***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Ksane]

  He hasn't been handled much...but I bet he gets used to being tucked under your arm very quickly.  There is nothing like a Cochin personality.  He is an amorous fella and protects the girls in the juvenile pen from the advances of other cockerels. 

I don't handle the roosters anymore that are going to remain intact. Most of them are fine with it, but I don't *want them to know I'm not going to hurt them. I want them to wonder if I might lol So I'll be sure not to sing to him

 

[rascally]

@ashtree I got 2 Toulouse from @pocopollo and they are very nice geese. Love em.

 

[artsyrobin]

i'm guessing that goose is a hen, she doesn't have the heavy look the tolouse boys do-

this is a gander

 

[Loriemarler]

I haven't been on in awhile. Been super busy with school starting and our litter of boxer puppies. Lucky for me they are old enough to go to their new homes! I sold 2 already. If anyone is looking for a boxer puppy I still have 5 to sell.

My broody hen and her daughter have been sitting on a clutch of eggs but no live chicks. I found 3 dead and 1 with a hole pecked in its head. Very disappointing. Next time I will just incubate the eggs

 

[ashtree]

@ashtree I got 2 Toulouse from @pocopollo and they are very nice geese. Love em.

i'm guessing that goose is a hen, she doesn't have the heavy look the tolouse boys do- this is a gander

Well I was way off If it is a boy will/could it hurt the ducks (3 girls)? I thought sexing silkies was hard but the more I read on geese the easier silkies seem!

 

[rascally]

My 6 geese are in with the 4 ducks and I haven't had a problem BUT they haven't hit breeding season yet. They're all paired and I'm prepared to separate if I have to.

 

[rascally]

This is Linus.

 

[artsyrobin]

actually, if i did it again, any gander would be separate from my ducks, we had a gander that did breed our duck hens, finally got rid of him- after FIL complained about the aggresive gander

love that pic of Linus


@Loriemarler i usually separate broodies from the flock, less stress and less chance the babies will get hurt....

 

[miohippus]

sorry for everyones losses lately. i caught my escapeie

 

[NanaKat]

And look at these cuties! These are my kids and all their cousins on my husband's side of the family. I can't share on FB yet since the photos are a surprise gift for my MIL but I can share here!

Great gift for your Mother. I still have the picture up of my grandchildren all sitting on the pasture gate.

@ashtree I got 2 Toulouse from @pocopollo and they are very nice geese. Love em.

i'm guessing that goose is a hen, she doesn't have the heavy look the tolouse boys do- this is a gander

Well I was way off If it is a boy will/could it hurt the ducks (3 girls)? I thought sexing silkies was hard but the more I read on geese the easier silkies seem!

You can vent sex a goose a whole lot easier than a chick.... The gander has a corkscrew that is obvious....

@Loriemarler i usually separate broodies from the flock, less stress and less chance the babies will get hurt....

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