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RoboDuck said:
Really? I would trade all of GAM's chickens for some Pilgrim Geese and I run across this..... Do you suppose we can set up a railroad that would get them here?

http://oregoncoast.craigslist.org/grd/4465842692.html
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Good luck with that one!
Maybe try to find some business man who has ties to that area, and put them on the plane with him? Just tell him the feathers will blend in with his suit, and nobody will notice.

And at $12 each... wow, that's a steal!
 
I found them on CL. I called and left a vm AND emailed. Well it took a couple of days to hear back from them. I thought it was going to be a sure thing.... right up until she told me some woman had bought ALL of the ones she had for sale. Adults, breeding pairs and goslings of various ages. Really? She bought ALL of them? I hate her and don't even know her. Anyway, she said she has more cooking and will be hatching around the week of the 22nd. So if she does have a successful hatch, I'm driving up there to get them.
 
Today after the cornish rocks left, I went out to gather eggs and fill in some of the holes they dug around the pen (which the smaller chicks can get out of). While I was out, I reached under Mommy Ommy to check on the number of eggs she had. That poor little tiny hen had SEVEN eggs under her - and not all of them were staying covered because of the large amount! That frizzle hen has just been popping those eggs out left and right since Mommy Ommy has gone broody!

So I picked up the two that looked cleanest (probably laid most recently) and brought them inside. Candling shows they are both in VERY early stages of development, so I went ahead and put them in the incubator. I'm about to go out now with an actual flashlight and candle the rest of them to see if I can get four that are close together in development age, and bring the last one in.

But after that poor incident, I decided to go ahead and separate her from the rest until I could get the eggs marked. And since Stiches is gone, but wasn't having ANY issues in that small pen following crop surgery (no infections, no illness, nothing) I decided to put Mommy Ommy there. I moved nest box and all, so she shouldn't be TOO stressed. Once I get that fifth egg out and inside, I'll move her nestbox back to the main pen. I want her raising the babies around the others, so there are no integration problems later.


The broody Sumatra is still sitting tight, too. But I already marked her eggs, and know which ones not to gather when I collect eggs every morning. Yet I am so very tempted to bring those eggs inside, and try stuffing a turkey egg under her, instead. The sumatras are the one group that has been spared most of the issues around here. They're in an old dog kennel (6ftx10ftx6ft tall), with tarp over the top (properly pierced for draining), and a dog house as their "hen house". They aren't around the others who are dying from whatever mysterious possible disease, and they aren't really getting attacked by predators. I did have one predator try to pull a hen through the fence and decapitate her. But the other four have been completely unscathed this entire breeding season. So I would assume they are safe enough to put a turkey egg under her, BUT I'm worried that she won't properly care for the babies anyway. This would be her first batch (I think it was her that I broke earlier in the season, but not sure - all three of the hens look alike, lol!)
 
RoboDuck said:
I found them on CL. I called and left a vm AND emailed. Well it took a couple of days to hear back from them. I thought it was going to be a sure thing.... right up until she told me some woman had bought ALL of the ones she had for sale. Adults, breeding pairs and goslings of various ages. Really? She bought ALL of them? I hate her and don't even know her. Anyway, she said she has more cooking and will be hatching around the week of the 22nd. So if she does have a successful hatch, I'm driving up there to get them.
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I was thinking about trying some eggs in my incubator to see how well I hatched them out... but then give them to you. I don't have interest in pilgrim geese at all.

But then I decided to quit until next year, aside from the few eggs I'm getting from my Sumatras and Frizzles right now. Except THEN I bought some Narry eggs from @mrsdszoo so I can try that breed of Turkey, since I found out RPs are a little on the small side.

Unfortunately, it's so late in the breeding season for geese now, that most people don't have eggs available anymore. :(
 
RoboDuck said:
I found them on CL. I called and left a vm AND emailed. Well it took a couple of days to hear back from them. I thought it was going to be a sure thing.... right up until she told me some woman had bought ALL of the ones she had for sale. Adults, breeding pairs and goslings of various ages. Really? She bought ALL of them? I hate her and don't even know her. Anyway, she said she has more cooking and will be hatching around the week of the 22nd. So if she does have a successful hatch, I'm driving up there to get them.
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My daughter is coming from there at the end of July, but, oh well, I think she is flying. But, she may be driving here again in Sept.
 
Flowerbh said:
My daughter is coming from there at the end of July, but, oh well, I think she is flying. But, she may be driving here again in Sept.
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She can still bring them along - as either carry-on luggage in a pet-safe bag, or as checked luggage in a good, strong, airline kennel.
 

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