Toulouse Geese Thread

[servpolice]

Sad story :/ but lets see if you get lots of gosli.gs this year!

 

[RURU]

I wish momma and goslings were closer to see them better. Congrats on goslings. I hope you find what ever is in your barn...

 

[dajen]

Well Bonnie is up to 17 eggs in her nest. She looks to have lost most of her egg pouch. My husband is worried that the first eggs are now no good and that she will never set. Any thoughts?

 

[pagumby]

Well Bonnie is up to 17 eggs in her nest. She looks to have lost most of her egg pouch. My husband is worried that the first eggs are now no good and that she will never set. Any thoughts?

I'm glad your asking this. Mine has 10 in the nest and I'm also worried that they will be no good. We've had some pretty cold temps recently. Hoping someone has had some experience with this.

 

[servpolice]

Well first of all over ten eggs is way too much espically 17 eggs! Take away the oldest (if you dont know the oldest then chance it)about 8 eggs should be in the nest.
If there are too many eggs in a nest then there is a big chance zero goslings will hatch.
Oh and keep the eggs a 8 and everytime she lays a new egg take the oldest away!
Eventually she will stop laying and begin to brood (only reason shes laying so many and not brooding on the eggs is because toulouse are good egg layers and need to lay eggs and eventually they stop laying and set,but she wont set because she wont stop laying eggs because its what this breed does).
So do what i said and leave 8 in the nest and grab the oldest egg (date the eggs with pencil or marker)and grab the oldest everytime a new one is added.
And eventually she will stop producing eggs and will finally set

Hope it helped

 

[barredmuscovy]

this is my toulouse gander Waldo

 

[subhanalah]

this is my toulouse gander Waldo

I love toulouse! I'm pretty sure it was their size that made me decide on a smaller goose. Just their weight in my yard. It's very light and fluffy, big geese would just compact it like crazy.
I live this picture! He's very charming.

 

[dayml]

hello ,

How many days for them to hatch ?

my geese have they first nest this spring .

 

[dajen]

Well first of all over ten eggs is way too much espically 17 eggs! Take away the oldest (if you dont know the oldest then chance it)about 8 eggs should be in the nest.
If there are too many eggs in a nest then there is a big chance zero goslings will hatch.
Oh and keep the eggs a 8 and everytime she lays a new egg take the oldest away!
Eventually she will stop laying and begin to brood

(only reason shes laying so many and not brooding on the eggs is because toulouse are good egg layers and need to lay eggs and eventually they stop laying and set,but she wont set because she wont stop laying eggs because its what this breed does).
So do what i said and leave 8 in the nest and grab the oldest egg (date the eggs with pencil or marker)and grab the oldest everytime a new one is added.
And eventually she will stop producing eggs and will finally set

Hope it helped

Thank you for the info. OK now the oldest egss, are they any good? My friend would incubate them if they are but I do not have the means, mine is full of chicken eggs. The oldest are probably a month old.

 

[clmschke]

I have a theory on the old-eggs-in the-nest thing.

1.Is that the goose puts the older ones on the outside of the clutch to protect the viable ones. It's a throwback to the days when they nested in the wild. An egg-stealing predator will go for the fastest egg they can get in the nest; the ones on the outside. So the non-viable ones are snatched first leaving the viable ones to develop.

2. is to increase the warmth of the nest as a whole. The warmed-up nonviable eggs cool down slower than the ambient air allowing for the nest to stay warm while Mom is off eating, crapping and drinking during her broody time. Think of them as heat-sinks.

Since it is rare for a non-viable egg to go so bad as to burst its nastiness throughout the nest, I'd keep them in there. Now please note I am not a scientist, nor an expert on Geese and egg laying. These are just theories.

And on a side note: I caught Buddy my Toulouse Gander shagging Molly our Toulouse goose the other day. Previously, they hated each other and kept at a distance. I almost fainted. I might get totally Toulouse babies this year!!