Stacey
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Best age to slaughter geese?Our pair of geese have produced diddly squat in the way of goslings in the 18 months we've had them. She lays eggs but they don't come to anything (despite being told they've raised young in the past when we bought them) We're thinking of hatching some in the incubator for the Christmas market (do I get a prize for the 1st mention of the C word?  ) What age is the optimum for eating- geese? We'll have to get the timing right.
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Tinks
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I think I read somewhere that geese hatched in arund April will be ready for Christmas.
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Stacey
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Thanks Tinks 
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countryman
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Ill be looking for geese to rear for next christmas Stacey so if you want to take your first ultra local order, im in!
Embden or toulose?
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pricey
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| Tinks wrote: | | I think I read somewhere that geese hatched in arund April will be ready for Christmas. |
I second that, tis what we used to do, and they were great.
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Stacey
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I think they're Embden 
When you say geese to raise Countryman, do you mean we hatch them and you have them as kind of goosey weaners? The jargon escapes me
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Stacey
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| pricey wrote: | | Tinks wrote: | | I think I read somewhere that geese hatched in arund April will be ready for Christmas. |
I second that, tis what we used to do, and they were great. |
Was the plucking difficult?
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