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

[seminolewind]

Lucky hatch rate, RiverGoddess. I read with sebs, it's not only the hatch rate and not being great eggs to ship, they are not known to have high fertility either.

 

[livininbrazil]

I'd like to see this one crossed with a spring. sounds interesting

Sometimes her movement isn´t very unlike a cat!
And here´s one of the gozzies nearly grown-up..these are the youngest.

 

[Iain Utah]

I have received double boxed eggs & they arrived intact, but sometimes it is not the cracking but the shaking.... But with all the "could be's" I will still buy shipped eggs! I have gotten 100% hatch rate from shipped Dewlap eggs !!! When Dewlaps are known to be one of the most difficult to hatch. So The best packaging I have received is with "sawdust/shavings" When you package with this and wrap each egg in bubble wrap, no matter how much shaking the eggs ~ do not "SHIFT" in the box, and also hold in heat or cold.

I learned alot about packaged from her, and will only ship in this manner, even though she is a "little" kooky


They did not look like "great" packaging. But if anyone is going to sell eggs ~ there is no excuse for " OOPS I ran out of packing supplies" BECAUSE that is what YOU are paying for.

Like I said last year from a BYC'er Dewlap breeder I bought dozens of precious shipped eggs & every box arrived intact & had 80-100% fertility.... I have also got 100% fertility from 2 dozen Ancona eggs from a BYC'er here.

Thank you for the kind words, RG. And I know I'm more than a little kooky.

 

[skittles1]

hey, i am new, getting ready for my geese, any special notes or advice

 

[RiverGoddess]

hey, i am new, getting ready for my geese, any special notes or advice

Just post when you get the eggs & we will help with any questions you have before, during and after hatch ! There are lot of Mad Hatcher's here each using different bators and methods and with their own tips and tricks to help out

What works for one person may not work for another ~ like where you are located/live for instance

 

[livininbrazil]

hey, i am new, getting ready for my geese, any special notes or advice

Folks on here so helpful...have fun!

 

[servpolice]

Well yea what kinda are you looking for?! Noisy ,chatty,calm ,quite,tall or small,colour,skinny or fat,for the meat or for the eggs ,geese that are nice in nature ,geese that can fly,ormental,what size area do you have,do you want a flock,how many, do you want them tame?! ETC. Tell us any of these questions and people with geese on BYC will help you find your perfect breed

My personal favorites are steinbachers and Africans .

 

[skittles1]

i was looking at getting eggs to hatch, but i found some on craigslist, African geese. 5 total with 4 hens. so i am looking at all the advise i can get.
i have chickens, now, can i put them in the pen with my chickens. i also have new chicks in the pen, well new as in 5 or 6 weeks old

 

[livininbrazil]

Well yea what kinda are you looking for?! Noisy ,chatty,calm ,quite,tall or small,colour,skinny or fat,for the meat or for the eggs ,geese that are nice in nature ,geese that can fly,ormental,what size area do you have,do you want a flock,how many, do you want them tame?! ETC. Tell us any of these questions and people with geese on BYC will help you find your perfect breed

My personal favorites are steinbachers and Africans .

Well said, serv!

My personal favourites are mine!

 

[livininbrazil]

hey, i am new, getting ready for my geese, any special notes or advice

Actually, that´s a thought...are you actually getting eggs, goslings or fully-grown geese? And do you know yet what you want? Are they already lined up?

One good thing to do would be spend a day (or a week/month.....) going through the threads on this goose forum, you´ll learn a lot that way.