar animal ~ small & big Dogs/cats/livestock/poultry etc. But I could however bring any company/any age people in with them and would greet them the same way as me. But when they got full size my kids would no longer go in there by themselves ~

Oh and once they are established they do NOT like change ! They have water/runny poo also which I thought was weird
TMI right

All in all I am glad I had the experience

That is hysterical!

 

[8GeeseALaying]

8 your neighbors would not have liked Peas.

Oh i know!! Hehe plus the florist here was excited about possibly buying the tail feathers for arrangements i will have peas one day

 

[RURU]

Oh i know!! Hehe

plus the florist here was excited about possibly buying the tail feathers for arrangements i will have peas one day

I bought some peacock eggs about 5 years ago and hatch the 2 that I bought from one breeder and bought two more from another breeder. All 4 hatched which I heard is hard to do. I loved my baby peachicks. I had no idea they had full feathers on their wings when they hatch. I fell in love with them and they loved taking a nap with me on a towel and I had the blow dryer on low warm and they snuggled up to me. I loved it! But my one dog killed my favorite two and I placed the dog that same day.... I was a Newfy female and she bite right through them. So had two left and a raccoon got one. So I bought a couple whites to keep the one from being lonely. Then bought more eggs and hatch them... I ended up with 7 peacocks 6 males and one female. Then when that batch was 2 years old the one peacock male killed her.... So my husband made me sell my peacocks

and all my ducks so I could keep the Sebastopol geese.

Here are my first hatched peachicks. This is in my bed. I got out to take this picture. As you can see they were sound asleep on two the other two woke up.



My first two peachicks to hatch.


The last three I hatched.

 

[SolarPoweredMe]

We received eggs in the mail today... I've read about some rough shipping conditions, but this is abhorrent.








Only 5 eggs arrived intact, only 2 look like they have a normal air cell. The air bubble is noticeably moving in the other 3. Regardless of opinions, we'd really appreciate some advise on how, if at all possible we can try to save the 3 with detached air sacks PLEASE!

I've read that allowing them to set undisturbed fat side up in cartons for 12-24 hours, then putting them in the incubator in in the same cartons with the bottoms cut out for ventilation.. Is there ANYTHING else we can do to further assist the possible reattachment of the air sack?

 

[RiverGoddess]

Regardless of opinions, we'd really appreciate some advise on how, if at all possible we can try to save the 3 with detached air sacks PLEASE!

I've read that allowing them to set undisturbed fat side up in cartons for 12-24 hours,

I feel your pain ~ I have bought many shipped eggs & have have a few delivered in a plastic bag from the USPS because the boxes were leaking egg yolk. Looks like they played football with a few. When you loose 3 eggs you pay almost $300 for and the seller offers no refunds.... Because it wasn't the shippers fault but the PO handling... A few arrived broken because they were poorly packed, but some were packaged great and still arrived broken. I have had my eggs I have shipped with great care and packing arrive with broken eggs. So its a risk we take when buying shipped eggs.

Also had eggs arrive with cracked eggs and yolk all over the intact eggs ~ I just washed them & set them after letting them set on the table in a egg carton pointy side down for 1-3 days. Eggs can be set even after 14 days of collecting. I have set refrigerated duck eggs that were shipped with 80% hatch rate.

So I would just let them sit and settle ~ your best bet IMO

 

[pips&peeps]

It doesn't look like any of the eggs were wrapped properly.

 

[RiverGoddess]

Sorry RuRu

Your baby peachicks are absolutely adorable and luv'd