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

[Iain Utah]

Sammy will eat out of my hand, Missy will snatch things out of my hand but she isn't as trusting so how do i do this with 2 parents that are going to be so protective. RURU takes her gosling inside for a while then gives them back to the parents I don't think I could do that.

It is a trade off and if someone wants the opportunity to imprint and hand-raise a gosling, it is probably best to artificially incubate. When I allow my girls to hatch their own babies, I prefer to let them raise them and sometimes they are ok with me handling their goslings.... other times not. Usually, by the time the gosling becomes a juvenile, the parents mellow out and the youngster will become bolder, and I can establish a closer relationship then.

 

[RURU]

Sammy will eat out of my hand, Missy will snatch things out of my hand but she isn't as trusting so how do i do this with 2 parents that are going to be so protective. RURU takes her gosling inside for a while then gives them back to the parents I don't think I could do that.

Miss Lydia I do not want to take them away from the parents. But we have so many raccoons around here that come and pull the goslings right out of the pens with their parents. We have put hardware cloth around all the bottoms of the pens except for a couple. Which needs to be done but husband has too many things going on to get to it. So I have to take the goslings away from them.
I do not trust them being out there because I have lost 4 goslings leaving them with the parents.

This is why I incubate the eggs plus also to imprint on humans... I would rather be safe than sorry.

I have an exercise pen that I take the goslings outside to stay in during the day. The adults come over and talk with them and sit around by them to keep an eye on them. This way they get to be with and the goslings get use to them being around... We also put a tarp on the top of the pen so nothing can swoop down and take the goslings..

 

[Miss Lydia]

Miss Lydia I do not want to take them away from the parents. But we have so many raccoons around here that come and pull the goslings right out of the pens with their parents. We have put hardware cloth around all the bottoms of the pens except for a couple. Which needs to be done but husband has too many things going on to get to it. So I have to take the goslings away from them.
I do not trust them being out there because I have lost 4 goslings leaving them with the parents.

This is why I incubate the eggs plus also to imprint on humans... I would rather be safe than sorry.

I have an exercise pen that I take the goslings outside to stay in during the day. The adults come over and talk with them and sit around by them to keep an eye on them. This way they get to be with and the goslings get use to them being around... We also put a tarp on the top of the pen so nothing can swoop down and take the goslings..

I sure understand RURU I am a nervous wreck thinking about the snakes we have here in the day light can't imagine at night what's out there but Mine get locked up at night. I do understand though.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I had moved them to a pen I can see from the house, and there the adults are sitting right on the side of the pen. One of my chickens walked up to the goose to about 2 feet away and he never looked at her!

The adults have fallen in love.

 

[RURU]

I sure understand RURU I am a nervous wreck thinking about the snakes we have here in the day light can't imagine at night what's out there but Mine get locked up at night. I do understand though.

I lock mine up at night too Miss Lydia, but the raccoons literally pull them through the pens and tear them up... So that is why I protect them the best I can...

 

[Miss Lydia]

I lock mine up at night too Miss Lydia, but the raccoons literally pull them through the pens and tear them up... So that is why I protect them the best I can...

How awful I cannot imagine finding something like that.

 

[EeyoreD]

I lock mine up at night too Miss Lydia, but the raccoons literally pull them through the pens and tear them up... So that is why I protect them the best I can...

That is terrible. I haven't read the whole history and don't know anything about you, your philosophies or details on where you are so maybe this is a non-starter but have you considered aggressively trapping?

This is probably the wrong thread to get into it but if you want more info, feel free to PM me.

If this is not for you I apologize.

edit: And I apologize to anyone else, as well.

 

[livininbrazil]

That is terrible. I haven't read the whole history and don't know anything about you, your philosophies or details on where you are so maybe this is a non-starter but have you considered aggressively trapping?

This is probably the wrong thread to get into it but if you want more info, feel free to PM me.

If this is not for you I apologize.

edit: And I apologize to anyone else, as well.

"Kill the varmits!" "sorry, sorry, sorry"......

Found it funny...sorry!

 

[Iain Utah]

Hey Eeyore, most of us believe in trapping/killing any nasty predator that is a threat to our waterfowl. Hubby and I are skilled at trapping raccoons, skunks, and feral cats. But. we have a new predator on our hands.... a fox. I cannot seem to find anyone local with the proper traps/knowledge to get the **** thing. Hubby has been going out nightly in hopes of shooting it. Any tips would be much appreciated.

 

[tillyita]

Hey Eeyore, most of us believe in trapping/killing any nasty predator that is a threat to our waterfowl.  Hubby and I are skilled at trapping raccoons, skunks, and feral cats.  But. we have a new predator on our hands.... a fox.  I cannot seem to find anyone local with the proper traps/knowledge to get the **** thing.  Hubby has been going out nightly in hopes of shooting it.  Any tips would be much appreciated.

The problem with foxes is that they're super smart! If it looks like a trap - they wont go into it. I've managed to trap a couple but in order to do so I've had to give them LOTS of free feeds. I bait the trap with something that is going to smell - fish works well - but also wire in a chicken frame (or something similar) it has to be sturdy enough to trip the trap without pulling apart and allowing the fox to get away.

Then scatter lots of nice smelly tit-bits around and in the trap. The more free feeds they get, the more inclined they are to actually go into the trap. Handle the trap and food as little as possible - any smell of human there and they tend to avoid it. Replace free feeds - if needed - about once a week. They need to be coming to the trap regularly in order to feel comfortable going into it.

If you can shoot it - that's the easiest option - but they're really not easy to shoot.

Good Luck