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10/26/12 at 8:11pm

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What would you recommend for a cold hardy breed of goose. I am in Northern Canada and have lots of chickens (silkies, cochins, wynadottes, and australorps) and a pekin duck, who all seem to do fine over the winter in my little insulated chicken house. I am thinking of adding some geese to my backyard flock. What would you recommend?

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10/27/12 at 1:24am

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Well be prepared... Geese poop... a lot.

I would suggest a 'fat' goose. Something Toulouse, or embden, it'll have fat to keep it warm. But really so long as you have somewhere warm-ish, and dry, then you can keep anything but sebbies :}

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10/27/12 at 3:48am

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All geese are cold hardy because of their down and thick layer of feathers. How large is your coop?

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