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tazbabe

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • ayrshire
about goose eggs.....
« on: September 14, 2011, 04:46:24 pm »
i was under the impression that geese are seasonal layers, in the spring?

i got an egg yesterday and another today!!

am i wrong, is this usual for this time of year?
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Rich/Jan

  • Joined Aug 2011
Re: about goose eggs.....
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2011, 04:59:11 pm »
Yes ours started up again - its this stupid weather - normally yes you are right they start in the spring time.

tazbabe

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • ayrshire
Re: about goose eggs.....
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2011, 08:14:24 pm »
yours too? thats interesting? anyone else?

they have been mating too.
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RonMinch

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: about goose eggs.....
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2011, 02:23:19 pm »
Yes went to lock the geese up last night and there on the floor was a fresh egg, strange I thought but obviously not ???

tazbabe

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • ayrshire
Re: about goose eggs.....
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2011, 03:47:02 pm »
had another today, thats 3 now!

wonder if it will affect their normal spring season?
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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: about goose eggs.....
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2011, 09:52:23 pm »
The geese haven't but the ducks have started laying again  ???

tazbabe

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • ayrshire
Re: about goose eggs.....
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2011, 07:36:06 am »
i;ve had a goose egg everyday, so just one of the girls is at it, but no duck eggs for a week now, but i think that may be because the geese keep attacking them.........
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Mel

  • Guest
Re: about goose eggs.....
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2011, 08:20:52 pm »
How lucky,my Goose has never laid and she has been here nearly a year :-[! The ducks have started to lay again though!

piggy

  • Joined Oct 2008
Re: about goose eggs.....
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2011, 08:48:07 pm »
Nothing yet for us but last year the geese started laying at xmas and stopped around May.

Henstock

  • Joined Jun 2010
Re: about goose eggs.....
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2011, 06:26:31 am »
We have one Aylesbury duck still laying here!

lachlanandmarcus

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: about goose eggs.....
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2011, 07:53:33 am »
Our geese arent laying, they stopped early June. I would be thrilled if they popped one out now!

 

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