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

[seminolewind]

Yesterday, (Florida), it was 58 degrees and we got rain and a downpour. Hubby comes in soaked and says he had to put the geese away because of the rain.

 

[livininbrazil]

Funny you mention that about silkies. I first got silkies last year as hatching eggs. The entire dozen hatched, but predators got to all except two of the chicks (my fault).

At about 6 to 8 weeks, one got noticably larger than the other. I showed pics and asked around. Everyone said they were the same gender, even with the size difference, and likely both male.

But I knew something was different. I knew they were different, and that difference in size meant something. It was the very first silkies I had ever owned, so I had no experience with them. But somehow I knew.

Today I have a beautiful white silkie rooster who crows louder than everyone else and... a show-worthy white silkie hen!

So sometimes, owner knows best, even if we don't know what we're doing!

 

[livininbrazil]

Wow! That's a great clean house. I won't show those pics to my birds, lest they get jealous!

Do geese ever nest off the ground? I have a bank of nesting boxes about 1.5 feet off the ground with a roosting bar in front. The ducks and chickens seem to be drawn to them, but the one goose who has nested has put hers on the ground under a tree. Even in the snow, she took the time to lay in the same spot, burying the eggs under the dirt under the snow.

Yes, geese like to get down low!

 

[livininbrazil]

Yesterday, (Florida), it was 58 degrees and we got rain and a downpour. Hubby comes in soaked and says he had to put the geese away because of the rain.

Oh, how sweet of him.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Oh, how sweet of him.

I think you should make little rain coats for them.

 

[livininbrazil]

I think you should make little rain coats for them.

I thinks she needs to make a little raincoat for hubby!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I thinks she needs to make a little raincoat for hubby!!

 

[Iain Utah]

Spring is in the air here and we are hustling to get birds moved into separate pens and nesting boxes put into yards. I'm on the fence about hatching a few white Africans, but will not be hatching anything else this year. Thankfully, I've already received two pre-orders for eggs!

Miss L, You have definitely had a worse winter than us. Hang in there! And by the way, I moved Chicory and Beignet into their own yard this morning.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Utah Are you getting eggs yet? I have been seeing breeding for a few weeks now not all are breeding but more than half are. havent seen an egg yet.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Spring is in the air here and we are hustling to get birds moved into separate pens and nesting boxes put into yards. I'm on the fence about hatching a few white Africans, but will not be hatching anything else this year. Thankfully, I've already received two pre-orders for eggs!

Miss L, You have definitely had a worse winter than us. Hang in there! And by the way, I moved Chicory and Beignet into their own yard this morning.

Soon as Missy begins to lay I'll check for fertility. Tell me how long after she starts should I be able to tell if fertile?