American Buffs
Pros: Calm, docile, good size, attractive, entertaining, not as noisy as other geese
Cons: bluff small children, like all geese they like to talk
My pair of American Buffs are great. They are characters. I did not try to imprint them because I wanted them to have a fear of people. They did not follow me when they were goslings, but now they want me out with them all of the time. With a large pasture they have all the grass they could want and yet they still want me around. If we let them out of the pasture into our yard they want to hang out at our back door waiting for me to come out. They want to join me in the garden or just follow me around and check out what I am doing. The gander is protective of his mate. When someone first walks up to them he will stand between the person...
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