I decided to separate my pairs into their pens early this year. In year's past, I waited until I saw my first egg to pen them. Then I would wait 20 days before collecting eggs to be incubated (years ago I had read that you needed to wait 10 days so that any previous breedings were out of the goose's system...I still ended up with mixed breeds, so I do 20 days...and now I only have Sebastopols) . I would end up with several eggs that we would eat, and by the time I was ready to incubate, one of my females would go broody...I've yet to get any goslings from her.
So this year I decided to do something different. Today, I collected my fourth egg and this one will go in the incubator. All four have come from the same female and she is laying early this year. The other females have yet to lay an egg, but once they do, I can incubate it without waiting. Yea!!
I have 7 pens set up, with pairs specifically chosen for the potential colors they will produce and so that they will not have too much inbreeding.
My prices have gone up this year...after 10 years of being the same. I'm charging $75 per gosling, and $100 for known females.
I wish the best of luck to all you breeders out there for this season!
So this year I decided to do something different. Today, I collected my fourth egg and this one will go in the incubator. All four have come from the same female and she is laying early this year. The other females have yet to lay an egg, but once they do, I can incubate it without waiting. Yea!!
I have 7 pens set up, with pairs specifically chosen for the potential colors they will produce and so that they will not have too much inbreeding.
My prices have gone up this year...after 10 years of being the same. I'm charging $75 per gosling, and $100 for known females.
I wish the best of luck to all you breeders out there for this season!