Posts by The goose girl

Grown geese don't need much supplementary feed, but your goslings do. Domestic breeds grow much too fast for them to thrive on just grass, no matter how plentiful.

Mine started blending an occasional honk in with the meeps when she was around 6 or 7 weeks old. In just a few weeks is was all honks.   I so do miss the meeps, especially the good-night purr.

Quote: Originally Posted by jak2002003  I also think that is must be uncomfortable for the bird to have a dirty diaper stuck to its butt. Birds keep their feathers spotlessly clean, but the diaper will trap the poop on...

Are you serious about diapering four goslings?   I used the Goose's Mother's diaper harnesses for my goose when she was a gosling. They need to be changed every time the gosling poops. Which is at least twice an hour; often...

My goose grazes down my Brunnera (Siberian bugloss/Heartleaf) and my Trollius (Globeflower). Both plants are perennials and they survive, but they do not get to bloom.

My goose has an old lawn chair cushion for her custom built resting place. Once, when the cushion was hung out to dry on a chair, she grabbed it and dragged it about 25 feet to her resting place. I was really impressed with her - it's...

He'll grow out of the finger biting. As CelticOaksFarm wrote, it's his way of exploring the world. Give him something else to explore - like sod or gosling-safe toys.

They stand a much greater chance of escaping predators if they can fly.   A goose around here lived to the ripe old age of 39. She was half Greylag and flew really well. She survived four husbands, all domestic and killed by...

Some breeds are supposed to have no lobes, some should have a single lobe, and yet some should have two.   Unless your geese are show quality and you plan on showing them, it really doesn't matter. Show breeders in my country...

x2   If both geese are underweight, it's unlikely to be "hardware disease".   Also, she doesn't look at all Chinese. Maybe a tufted Roman?