Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[livininbrazil]

Mum looks like she's smiling lol

She does, doesn´t she? A very content goose with her babies.

 

[servpolice]

I see. Do you have a lot of them?!Here crows are everywhere and they are smart i'm telling yea! I have to keep caged till week six

 

[Iain Utah]

Since I've been caring for this magpie (member of crow family) for the last two weeks, I have a new appreciation for how smart they are.

 

[tillyita]

Since I've been caring for this magpie (member of crow family) for the last two weeks, I have a new appreciation for how smart they are.

They're not related - but the Australian magpie can be taught to talk. When I was younger we had one that use to come and knock on the window, you opened the door and he would come around to the fridge and wait, when you opened the fridge door and pulled out the mince he would go outside and wait at the chair. Then when you sat down he would come and perch on your knee and accept all offerings - without snatching or stealing. He raised several years worth of offspring this way.

 

[livininbrazil]

I see. Do you have a lot of them?!Here crows are everywhere and they are smart i'm telling yea! I have to keep caged till week six

The closest we have to a crow in behaviour is the Gralha. It´s obviously a member of the crow/magpie family:

It never shows any interest in the chicks, duckling, or goslings.
This is the one we have to keep an eye out for:


Carcará. It´s actually a scavenger, but also gets little chicks, ducklings, etc...
The biggest danger here, is with wandering dogs. Doesn´t happen a lot, but is a threat.

 

[livininbrazil]

They're not related - but the Australian magpie can be taught to talk. When I was younger we had one that use to come and knock on the window, you opened the door and he would come around to the fridge and wait, when you opened the fridge door and pulled out the mince he would go outside and wait at the chair. Then when you sat down he would come and perch on your knee and accept all offerings - without snatching or stealing. He raised several years worth of offspring this way.

Magpies are magpies wherever you go!

Very intelligent, can talk, steal stuff, and are known to attack cyclists´ helmets.

Australian one:


Gorgeous, isn´t it? There are so many varieties of them.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They're not related - but the Australian magpie can be taught to talk. When I was younger we had one that use to come and knock on the window, you opened the door and he would come around to the fridge and wait, when you opened the fridge door and pulled out the mince he would go outside and wait at the chair. Then when you sat down he would come and perch on your knee and accept all offerings - without snatching or stealing. He raised several years worth of offspring this way.

This made me laugh out loud, such a neat story.

 

[andreacroyle]

Andrea that silvery colour is not lavender it is a shiny feathering feature which only greylags have.

other geese dont have those metallic feathers? wow. at this point if Forest were a dog, I would call her a mutt. She seems to have a little bit of a lot of different breeds.

 

[Miss Lydia]

other geese dont have those metallic feathers? wow. at this point if Forest were a dog, I would call her a mutt. She seems to have a little bit of a lot of different breeds.

In your profile pic she looks alot like my Babe, Toulouse/Buff

 

[andreacroyle]

She had paired off nicely with the pied male, but recently he´s been so busy showing off to the other males, he´s neglected the goose! Youth, eh??!!

I keep reading posts about geese pairing off. do i have to have the same ratio of males to females? or is it like muscovies, where i want more females than males?