Is it normal that my Chinese Geese only lays eggs 2 times a year?

[FutureMillionaire]

Every month, My ducks lay eggs unless they broody and have ducklings. Every month my chicken lay eggs unless they are broody and have chicks. My chinese geese only lays eggs twice a year. In february and december.

This the diet of my geese

Rice bran
cracked corn
Layer commercial feed
Banana leaves
cabbage
Monstera deliciosa
snails
cat food

they have a very nutritional diet.

How often does your Chinese geese lay eggs? I have a dream of having 100 geese and It's still a dream.

 

[Percheron chick]

How many eggs are you talking about? Chinese are by far the best layers in the goose world. Your feed availability would be the greatest limiting factor in her laying ability. I know fresh, not fortified, rice bran is readily available and a main feed ingredient in your part of the world but it has a terribly inverted calcium to phosphorus ratio and that alone could be compromising her production potential.

 

[FutureMillionaire]

all 7 of them lays up to 40 combined eggs that cycle but only 4 to 8 are fertile. I have the problem of having a monogamous male. I do wish that I got males on my surviving goslings.

It is not like my ducks and chickens where I find a cluster of eggs monthly.

 

[Percheron chick]

That's worst than horrible production. You should be getting 40 out of each goose on the low end. I do think it's predominantly a function of the diet. I would test it. Take the pair and pen them separately. Feed only the formulated feed and cabbage. Monitor production and fertility. I couldn't find any useful information on banana leaves or the swiss cheese plant so if you have any nutritional values that would be informative to run some numbers.

 

[FutureMillionaire]

does age have something to do with this? My geese are 4 years old already...

 

[Percheron chick]

She is at her peak production years.

 

[FutureMillionaire]

I think I know the problem now. Because I don't use incubators, My geese sit on eggs once they have the satisfying cluster. I should hoard the eggs so they will lay eggs again.