.. Or Vera's Dilemma
THERE'S a really sad drama unfolding in the goose house as Vera sits on her nest. Originally she had laid 16 eggs and there were high hopes of our own gaggle of goslings wreaking havoc this summer.
Now she is making her lone vigil with all her hopes of being a mother again pinned on just one egg.
Quite why the other eggs have proved to be dud is a bit of a mystery; either Jack the gander is firing blanks or Vera has been off the nest for too long during one of her breaks.
Last year the Toulouse goose managed to hatch only one egg successfully although several other goslings had emerged but were abandoned. That one gosling, named Peewee, was Jack and Vera's pride and joy and onlooker Bluebell acted like a surrogate mum.
Sadly Peewee simply disappeared one day just as his real feathers were pushing through. We don't know how or why he was taken or by what or whom. All we know is that the adult geese were inconsolable and they had been
so protective it is hard to imagine how he was taken.
Now it looks as though another tragic story will emerge
and I just wish I didn't feel so helpless. All of their
hopes are pinned on one egg. I will keep you up to date over the next few days but if you know anything about rearing geese please tell me what you think has happened and is it too late for her to sit on any more eggs.
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| PROUD PARENTS: Jack & Vera last year with
Peewee before he mysteriously disappeared
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THERE'S a really sad drama unfolding in the goose house as Vera sits on her nest. Originally she had laid 16 eggs and there were high hopes of our own gaggle of goslings wreaking havoc this summer.
Now she is making her lone vigil with all her hopes of being a mother again pinned on just one egg.
Quite why the other eggs have proved to be dud is a bit of a mystery; either Jack the gander is firing blanks or Vera has been off the nest for too long during one of her breaks.
Last year the Toulouse goose managed to hatch only one egg successfully although several other goslings had emerged but were abandoned. That one gosling, named Peewee, was Jack and Vera's pride and joy and onlooker Bluebell acted like a surrogate mum.
Sadly Peewee simply disappeared one day just as his real feathers were pushing through. We don't know how or why he was taken or by what or whom. All we know is that the adult geese were inconsolable and they had been
so protective it is hard to imagine how he was taken.
Now it looks as though another tragic story will emerge
and I just wish I didn't feel so helpless. All of their
hopes are pinned on one egg. I will keep you up to date over the next few days but if you know anything about rearing geese please tell me what you think has happened and is it too late for her to sit on any more eggs.
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