FutureMillionaire
Songster
I am thriving with Muscovies. They are kinda invasive and they breed like rabbits. But I am failing with Geese. All of my 6 geese got broody but out of 5 of them only 1 successfully hatches eggs because the other moms thought the gosling is theirs they abandon their eggs. 3 goslings are born but after the storm only 1 survive. I am crossing my finger the surviving gosling is male because I have a feeling that the gander is monogamous.
I think the next laying season of my geese will be in March. I cant have incubator option because my town have a lot of blackouts. As in every 3 days. But I think a brooder may work.
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I have an old indoor pig pen with no more pigs living on it. I was thinking that every time a goose gets broody, I will catch her and gather her eggs and isolate her on the pig pen. So the mom can hatch her eggs away from the flock and just focus on her babies. I will set her free and her babies once the babies have feathers.For sure the mom will become outcast to her old flock but her babies will be her new flock.
The other option I was thinking is buy this rechargeable brooder and hand raise the goslings myself. The negative thing about handraising goslings is they turn into outcasts of the flock when they grow up.
The other option I was thinking is once the moms gets broody I will isolate the male and the non mother females so the moms will focus on their babies.
Please help me. I am failing with geese.
I think the next laying season of my geese will be in March. I cant have incubator option because my town have a lot of blackouts. As in every 3 days. But I think a brooder may work.
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I have an old indoor pig pen with no more pigs living on it. I was thinking that every time a goose gets broody, I will catch her and gather her eggs and isolate her on the pig pen. So the mom can hatch her eggs away from the flock and just focus on her babies. I will set her free and her babies once the babies have feathers.For sure the mom will become outcast to her old flock but her babies will be her new flock.
The other option I was thinking is buy this rechargeable brooder and hand raise the goslings myself. The negative thing about handraising goslings is they turn into outcasts of the flock when they grow up.
The other option I was thinking is once the moms gets broody I will isolate the male and the non mother females so the moms will focus on their babies.
Please help me. I am failing with geese.
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