Gus can't walk!

[Lybe8438]

I think Gus will look really good once he goes through a molt lucy will probably look the same maybe a little plumper but white is white.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think Gus will look really good once he goes through a molt lucy will probably look the same maybe a little plumper but white is white.

Lucy is plump, my gander well he's over 6yrs old and they do have to walk up and down hills here to graze and get to their pool but he looks thin compared to Lucy. Plus he lost both his keels during mating season and now molt I'm really going to have to work on fattening him up before cold weather gets here.

It's kind neat you have the opposite of me, I have the Embden gander /Toulouse goose.

 

[Lybe8438]

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It'll be interesting to see what their goslings will look like.Do you plan on letting yours raise a brood next year? It would be interesting to see if there is any difference in the appearance of their goslings when the gender of the breeds is swapped.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It'll be interesting to see what their goslings will look like.Do you plan on letting yours raise a brood next year? It would be interesting to see if there is any difference in the appearance of their goslings when the gender of the breeds is swapped.

I'm thinking I will if she lays fertile eggs, out of the 60 she laid this year all the ones I candled we not fertile. So we'll see.

 

[Lybe8438]

When I was in high school I had a trio of Toulouse that hatched and raised 7 goslings their first breeding season.I'm kind of excited to see how Gus and Lucy do.

 

[Miss Lydia]

When I was in high school I had a trio of Toulouse that hatched and raised 7 goslings their first breeding season.I'm kind of excited to see how Gus and Lucy do.

That's so cool, when I was in high school I didn't even think about geese. Sure wish I had.

Aww 7 goslings I bet that was a joy!

 

[RURU]

Miss Lydia did you know if you feed too much protein to a gander through out the winter that is causes fat around the breeding organ and cause males to not be fertile......
Just thought you would like to know. I take the regular Multi flock feed and have it mixed down to 15% protein in order to have fertile ganders for the Spring. I just have whole oats mixed in with it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Miss Lydia did you know if you feed too much protein to a gander through out the winter that is causes fat around the breeding organ and cause males to not be fertile......
Just thought you would like to know. I take the regular Multi flock feed and have it mixed down to 15% protein in order to have fertile ganders for the Spring. I just have whole oats mixed in with it.

I'll be using the whole oats to RURU I'm not sure how much oats to mix with a 50lb bag of FR though.

 

[RURU]

I have 300 pounds of multi flock mixed with 200 pounds of oats. Maybe you can go by that ratio.

 

[Lybe8438]

I was looking through some of my photos on my computer today and found this. It's a video of Lucy the day I got her. It;s hard to believe something that could barely fit in the palm of your hand three months later can barely fit in your lap. I'm shocked at how fast they grow.

Lucy at 3 days old

And Lucy today