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[sourland]

He PASSSED!!!!

How likely are sister geese that are sharing a nest to fight over goslings?
They've been setting on the same nest for about a week now. I tried to make a substitute with eggs from a friend but goose 3 took that one as soon as I put the eggs down. She was quite happy to have eggs to sit on.

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dan in my experience with geese the entire flock has generally tended to co parent any and all goslings. If there is a problem it might be with jostling eggs while attempting to take them from one another.

 

[kwhites634]

This is for you Al;
MY DADDY SLEEPS NAKED

"Late again!" the third-grade teacher sternly said to little Robbie.
"It ain't my fault this time, Miss Russell. You can blame this 'un on my Daddy.The reason I'm three hours late is my Daddy sleeps naked!"
Miss Russell had taught grammar school for 30-some-odd years. Despite her mounting fears, she asked little Robbie what he meant by that.
Full of grins and mischief, and in the flower of his youth, little Robbie and trouble were old friends but he always told the truth.
"You see, Miss Russell, out at the farm we got this here low down fox. The last few nights, he done ate six hens. Last night, when Daddy heard a noise out in the chicken pen, he grabbed his double barreled shot gun and said to my Ma, "That fox is back again... I'm a gonna git him!''
"Stay back," Daddy whispered to all us kids!

"My Daddy was naked as a jaybird -- no boots, no pants, no shirt! To the hen house he crawled, just like an Injun on the snoop. Then, he stuck that double-barrelled 12-gauge shotgun through the window of the coop. As he stared into the darkness, with a fox on his mind, our old hound dog, Rip, had done gone and woke up and comes sneaking up behind Daddy. Then, as we all looked on, plumb helpless, old Rip done went and stuck his cold nose in my Daddy's crack!"
"Miss Russell, we all been pluckin' chickens since three o'clock this mornin!"

 

[pennyJo1960]

This is for you Al;
MY DADDY SLEEPS NAKED

"Late again!" the third-grade teacher sternly said to little Robbie.
"It ain't my fault this time, Miss Russell. You can blame this 'un on my Daddy.The reason I'm three hours late is my Daddy sleeps naked!"
Miss Russell had taught grammar school for 30-some-odd years. Despite her mounting fears, she asked little Robbie what he meant by that.
Full of grins and mischief, and in the flower of his youth, little Robbie and trouble were old friends but he always told the truth.
"You see, Miss Russell, out at the farm we got this here low down fox. The last few nights, he done ate six hens. Last night, when Daddy heard a noise out in the chicken pen, he grabbed his double barreled shot gun and said to my Ma, "That fox is back again... I'm a gonna git him!''
"Stay back," Daddy whispered to all us kids!

"My Daddy was naked as a jaybird -- no boots, no pants, no shirt! To the hen house he crawled, just like an Injun on the snoop. Then, he stuck that double-barrelled 12-gauge shotgun through the window of the coop. As he stared into the darkness, with a fox on his mind, our old hound dog, Rip, had done gone and woke up and comes sneaking up behind Daddy. Then, as we all looked on, plumb helpless, old Rip done went and stuck his cold nose in my Daddy's crack!"
"Miss Russell, we all been pluckin' chickens since three o'clock this mornin!"

Printed it out for better half to read

 

[BYC910]

Might be better if Phil makes the cookies

This is for you Al;
MY DADDY SLEEPS NAKED

"Late again!" the third-grade teacher sternly said to little Robbie.
"It ain't my fault this time, Miss Russell. You can blame this 'un on my Daddy.The reason I'm three hours late is my Daddy sleeps naked!"
Miss Russell had taught grammar school for 30-some-odd years. Despite her mounting fears, she asked little Robbie what he meant by that.
Full of grins and mischief, and in the flower of his youth, little Robbie and trouble were old friends but he always told the truth.
"You see, Miss Russell, out at the farm we got this here low down fox. The last few nights, he done ate six hens. Last night, when Daddy heard a noise out in the chicken pen, he grabbed his double barreled shot gun and said to my Ma, "That fox is back again... I'm a gonna git him!''
"Stay back," Daddy whispered to all us kids!

"My Daddy was naked as a jaybird -- no boots, no pants, no shirt! To the hen house he crawled, just like an Injun on the snoop. Then, he stuck that double-barrelled 12-gauge shotgun through the window of the coop. As he stared into the darkness, with a fox on his mind, our old hound dog, Rip, had done gone and woke up and comes sneaking up behind Daddy. Then, as we all looked on, plumb helpless, old Rip done went and stuck his cold nose in my Daddy's crack!"
"Miss Russell, we all been pluckin' chickens since three o'clock this mornin!"

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So normal is not for you ?? you guys are killing me

 

[orrpeople]

Hey everybody!
Hope all's well!

Driest February ever here - false spring and everything thinks it's time to bloom.

Son 1 had his semester in Korea cancelled the day he was due to fly out.

I set 40 eggs with my 5th graders today. They're excited but 21 days is an eternity to them.

I'm recovering from some sort of cold bug and poison oak. Fun.

 

[dan26552]

dan in my experience with geese the entire flock has generally tended to co parent any and all goslings. If there is a problem it might be with jostling eggs while attempting to take them from one another.

That does make sense. I haven't noticed much jostling.

 

[Pyxis]

How likely are sister geese that are sharing a nest to fight over goslings?
They've been setting on the same nest for about a week now. I tried to make a substitute with eggs from a friend but goose 3 took that one as soon as I put the eggs down. She was quite happy to have eggs to sit on.

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They are very unlikely to fight Geese are great parents and the whole flock often looks out for goslings. The two girls will almost definitely have no issues raising them together.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Going out now to put all ours to bed then us

 

[Alaskan]

I mean I had a pair of barred rock hens raise 12 ducklings last year just fine.

Yep.

I have had two ducks raise ducklings together.