Toulouse Geese Thread

[aoxa]

My girls are 26 weeks old today. Wow! Does anyone want to guess at Winston's age? I like knowing.. He does look younger to me.

Winston

Rosa

Tilly

 

[Iain Utah]

Beautiful property, drummergirl!!

Aoxa, your geese look great!

 

[drummergrl]

Thanks, I live in southern coastal Maine.

 

[LightningTFarm]

Thanks, I live in southern coastal Maine.

I've been to Maine around Memorial Day and nearly froze to death!! (I come from the Gulf Coast of Texas so my blood is thin, but my in-laws in Brewer were doing some shivering, too!)

So, those babies of yours will love climbing up in your new house. It will be great!

 

[pete55]

Aoxa - they're all looing great and I reckon Winston is about 5 weeks younger thanthe females. You may see dramatic changes over the next 3 months. Of the 3 I think Rosa is the pick of the bunch at this age. Nice overall shape, good depth of body, and impressive and well shaped keel with a good head. She's showing a whole lot of promise

 

[kristen2678]

My Dewlap Toulouse pair are about 26 weeks as well. No ice on the pond yet and this morning they were mating. I wasn't expecting anything until later in the year!

 

[pete55]

Sometimes there's a slight increase in sex hormones at this time of the year. Hopwfully you'll find that actual breeding behaviour with egg laying will be delayed until late Winter. Those youngsters need to put their reserves into growth and development at this age.

 

[Miss Lydia]

This afternoon i went out to do chores and saw Missy my goose running around with something hanging out of her bill, well it took me a few minutes to catch her and when i did i ended up pulling about 12 inches of blue plastic thread out of her throat. I had hung a blue tarp up at the wood shed to block the wind and give the flock another place to get out of the cold not realizing Missy would try to unravel the hem at the bottom. Thank the Lord I found her when I did and i was able to pull it out. Needless to say the bottom of the tarp is now weighted down with fire wood so she can't get to the thread. she is like a little child getting into all sorts of stuff. I never even thought she would do this.

 

[psue]

This afternoon i went out to do chores and saw Missy my goose running around with something hanging out of her bill, well it took me a few minutes to catch her and when i did i ended up pulling about 12 inches of blue plastic thread out of her throat. I had hung a blue tarp up at the wood shed to block the wind and give the flock another place to get out of the cold not realizing Missy would try to unravel the hem at the bottom. Thank the Lord I found her when I did and i was able to pull it out. Needless to say the bottom of the tarp is now weighted down with fire wood so she can't get to the thread. she is like a little child getting into all sorts of stuff. I never even thought she would do this.

Around here I tend to say geese are like 3 year olds and ducks are like 2 year olds. I'm glad you got it way from her before she got injured.

 

[Iain Utah]

Around here I tend to say geese are like 3 year olds and ducks are like 2 year olds. I'm glad you got it way from her before she got injured.

X2!