Her first nest

[Miss Lydia]

Here they are...The two families; the older ones are in the foreground, and the goose that was in a hurry to lay is the one standing with the white face, and the other one standing is one of the adopted ones. The little family in the back-ground is the now successful family of the 3 sisters and their broods. The saddleback standing on the right is the goose that didn´t hatch any of her own, but has taken the part of the gander with her sister that´s sat near her. The actual gander of these is the one in the back group on the left, standing with his white female, and the goslings ae all mixed up in a bunch together. They mostly move around as a group, sometimes there´s one big group, sometimes 2 groups and sometimes 3.

Beautiful group of geese you have there livin. and lovely green grass.

 

[livininbrazil]

Beautiful group of geese you have there livin. and lovely green grass.

Thanks MLyd, I have a number of pieds there, among those further from the camera, so not clear to see, but next year I´ll mix them about a bit (auntie with nephew), and see what the results are of those, but I shall keep the auto-sexing strain going separately too, so as not to lose them. They´re so amazingly placid.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thanks MLyd, I have a number of pieds there, among those further from the camera, so not clear to see, but next year I´ll mix them about a bit (auntie with nephew), and see what the results are of those, but I shall keep the auto-sexing strain going separately too, so as not to lose them. They´re so amazingly placid.

That's nice you have such a nice large area for them all and they all look like one big happy family, I have 2 pretty grumpy geese right now, getting closer to breeding season daily.

 

[livininbrazil]

That's nice you have such a nice large area for them all and they all look like one big happy family, I have 2 pretty grumpy geese right now, getting closer to breeding season daily.

At the moment they´re fine, babies are growing, only little niggles at feed-time, but wait ´til next year! I´m hoping to pair off a number of them, especially the auto-sexings, will try to get 2 of those other geese that I said about, then I´ll have 5 pairs doing their thing! I´ll be interested to see how they go then! (But next year I´ll only let them raise a few goslings each, and the younger females I won´t breed until the following year).
Have fun there, MLyd!

 

[Miss Lydia]

At the moment they´re fine, babies are growing, only little niggles at feed-time, but wait ´til next year! I´m hoping to pair off a number of them, especially the auto-sexings, will try to get 2 of those other geese that I said about, then I´ll have 5 pairs doing their thing! I´ll be interested to see how they go then! (But next year I´ll only let them raise a few goslings each, and the younger females I won´t breed until the following year).
Have fun there, MLyd!

Thanks

Now how are you going to pair and keep them from deciding who they want to be with?

 

[livininbrazil]

Thanks

Now how are you going to pair and keep them from deciding who they want to be with?

Well, I have until June to see what sexes they are, and then which I´ll sell. I have plenty of space as you know, so if they´re choosing ok I´ll leave them to it, but if they need help in deciding who they like (for example I want my saddleback female to pair off with one of this year´s pied ganders, if I get any ganders among them!!

), I´ll just fence them off together.