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[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

We've had goose eggs weigh more than 7 1/2 ounces. That's 213 grams. A large chicken egg is 50 grams.

WOW!

 

[bonbean01]

Hope the strep is gone and that you are feeling back to good health

Congrats on your goose...and that egg is huge! I'm glad your goose is reserved and sweet...I was attacked by a flock of geese as a kid and to this day I'm afraid to get near one...their wings are mighty powerful

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Hope the strep is gone and that you are feeling back to good health

Congrats on your goose...and that egg is huge! I'm glad your goose is reserved and sweet...I was attacked by a flock of geese as a kid and to this day I'm afraid to get near one...their wings are mighty powerful

Oh yes they are!! Those wings can be dangerous for sure. I like geese but they can be a pain for sure. Nice geese are generally great though. Pick grass and hand feed it to her. Geese will stand there all day and eat from your hands so they don't have to yank the grass themselves. lol

 

[bonbean01]

My Grandfather had so many interests when he retired and one was hatching out goose eggs and having them imprint on him...which they did...followed him around everywhere in a line...he'd lie down on the lawn and they were all over him and loved him. They looked pretty sweet and one day I went in with them alone and was pretty young at the time and they totally attacked me...the biting hurt, but those wings beat the heck out of me and I was down and luckily my Grandfather heard the ruckus and came and saved me. I wasn't to go in there, but...I just wasn't a really well behaved kid

 

[elevan]

Nice looking goose, congrats

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Your goose is pretty. As for breed, it is really hard to say. Looking at the picture, she has orange feet and bill, white all over. My guess would be an Embden.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

Hope the strep is gone and that you are feeling back to good health

Congrats on your goose...and that egg is huge! I'm glad your goose is reserved and sweet...I was attacked by a flock of geese as a kid and to this day I'm afraid to get near one...their wings are mighty powerful

Oh yes they are!! Those wings can be dangerous for sure. I like geese but they can be a pain for sure. Nice geese are generally great though. Pick grass and hand feed it to her. Geese will stand there all day and eat from your hands so they don't have to yank the grass themselves. lol

Ah yes. I've tried picking her up and those wings are a pain if I don't have them under control, LOL.

BonBean ~ I'm GUESSING, you learned your lesson? LOL. I love geese, and this spring had a little gal imprinted on me. Just had to 'honk' and she'd follow me every where. Got the turkeys to follow me too (LOVE turkeys, BTW, they are AWESOME), through the snow, woods, whereever. Loved that goose, but a fox got her... :/

I'm thinking embden, yes.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Gosh, I guess I have never seen a goose egg before. That is huge! How frequently do they lay?

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Gosh, I guess I have never seen a goose egg before. That is huge! How frequently do they lay?

I have French Telouse, Brown Chinese and Tufted Romans. When they are laying they lay one every day or every other day. However, their lay period is relatively short. We love them for baking. We assume that a regular egg is 2.5 ounces. So if we need three eggs, we look for 7.5 ounces of egg, which is about normal for our goose eggs.

 

[Southern by choice]

We have/had Toulouse and Brown Chinese too! We sold our Toulouse breeding pair , which I now regret! Our geese lay 45-60 eggs then stop. They are seasonal layers. The eggs are DELICIOUS!!! Bakeries love to buy duck and geese eggs. Geese are very profitable! Our geese are excellent sitters/brooders but became highly aggressive while growing their babies. The ganders are awesome parents too! There is no real cost too them, they eat nothing but forage! Their meat sells for top $ so do their eggs.