I don't want more geese right now. If the goose sets its mind on hatching, can I just stick some duck eggs under it.
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I was just thinking about the future.My geese raise ducks. I have never had them successfully hatch any though. Its a bit late in the season here to have them really mother anything now.
I have 1 pair of African.Marvun22 what kind of geese do u have? I have sebastopols,white chinese and african n canadian(1)total I have is 20
Well at least its not my male, he is clumsy.You can, and sometimes geese can successfully incubate and raise ducklings. Other times especially if the goose is large, heavy, and clumsy she may crush the duck eggs.
My gander has tried to adopt every clutch of ducklings my domestic ducks have hatched, but with a definite preference for ducklings hatched by white ducks (dunno if that is anything to do with him being a white gander). He’s shown little to no interest in wild mallard ducklings though. Anyway I am pretty sure if u gave him any ducklings between newly hatched and a couple of weeks old he would adopt them and raise them so if female geese are the same, then I definitely agree that u can give them ducklings after they hatch.... this spring Goosey, my gander, finally had a goose girlfriend (though he has still kept his pekin duck ‘wife’ as well). Anyway will be interesting to see what happens there. I imagine if most geese are as broody and loyal as my gander that they would happily incubate duck eggs, and raise the ducklings, but I would definitely be concerned about them accidentally crushing thee eggs or ducklingsWhat I haven found works well is to hatch inside and then introduce a big group of babies to the geese when they are a little more " squish-proof". This year one of my ganders raised 19 geese and ducks together without losing a single one. They were all hatched inside and a few days diffference in them. His mate was setting on one dud egg and eventually joined him. The ducks will mature and leave the group on their own, but the juvenile geese stay with the adults until next breeding season.