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Barheaded Geese

post #1 of 5
12/5/11 at 10:41pm
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Thinking about purchasing a pair, any advice on keeping them from members who has them?  Noise level, friendly, food requirements, do i need a pond for them, thanks.

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post #2 of 5
12/6/11 at 6:28am

I feed mine regular duck pellets with a little whole corn. They seem to be a little bit timid at feeding time. As for noise I haven't had them during the breeding season, but they don't seem to "talk"  very much. I would suggest a pond big enough for them to breed in at the very least.

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I keep them in with the other geese, on a natural pond and they are doing very well.


Edited by J3172 - 12/6/11 at 7:50am
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post #3 of 5
12/8/11 at 10:27pm
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Wow nice pictures, they look great. Size wise they are not very big are they? Are they pinion?

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post #4 of 5
12/9/11 at 7:40pm

I've been wanting some too but not many places have them for sale.

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post #5 of 5
12/10/11 at 5:51am

Those are from my phone so they could be worse I guess lol, yes they are pinioned, and The reason they look so small is because in the first pic they are next to a giant gander, and in the second pic the barnacle gander is about 6 ft closer to me up hill. All in all they are a nice size goose, a little bigger then my snow geese.

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