Toulouse Geese Thread

[Fuzzybird]

Yea, see post 813

 

[kukupecpec]

Yea, see post 813

Oh perfect! Thanks! I was afraid they needed something MORE but the yeast is just a way for them to get the niacin. Tomorrow is my day off so I'll be able to pick some up. I love my little gosling! I can't hardly wait to get my hands on that diaper so she can run around! She has so much energy and loves running all over my bed but the poop is just too gross for me.

 

[Fuzzybird]

Hey I looked up niacin rich foods and here is the list of the non meat items. I think rice or wheat bran would be easier to use and peanuts.
Marmite (Yeast Extract Spread), rice bran, wheat bran, anchovies, Dry Roasted Peanuts. It is vitamin B3

 

[LovedMyAlydar]

My little pair arrived this morning from Metzer at 6 am. They are so darn cute. They are the French Toulouse that they sell. Even the post office people thought they we adorable. Glad they made the trip from California in good order.

 

[pete55]

Very cute and pleased they're in good condition after their long journey

 

[kukupecpec]

They are so darn cute!!! How old are they?

 

[gryeyes]

Metzer Farms (and other hatcheries) ship the same day the babies hatch.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well Missy my Toulouse goose just a year old this month has laid exactally 40 eggs and I am thinking she maybe done. she didn't lay her usual every other day this morning. Of those 40 eggs we had one soft shell and one wrinkled. not bad for first time layer.

 

[kukupecpec]

Wow 40 eggs?! That's a lot more than I expected. Do they extend their breeding season to lay around the same amount of eggs each time if the go broody in the middle?
Is it still called broody for geese? haha
Are Toulouse a very broody breed?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Wow 40 eggs?! That's a lot more than I expected. Do they extend their breeding season to lay around the same amount of eggs each time if the go broody in the middle?
Is it still called broody for geese? haha
Are Toulouse a very broody breed?

Missy has played at being broody for about a month, laying on her eggs at night and some during the day but not getting serious, so after candling her eggs that my duck is sitting on and after 2 weeks seeing no veins I have taken her remaining eggs which was only 4 anyway. I kept eggs in her stall to keep her laying in there instead of the duck house. Hopefully she'll not be so crabby and her and Sam will settle into a nice peaceful summer. I'm not sure where Touluse fit in the scheme of being broody but she was right on it for egg laying. Maybe next year.