Saturday 12 April 2014

Mrs Goose

This is Mrs Goose she is a Embden about a year old. She has been happily laying eggs for over 2 months now. Usually she enjoys having a bath on her own stretching her wings, but the last few weeks she has been allowing Mr Goose to mate with her while taking her morning bath and between them making alot of waves and splashing.
She has now decided over the last few weeks to bury her eggs in a large nest which they have built together with meadow sweet hay and their tummy feathers. She is now sitting on 17 eggs which the other 2 geese help egg sit while she has a walk around the orchard and has her bath, a tasty nibble of lush green grass and the odd treat of apples and mixed corn. Walking in the orchard by the goose house a peculiar noise can be heard as she spends hours just turning her eggs.
So hopefully towards the beginning of May more babies will be arriving. I will keep you all posted if they hatch.


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  1. 17 eggs!!!! Wow! Looking forward to seeing the little ones.

    Have a lovely Easter ~ FlowerLady

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    1. Yes hopefully some will hatch she is doing a good job and will have to sit for quite awhile. Pity she can't read a book. Have a good times at Easter.

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  2. I remember this well from when we had geese. An exciting time. Fingers crossed for the babies :-)

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    1. Yes we are all excited to see what will hatch. If you have any goose stories or tips, I would love to hear them.

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  3. Can't wait to see her babies. That's a lot of eggs.

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    1. Yes lots of eggs I didn't realise she was sitting on so many as she had very tidely stacked them in a mound under the hay.

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Sarah xx