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Jennywitch
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 05 3:55 pm Post subject: Goose Eggs

Hi, Wonderful stories about everyone's geese. I have two Frankie and Matilda. Frankie arrived on 14 Fbe 2004 and Matilda just two months ago and today we had our first egg. Frankie loves his bread in the morning and in the evening - Matilda plays and nibbles at hers and then continues to 'mow' what was the lawn. Tips previous given are very helpful - thanx. However, I would like Matilda to lay eggs to provide me with goslings - any ideas please?

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 05 3:59 pm Post subject:
Not telling unless you register. Actually I don't know, but I'm sure one of the goose-owners will be along in a minute.

mrsnesbitt

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1576

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 05 4:15 pm Post subject:
What do you need to know jenny...........cant promise I'll know but I will try. Dx

sofaloaf

Joined: 20 Feb 2005
Posts: 18
Location: Kent

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 05 11:28 pm Post subject:

Hi everyone! Thanx for all the helpful posts!! I am going to move the electric fence 2moro so that the grass is separated into 2 strips, to keep them off the pooey bit by the apple tree. Howeva, this will mean that they can't get to their house in the day, because I'm going to fence them off the drive as there is s**t everywhere! Mum keeps telling me to have a poopscoop. Anyway, d'you think it will matter to them that they cant get to thier house in the day, as they seem to lay in the morning before they are let out, but sometimes its a bit hit&miss and one lays around lunchtime. Maybe I should let them out a bit later so that the girls have a good chance of laying in the house?? Will they mind if they have to lay on the grass? Actually, that shouldn't be a problenm for them because they just barge down the fence if they feel the urge...

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Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Posts: 4520
Location: carms in wales

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 05 3:02 pm Post subject: geese questions

shouldn't make a big difference to them aslong as they can get to their food and water....ours never really used a house even though we provided one for them at all times.....as long as they could find somewhere to get out of the worst of the weather they were fine

some frosty mornings you could see where they had spent the night because of the oval shape on the grass

as for nesting, mrs c. used to make herself a scrape where she could pretend you couldn't see her up against a hedge or the fence or somewhere and then just got on with it................

we also had a goose and gander named esme and eric (esme eggs a'right?) and she did make a nest in the shed when we allowed her to to sit but the eggs came to nothing unfortunately and we ended up chucking them away

i heard later somewhere that they shoudln't be allowed to sit the first year.....she and eric went to live somewhere else and brought up a lovely family by nesting in a hedge so don't worry too much if they can't get to their house in the day time.............you will just find the eggs elsewhere

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