Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[Miss Lydia]

I lost 3 goslings this morning from one of my families due to unknown sickness and it looks like the other 2 have this disease too

I'm so sorry serv. do you think they may have eaten something toxic? there is a thread on different ways to treat. It's in the sticky's

 

[servpolice]

Well i think the problem is lack of grass since theres no grass in the breeding pen so i moved the Africans back to the main flock which was quiet an experience since the buff african fought the Alpha brown African outside the breeding pen and it lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes which is a record for my flock oh and the buff won

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well i think the problem is lack of grass since theres no grass in the breeding pen so i moved the Africans back to the main flock which was quiet an experience since the buff african fought the Alpha brown African outside the breeding pen and it lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes which is a record for my flock oh and the buff won

I hope no one was wounded seriously.

 

[servpolice]

Not that know of but their wings were dropping after for a while and just a lot of feather loss and the buff was bleeding at the breast area and i still have to check that out

 

[servpolice]

I spiltted up the fight 5 times so i gave up and waited a long time till it was over but its oover now

 

[Miss Lydia]

I spiltted up the fight 5 times so i gave up and waited a long time till it was over but its oover now

Thank goodness, 2 of my Muscovy drakes got into it yesterday afternoon I watched to make sure they weren't actually hurting each other mainly sumo wrestling at it's best. We had a drake beat up another so badly years ago that he died, So i always watch closely. How are the gosling today?

 

[nikkers390]

OK!
I'll give it a shot. My very young African Geese have been laying for 3 months and they are not even a year old. I got lots (maybe 100) of eggs from 3 girls. I tried incubating (friends do it for me since I have no incubator) and the geese tried brooding, but were a lot more interested in partying with their friends. Needless to say, all efforts were fruitless. Just this last week a girl seems serious and is sitting tight. No playing for her. She only has 5/6 eggs, but I'm hopeful this time.
So, 5 days down and lots of waiting. Fingers crossed!

No luck. No babies. No eggs left.

She kept digging new depressions in the soil and moved her eggs a little at a time. She may have buried a few. One, I know, burst at about 3 weeks. The last egg in the nest was a dud. Broken shell was found with no evidence of being fertile. The goose was a good brooder and sat tight till the last egg. She is now with the flock after abandoning her nest.
My geese are molting and have quit laying about a month ago. I will have to wait till next year to see if we will have some goslings. The geese will be more mature. I believe they were too young when they started mating and laying at 8 months or younger, for a couple.
Better luck next year.

 

[Miss Lydia]

No luck. No babies. No eggs left.

She kept digging new depressions in the soil and moved her eggs a little at a time. She may have buried a few. One, I know, burst at about 3 weeks. The last egg in the nest was a dud. Broken shell was found with no evidence of being fertile. The goose was a good brooder and sat tight till the last egg. She is now with the flock after abandoning her nest.
My geese are molting and have quit laying about a month ago. I will have to wait till next year to see if we will have some goslings. The geese will be more mature. I believe they were too young when they started mating and laying at 8 months or younger, for a couple.
Better luck next year.

From all I've read it's better second year, along time to wait but things will be better all round. Sorry for the disappointment though.

 

[livininbrazil]

No luck. No babies. No eggs left.

She kept digging new depressions in the soil and moved her eggs a little at a time. She may have buried a few. One, I know, burst at about 3 weeks. The last egg in the nest was a dud. Broken shell was found with no evidence of being fertile. The goose was a good brooder and sat tight till the last egg. She is now with the flock after abandoning her nest.
My geese are molting and have quit laying about a month ago. I will have to wait till next year to see if we will have some goslings. The geese will be more mature. I believe they were too young when they started mating and laying at 8 months or younger, for a couple.
Better luck next year.

Disappointing. But fairly normal. I have my 8-month-olds still with their parents, still behaving like babies in that they won´t be separated from their parents. Little skirmishes between some of the males, but nothing else. As I said, still babies. I don´t let my first-year geese sit, it seems a waste of time. Second-year geese are different. Hope you have success next year.

 

[Starfire669]

I haven't posted pics of my babies in a while. Here they are at breakfast this morning. They grow so fast!