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What kind of geese do you raise and what do you expect for a dressed weight? I'm new to geese. The Embden was just for fun, I also have a trio of Super Africans from Metzer's

My Embden came from Metzer's in April I think. Butchered Sept 1st. Probably around 8 lbs? But my geese get a lot of wheat and grain as they can only do limited ranging. Maybe it's the breed, you can see he was much bigger than the super africans. I parted him up, saving everything. Ready to get...

I started this tread over on the goose page but think i might have better luck here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1159247/toddlers-geese#post_18217927 Basically how much do I have to make pets out of my (meat) geese?

I'd like to try to resurrect this thread. I butcher my extra drakes for the freezer (Pekin runner crosses) and am seriously thinking of getting geese this spring. Haven't decided on a breed but the parents would be pets/yard ornaments and the idea would be to butcher any offspring. Does...