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mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 13 8:54 am Post subject: My young goose seems to have given up laying

As per title really.........

Young goose born/hatched this Spring

Found 7 eggs in the time we've had her (a few weeks), 3 normal as you'd expect, 4 unfinished ie soft/unfinished shell

She seems now to have thrown in the towel & given up, as have found no evidence of nesting or even trying to lay, so my question would be

"did she just give up, or is there an initial trial period during which she gets the hang of it (or not), & develops any technique that geese acquire during their lifetime ?"

Thanks in advance

Kariana

Joined: 21 Aug 2013
Posts: 122

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 13 8:17 am Post subject:
I don't think there's anything wrong, it just sounds like she's come out of lay for winter. You sometimes get soft shelled eggs around that time. She might not start again till spring.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 13 9:15 am Post subject:
When we had geese they only started laying in May and stopped a couple of months on.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 13 9:49 am Post subject:
Usually geese start laying on VAlentines day, for about 10 - 12 weeks., so I would think thi s pattern is a bonus, and not unusual.

mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 13 12:00 pm Post subject:
Thank you all....that explains a lot

mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 13 8:29 pm Post subject:
In fact, small goose has continued laying after the initial hiccup; she produces about 1 in 3 "proper eggs ie hard shell, at a rate of about 1 a week Last egg was 4 inches & a triple yolker How common are triple yolkers amongst geese ?

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 13 8:31 pm Post subject:
I have never had one. I think it might have to do with the irregularity of her laying... a bit like chickens when they first start laying.

mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 13 8:35 pm Post subject:
we thought this...presumably things change as she gets older

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 13 7:56 am Post subject:
Should do. Ours all come into lay about February and lay for a few months then stop. They get ultra aggressive over the laying period.

TTouch Homestead

Joined: 13 Oct 2011
Posts: 703
Location: Cardigan, West Wales

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 13 8:15 pm Post subject:
Ours also only lay seasonally. No eggs here till Feb time. Boys heading to the freezer soon...and the start of pairing them off again to ensure the right ones, do the right thing, to the right goose! Hope Spike is behaving himself Shan

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 13 8:22 am Post subject:
He is absolutely lovely! He did get a bit annoyed though when he discovered that the Muscovy ducks can fly and he can barely get a foot off the ground..... on a downslope.....with a lot of flapping.... most embarrassing in front of his girls!

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