Spring Time Breeding: Will My Goose Lay Eggs With Goslings?

[HorsesRMe123]

I’ve had very many questions about my geese and spring time breeding! I have one gander and one goose. When they have babies next spring, will my goose continue to lay eggs while she raises her goslings and continue through the season? Or will she quit for the rest of the season after she’s laid her last fertile egg?

 

[Weeg]

Who do you know they will have Goslings? It isn't certain she will go broody, and try to raise a clutch. If she does go broody then she will start to lay eggs again after the hatch.

 

[HorsesRMe123]

Who do you know they will have Goslings? It isn't certain she will go broody, and try to raise a clutch. If she does go broody then she will start to lay eggs again after the hatch.

I’m not totally sure my goose will have goslings because it will be her first year having a clutch and her fertility and her gander’s fertility will be low. Thank you for the help! I really want some goose eggs next year!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

She will stop laying when she starts to brood and will raise the goslings until they're weaned. By then odds are she will stop for the season because it will start getting into fall again

 

[Isaac 0]

If she is a Chinese, she may start laying after her clutch is weaned off, since their known for their good egg production, but there's a good chance she may just stop for the year.

 

[ColtHandorf]

If she does go broody then she will start to lay eggs again after the hatch.

My American Buff incubated her eggs last year and raised her goslings. She didn't lay anymore after that. I'm planning on incubating some of the eggs myself this year to extend her productivity a little bit and let her and the other hens I have now finish their season off raising their last clutches.

 

[Bo Garrett]

Geese will generally not lay after they have gone broody and hatched goslings, the rare exception may be Chinese geese which will sometimes have a fall laying season, all other breeds are spring layers and will generally stop laying just prior to the summer solstice as they will begin to molt at that point. Your best bet, if you want more eggs and goslings, is to get an incubator capable of incubating goose eggs and gather the egg each day to keep her laying. Her rate of lay will depend on the breed but you can generally expect 30-40 eggs.
I have exhibition Toulouse and they are the best layers their first and second years and the males are better breeders the first and second years then they both tend to fall off after that.
I had one trio that I hatched 32 goslings out of their first year, best I have ever had.

Blessings,

Bo

 

[HorsesRMe123]

She will stop laying when she starts to brood and will raise the goslings until they're weaned. By then odds are she will stop for the season because it will start getting into fall again

Ok thank you for the help!

 

[HorsesRMe123]

If she is a Chinese, she may start laying after her clutch is weaned off, since their known for their good egg production, but there's a good chance she may just stop for the year.

Yes, she is a Chinese. I really hope that I’ll have at least a few eggs that I can eat and aren’t fertile! I know I can eat the fertile eggs, but I want to hatch goslings out. So fingers crossed that I do get a few that aren’t fertile thank you for the help!

 

[HorsesRMe123]

My American Buff incubated her eggs last year and raised her goslings. She didn't lay anymore after that. I'm planning on incubating some of the eggs myself this year to extend her productivity a little bit and let her and the other hens I have now finish their season off raising their last clutches.

That’s a good idea! Thanks for the input!