Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[livininbrazil]

such a sweet pic. now can you tell boy or girl from coloring on this lil one?

This one is a 'you pays your money and you takes your choice' gosling! The young mum is half Pil, half something else, and I wanted to see if she´d carry the dilution gene. I was interested in this, seeing that her white isn´t the same white as her sister or brother. However, as I wasn´t planning to breed her this year, I just left her to it. She doesn´t have her own mate, but I did see her mating with a Pilgrim. And that would make sense, as this baby is a lot lighter in colour than the normal ones, though not exactly the same as the Pils.... I´ll be interested to see how it turns out. I have a feeling it´s a male due to its colouring....time will tell..... all unchartered territory....

 

[andreacroyle]

Just have to figure how to do a ramp and deck that they won't fall off of.

I havent thought about them falling off since all of them were jumping out of and off of the sides like it was no big deal. this is not the height of a claw footed on. it only comes up to my knees maybe a 1.5ft tall or so. but if you guys think it is a problem, i can add "hand rails like you would in a normal above ground pool deck.

Goose porn...I can hardly wait!!!!!

lol!

There´s something about Babe that looks very masculine.

After seeing the latest pics. i think so too, if he were a muscovy, the indicator would be how fat his neck and head are compared to the others.

Here´s another yearling that I let keep a couple of her small eggs, and...a little one that hatched yesterday.

Awwww!!! So pretty!!

Production breeds tend to develop/mature much faster than other breeds.

Im not sure what production breeds are, but I have noticed that my white muscovies that I got from the farm that breeds meat birds, have developed their caruncles much faster than my duckling that i rescued from the feral population. Peepers my feral is 3 weeks older and should be more developed.


I need some advice: non goose related (kind of)

I came home with chickens last night completely unprepared. My son and I went to a farm swap and ended up and hour and 15 minutes away at animal auction. we brought home 3 silkies, 1 muscovy and 3 bb red bantams. we ended up getting home at midnight exhausted. against better judgement ( everything i have read) i was stuck putting the new guys in the same run with my ducks. i made sure not to cross touch anything. the new birds went straight into the coops that are two feet off the ground. i know that the airborne illnesses are bad and i want to treat everyone incase we brought something home

any advice?

 

[jtn42248]

I havent thought about them falling off since all of them were jumping out of and off of the sides like it was no big deal. this is not the height of a claw footed on. it only comes up to my knees maybe a 1.5ft tall or so. but if you guys think it is a problem, i can add "hand rails like you would in a normal above ground pool deck.

I never would have thought about this either except for a posting in one of the thread here recently where someones goose broke its neck jumping out of an elevated pool with not safeguards. I would just dye if I put something together for their pleasure only to have an accident like that happen.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I never would have thought about this either except for a posting in one of the thread here recently where someones goose broke its neck jumping out of an elevated pool with not safeguards. I would just dye if I put something together for their pleasure only to have an accident like that happen.

Boy that's for sure, I had a nice wide ramp going up to the stock tank I use to use and low and behold my old drake decided to jump from the side of the tank to the ground, he limped for weeks I felt so bad I put the stock tank up and just use kiddy pools that are close to the ground.

 

[andreacroyle]

I never would have thought about this either except for a posting in one of the thread here recently where someones goose broke its neck jumping out of an elevated pool with not safeguards. I would just dye if I put something together for their pleasure only to have an accident like that happen.

Boy that's for sure, I had a nice wide ramp going up to the stock tank I use to use and low and behold my old drake decided to jump from the side of the tank to the ground, he limped for weeks I felt so bad I put the stock tank up and just use kiddy pools that are close to the ground.

OKAY then!! It is settled! It will have rails like a above ground human pool has!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I havent thought about them falling off since all of them were jumping out of and off of the sides like it was no big deal. this is not the height of a claw footed on. it only comes up to my knees maybe a 1.5ft tall or so. but if you guys think it is a problem, i can add "hand rails like you would in a normal above ground pool deck.

lol!
After seeing the latest pics. i think so too, if he were a muscovy, the indicator would be how fat his neck and head are compared to the others.

Awwww!!! So pretty!!


Im not sure what production breeds are, but I have noticed that my white muscovies that I got from the farm that breeds meat birds, have developed their caruncles much faster than my duckling that i rescued from the feral population. Peepers my feral is 3 weeks older and should be more developed.


I need some advice: non goose related (kind of)

I came home with chickens last night completely unprepared. My son and I went to a farm swap and ended up and hour and 15 minutes away at animal auction. we brought home 3 silkies, 1 muscovy and 3 bb red bantams. we ended up getting home at midnight exhausted. against better judgement ( everything i have read) i was stuck putting the new guys in the same run with my ducks. i made sure not to cross touch anything. the new birds went straight into the coops that are two feet off the ground. i know that the airborne illnesses are bad and i want to treat everyone incase we brought something home

any advice?

do you mean like an antibiotic? Tetracycline from feed store would be easiest. If you have ACV in their drinking water. Oixine ah you could mix with warm water and mist everyone with it spray out the coop, roosts too. Others maybe able to give better advise since Only once I had this happen when i brought home the naked neck rooster someone dumped at our church, i set him up way away from the other birds and he came right over the fence I had put up and of course was right outside of the fence where everyone was standing and looking at him, I treated him for mites and lice and also misted his face with Oxine ah for about a week after I got him. Thank goodness he was healthy.

 

[servpolice]

Here´s another yearling that I let keep a couple of her small eggs, and...a little one that hatched yesterday.

Little lavender baby (boy)

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well I got the pics I was looking for and tried to copy and paste about 4 times wouldn't work, but My guess was right it is Toots he is mating with. While Babe floats in the pool watching. Maybe my computer censored the pics

 

[livininbrazil]

Little lavender baby (boy)

Well, serv, this time I was already wondering...cross-breeds, 3/4 auto-sexing. He has the very yellow head of the males, but slightly darker down than they usually have, so we´ll see with this one......

Singleton again. Her other eggs were fertile, but had died.

Well I got the pics I was looking for and tried to copy and paste about 4 times wouldn't work, but My guess was right it is Toots he is mating with. While Babe floats in the pool watching. Maybe my computer censored the pics

Floating in the pool watching could be either male or female, still. Not much of a clue there, but of course you were right about it being Toots.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well, serv, this time I was already wondering...cross-breeds, 3/4 auto-sexing. He has the very yellow head of the males, but slightly darker down than they usually have, so we´ll see with this one......

Singleton again. Her other eggs were fertile, but had died.
Floating in the pool watching could be either male or female, still. Not much of a clue there, but of course you were right about it being Toots.

I'm holding out hope that Babe is a girl too.

One nice thing about having a single baby to care for she can spend all her time on this lil one. great practice for next year. They look so sweet together.