My goslings liked to nibble on me, too, but at not quite a year old they don't do it anymore. They DO, however, let me handle them, even picking them off their nests to check for extra eggs! Hopefully, your geese will be likewise!🤞
Ok, so I have a unique situation. I have a mixed flock (ducks, geese, and chickens at the moment) that share a coop at night. I don't currently have a way to separate them. They all free-range during the day. A week ago, I had a mama goose hatch out 9 babies. Sadly, 1 passed at 2 days old...
I'll be honest, they don't appear to be either, mostly bc they have a v at the top of their bill, so doesn't seem like they'll have knobs...otherwise, they look almost identical to my African goslings, except their bills appear thicker/shorter due to the knob bud. My experience (limited though...
Definitely agree! We have Buff Orpingtons, which are supposed to be "friendly and calm", yet the 4 that we have are some of the most skittish, flighty, mean birds we have.🙄
I used a large cottage cheese container (48 ounce one from Wegmans). I swapped it out for a shallow 8 ounce whipped cream container. The water is really only for overnight, they're free-range during the day and have access to a pond. The issue doesn't seem to be them getting in so much as being...
I wouldn't. Looks like baby got stuck and passed while trying to turn, but I'm not an expert. All the eggs I've candled, once you see shadowing like that there's almost non-stop movement. This is the first year I've actually incubated, though, so follow your gut.
1 of the 2 did hatch and the baby is doing great. The second one didn't even internally pip, I'm guessing it drowned in the shell bc it hadn't lost enough weight. I didn't add any of the babies back to the incubator, either, mostly bc they were happy in the brooder. I didn't realize Pete had...