5paceDandy
In the Brooder
Hello all! I got my white Chinese goose (Isolde) from a hatchery as a hatchling in mid-July and then I got three African geese (I was told i was getting 1female and 2 ganders, though I now believe all the African geese are, in fact, ganders) in October, though having hatched in late May, early June. It was my understanding that geese do not start laying until around a year old, but 2-3 days ago when I went out to feed the ducks and geese, Isolde, who is pretty much the queen of the yard, did not come out of the house to eat. I went to check on her and found her sitting in the back corner of the house in the area kept most warm by the heat lamp I keep on in the house during the winter, on what looks like a nest. I checked the nest and found an egg, though it didn’t appear to be any bigger than one of my ducks eggs. Is this normal? Would Isolde be laying eggs already? Or is it more likely the case that she got broody and took over sitting on an egg laid by one of the ducks? Below is a link to a video I took of Isolde sitting on her nest: