Congratulations Gertie!!(and Bertie)

[benson]

we acquired 2 geese in August last year (1 male 1 female).  This evening we had our first egg!!

What do we do now!!!

we are novices in this department and primarily are thinking of eggs for eating but possibly raising a couple for Xmas?!

How many eggs can we expect Gertie to lay?

How long is the laying season?

Will the eggs be fertile?

Incubation by her or us??

Once hatched how best to raise young? 

 Do we need any extra nutrients etc?

Any recipes for goose eggs?

any info greatly appreciated

thanx

[Hoddy]

You could begin by eating the egg you have.

As a result of a extensive research during a misspent country childhood I can tell you that as a general rule the smaller the egg the more bitter the taste.

Goose eggs taste good in any recipe that you would use hen's eggs for. When you crack it open you should be able to tell if it is fertile.

Happy eating !

Hoddy

[Alexis]

Ah!  Spring is here!

My turkey started laying Saturday.

Have you seen them mating is the obvious question

My turkey layed until about October I think.

[cheryl]

My book says that they lay from February to June, 2 eggs every 3 days. It says not to try and incubate eggs laid during the first or last two weeks oif the laying season.

I just wish ours would lay an egg instead of trying to kill us! I suspect that we've only got males. Does anyone know how to tell the difference?

Cheryl

[benson]

Thanks for all you replies so far

In regards to how to tell what sex geese are we only new because we were told but Gertie is noticeably smaller than Bertie and appears to only have 1 bulge on her under body where as Bertie has 2 side by side I have no idea if this is relevant to the gender!!

Both are friendly and can be hand fed that was untill mating began now Bert tries to attack us all the time but we have been told this is because he is protecting his girl!!