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helomech
03-30-2012, 01:06 AM
Hatched our first ducks and geese today. Still have a bunch left to hatch, and our turkey eggs should be hatching soon also.

Goosling

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Duck
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Taz Baby
03-30-2012, 01:35 AM
AAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWthat is sooo cute. Congrats on being new parents again. And just in time for Easter
Sniper-T
03-30-2012, 02:14 AM
Blah!!!

sorry dude, but I don`t know how you can do it. I will spend the next month discouraging Canada geese from making my yard home (with a 12 Ga). I HATE having my yard covered in shit all the time!!!

But I`m happy that the hatchings are working out for you.
helomech
03-30-2012, 02:22 AM
Blah!!!

sorry dude, but I don`t know how you can do it. I will spend the next month discouraging Canada geese from making my yard home (with a 12 Ga). I HATE having my yard covered in shit all the time!!!

But I`m happy that the hatchings are working out for you.

Well since my yard is over 60 acres, I don't think a few geese will put out that much crap. I got about 70 chickens right now and it is not a issue.
Sniper-T
03-30-2012, 02:27 AM
I have 80 acres, and the geese that I have drop in, seem to have a propensity to shit on my beach. or on my steps, or on my paths... if they did their business away from my `fun zone` fine. they could stay. but they dont... so they add to my freezer!

Maybe domestics are a little better behaved!
helomech
03-30-2012, 02:32 AM
I have 80 acres, and the geese that I have drop in, seem to have a propensity to shit on my beach. or on my steps, or on my paths... if they did their business away from my `fun zone` fine. they could stay. but they dont... so they add to my freezer!

Maybe domestics are a little better behaved!

Yeah, but yours come in by the thousands. I will only have a dozen or so. And I am sure they will spend most of their time by my pond.
Sniper-T
03-30-2012, 02:56 AM
Thousands... «Geez, you musta been watching on a quiet day! :rolleyes:
helomech
03-30-2012, 03:09 AM
We don't get any wild geese around my place, but I have seen the huge flocks of them out in west Texas.
realist
03-30-2012, 03:46 AM
You haven't lived until you have slipped in goose shit and landed on your ass. The problem is when they fly over, it is not just a little bit......... My truck gets hammered. Pull........
Taz Baby
03-30-2012, 05:18 AM
Sniper shoot one and send it to me I want a goose. Never had a Canadian Goose before. We have some around home but not where I can get a shot. I always see them in the parks.
Sniper-T
03-30-2012, 11:44 AM
Now that will take some doing... export permits, CITES permits, possession permits... Probably be cheaper and easier if you just came up for a visit and I'll cook ya dinner!

and yeah, the flocks are impressive to watch when they're coming in in the Spring, or heading out in the fall. a thousand birds to a flock, and hundreds of flocks a day, for weeks.

That's a lot of poop!
helomech
03-30-2012, 01:19 PM
I would hate them too in those numbers.