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Title: WANTED: Pilgrim geese hatching eggs.... Kent
Post by: milgochickens on June 02, 2012, 08:27:19 pm

Hello, does anyone have any fertilised pilgrim geese eggs for sale? I am looking into getting geese and will travel to Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks areas. Thanks  ;)

Title: Re: WANTED: Pilgrim geese hatching eggs.... Kent
Post by: Victorian Farmer on June 02, 2012, 08:33:34 pm

http://www.steepleducks.co.uk/geese.htm (http://www.steepleducks.co.uk/geese.htm)

Title: Re: WANTED: Pilgrim geese hatching eggs.... Kent
Post by: milgochickens on June 02, 2012, 08:38:05 pm

Bit far from me in kent :( Such beautiful birds!

Title: Re: WANTED: Pilgrim geese hatching eggs.... Kent
Post by: milgochickens on June 04, 2012, 11:45:57 am

Or any friendly breed of geese?

Title: Re: WANTED: Pilgrim geese hatching eggs.... Kent
Post by: thenovice on June 04, 2012, 09:27:36 pm

Hi, i am interested in getting a few first timer friendly geese too. Im local to you, so let me know if you have any luck please  :wave:

Title: Re: WANTED: Pilgrim geese hatching eggs.... Kent
Post by: milgochickens on June 05, 2012, 01:03:10 pm

I found somewhere where you can buy goslings for £20 each (Beacon Stud in Benenden) but I really want to raise mine from days olds or hatching eggs to that they are handled a lot and more friendly  :fc:

Title: Re: WANTED: Pilgrim geese hatching eggs.... Kent
Post by: hughesy on June 05, 2012, 04:37:26 pm

If you do a google search for goslings you'll find a couple of places that sell day olds and will deliver them. Gulliver Geese is one and I think they're all in Norfolk. They do Embdens I think.

Title: Re: WANTED: Pilgrim geese hatching eggs.... Kent
Post by: smudger on June 12, 2012, 10:45:10 am

I think you will struggle to get pilgrim goose eggs as they are rare breed and not prolific layers. Reputable breeders will want to sell them off-heat/feathered and will also pair up a non-related gander (Jane at  steeplechase is doing this for (lucky) me).

Title: Re: WANTED: Pilgrim geese hatching eggs.... Kent
Post by: Victorian Farmer on June 12, 2012, 11:22:42 am

the stock she has is very good she also has the best utilatey roads from jhon leach as well as shaws the best roads stock in uk .i had 12 eggs from her 5 hatched i will use the cock birds next yare .iv also had pilgrim eggs hatch from foss way game .there is some 1 she nows got west off england geese about 40 yares  the same stock .i have african  sebastopol and naw pilgrim