. The Game breeder . d five eggs, all fertile,but did not make her own nest nor didshe become broody. That is sometimesthe case the first year a goose lays. Thisgoose laid her eggs in different nests withtame geese, and I expect that next yearshe will choose one of these nestingcoops for her own nest. My old snow gander stands guard atthe nest every minute after the goose be-gins setting, and his fierce attacks make let her set and raise her brood. Ten,twelve, and eight were the three hatchesfor this season. I have bought manybirds that were called black ducks, butall were mixed breeds except
. The Game breeder . d five eggs, all fertile,but did not make her own nest nor didshe become broody. That is sometimesthe case the first year a goose lays. Thisgoose laid her eggs in different nests withtame geese, and I expect that next yearshe will choose one of these nestingcoops for her own nest. My old snow gander stands guard atthe nest every minute after the goose be-gins setting, and his fierce attacks make let her set and raise her brood. Ten,twelve, and eight were the three hatchesfor this season. I have bought manybirds that were called black ducks, butall were mixed breeds except these,whichI secured from Dr. Whealton. I feedthe ducklings exactly the same as thegoslings and let them run on the freshlawn, where they catch bugs to theirhearts content. While the duck is set-ting the drake stays at the pond, butwhen she appears with her brood he re-tires to the barnyard and stays with thechickens, as if to say: Its up to you,mother, raising children is not in my line—have your own way about Three Canada Geese and one Cackling Goose, Which is the Bantam ofCanada Geese, Property of H. J. Jager it impossible to approach within twohundred feet of the nest. I have toplace a dish of water near by, or hewould suffer from thirst. The goose willleave the nest to eat and drink at thepond thirty rods away, but the gandernever leaves it. I am also hoping to in-duce my two pair of blue geese to breed,as the presence of the snow goose on itsnest seems to interest them greatly. I am now raising the pure wild blackmallard freely after several years ex-periment. One old duck has filled hernest three times this season, resting onlya few days between settings. She makesher nest in a corner in the barn, andwhen she becomes broody I take the eggsaway and put them under a setting a few days she makes a new nest andlays an egg every morning, and thus theprocess is repeated. The third time I I have had pintailed ducks also nestin the barn, but only after several year
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