No if, ands or buts......

[Sylviaanne]

It's a goose egg!


We had one a couple of weeks ago but when I found it, it was broken and it was soft shelled.

Can anyone tell me if it is Sebastopol, American Buff, Chinese or Toulouse?

I have 6 Sebastopol, a pair of AB and 2 Chinese and one Toulouse hens. The Sebbies are 4 males and 2 females and all eleven of them are together so I don't know which one laid this egg. I have been told that they could start laying as early as next month but many people have poo-pooed that information so I wasn't really looking for goose eggs until, say February.

I am going to wait at least 3 days and see if anymore are laid and then put them in the incubator. I am so excited and anxious! I hate to put any more eggs on and have the babies in the house making a mess until they can go outside but I just HAVE to see what is inside any goose eggs I get. LOL

 

[Miss Lydia]

It's a goose egg!


We had one a couple of weeks ago but when I found it, it was broken and it was soft shelled.

Can anyone tell me if it is Sebastopol, American Buff, Chinese or Toulouse?

I have 6 Sebastopol, a pair of AB and 2 Chinese and one Toulouse hens. The Sebbies are 4 males and 2 females and all eleven of them are together so I don't know which one laid this egg. I have been told that they could start laying as early as next month but many people have poo-pooed that information so I wasn't really looking for goose eggs until, say February.

I am going to wait at least 3 days and see if anymore are laid and then put them in the incubator. I am so excited and anxious! I hate to put any more eggs on and have the babies in the house making a mess until they can go outside but I just HAVE to see what is inside any goose eggs I get. LOL

Chinese lay in the fall I have read on here, so might be Chinese Most other breeds lay in late winter into May

 

[Sylviaanne]

Chinese lay in the fall I have read on here, so might be Chinese Most other breeds lay in late winter into May

We found an American Buff hen sitting on the nest this morning. I guess it is her that is laying. She is the oldest of all the hens, if I remember correctly, this is her 2nd year laying.

 

[Miss Lydia]

We found an American Buff hen sitting on the nest this morning. I guess it is her that is laying. She is the oldest of all the hens, if I remember correctly, this is her 2nd year laying.

Well it wouldn't surprise me in the least this has been a strange year, geese laying in early fall some laying eggs, My goslings at 4 months were mating with my 7 yr old gander, well one was and still is. It's been a crazy year. It's going to be rough having goslings this time of year. Are you going to let her sit?

 

[Sylviaanne]

Well it wouldn't surprise me in the least this has been a strange year, geese laying in early fall some laying eggs, My goslings at 4 months were mating with my 7 yr old gander, well one was and still is. It's been a crazy year. It's going to be rough having goslings this time of year. Are you going to let her sit?

She doesn't seem interested and since I have only had them a couple of months, I feel they are still unsettled so I want to incubate them. I know it means a mess in the house and it's been messy since the first chicks hatched in May but I am eager to see the babies and have hopes that they would be old enough to lay for the season after this.

 

[Miss Lydia]

She doesn't seem interested and since I have only had them a couple of months, I feel they are still unsettled so I want to incubate them. I know it means a mess in the house and it's been messy since the first chicks hatched in May but I am eager to see the babies and have hopes that they would be old enough to lay for the season after this.

Well have fun and make a very large brooder, we had 2 gosling in the house in June of this year and I can tell you we loved it but boy do they grow fast and are they messy. lol
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