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    OK I"m new here but I like to talk a lot so .... I'm putting my first few posts here as cut and pastes, if it works, then I can just add the latest on here like it's a blog or something. Here goes, here's my very first post here "(I'm in Gilroy Calfornia) and I have chickens. More later, I'm...
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    Rehomed my American Buffs

    I can't post pictures here, I can send them by email if anyone wants them. They're just big ol' featherbutts, I have a funny pic of them freaking out over a possum in a trap.
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    Rehomed my American Buffs

    Well, I gave my flock to a guy who lives a few miles from me, he's got a pond and with a growing kid needs the eggs more than I do. So, since my flock had the run of the 5 acres here, here's how we did it: I set up an enclosure with t-posts and wire fencing, and fed the geese their corn in...
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    New to geese and have questions....

    DON'T feed medicate. Give greens, as in the two types geese like: Grass and members of the lettuce family, and some unmedicated starter crumbles as a supplement. Geese eat grass from the start, they'll tug on blades of grass and fall on their little butts then get up and tug again, it's pretty...
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    Fencing for American Buff Geese

    Yep the hog panels will do 'er. These aren't chickens, most of the chickens I'm familiar with (banties and old english games) will fly straight UP 10 feet or more.
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    Gosling pecking at feathers of another gosling

    They can eat grass from the start, you might try sprouting some grass or "cat garden" grass etc for them at least. Plus, this one may not have discovered the great modern goose treat: Styrofoam! They need something to chew on and right now the only thing handy is each other. You need to widen...
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    Do geese fly away???

    Quote: Oh, I hope so! I keep telling mine they're free to migrate, any ol' time they feel like it. (In actuality, the lighter ones can get a lil' off the ground if there's a headwind. A 4' high fence contains them just fine.)
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    So how would you manage a problem skunk?

    Quote: I've shot 3 over the last 2 days. They make a bit of a stink, lol, but it's not as bad as you'd imagine.
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    Whats the best farm animal to keep predators away?????

    Quote: A hav-a-hart trap is very good. Took a large Ms. Possum out of one today, re-baited and reset it.
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    Goose food

    They like grass, grass, grass, grass, grass, ..... and Styrofoam.
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    American Buff Geese for sale.

    Holderread's isn't that far from me, but they can ship eggs and goslings I *think*, and they sell this breed.
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    American Buff Geese for sale.

    14 American Buff geese, good layers, considered the gentlest breed, although they hiss a fair amount I've never been bitten (although if you're not a decent "goose whisperer", any geese even the most gentle could become a problem) the flock is about 50/50 geese and ganders I think, I prefer to...
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    I guess today I was the predator...or maybe it was the rooster??

    Quote: I missed the part about the full clip. I'd use one shot, specifically a CB Long, through the heart/lung area or catch and use a killing cone, that full clip ruined a good dinner.
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    I guess today I was the predator...or maybe it was the rooster??

    Quote: Those *are* pretty pointy. If it was just me (no little kids in the equation) I'd catch him and round off his spurs with a file (since my Dremel died).
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    Do geese have to have water to live in a run/coop

    Quote: EXACTLY. They need to wash their heads and their bodies. You can use a kiddie pool, anything that's easy to tip up and rinse the gunk out because it WILL get GUNKY. I keep a constant drip running into mine, plus I tip it up and rinse out the gunk daily. Geese entail a certain amount...
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