So I'm not new to chickens....we've got a few for both meat and egg production (and humor!! hehe)
But I've never had any other types of birds. DH and I were at the feed shop today and there were baby geese!! They were adorable and we started thinking it might be really nice to have one or two. However I don't know much about geese.
So would it be ok to just have one? Will the goose get along with my chickens (particularly if they're all raised from chicks together) I know that geese have pack mentality so I wanted to make sure that they'd be ok without any large amount of other geese. We do have a pond on the property so they'll have water access.
Do I need to create a seperate living space for the goose(s)? Or can they live with the chickens happily?
The breed I'm looking at (the only breed available at the local stores) is Brown or white chinese geese. Mainly interested because of their "gaurd dog" nature. We are out in the country with only one close neighbor so I'm not too worried about noise.
Thanks in advance!!
But I've never had any other types of birds. DH and I were at the feed shop today and there were baby geese!! They were adorable and we started thinking it might be really nice to have one or two. However I don't know much about geese.
So would it be ok to just have one? Will the goose get along with my chickens (particularly if they're all raised from chicks together) I know that geese have pack mentality so I wanted to make sure that they'd be ok without any large amount of other geese. We do have a pond on the property so they'll have water access.
Do I need to create a seperate living space for the goose(s)? Or can they live with the chickens happily?
The breed I'm looking at (the only breed available at the local stores) is Brown or white chinese geese. Mainly interested because of their "gaurd dog" nature. We are out in the country with only one close neighbor so I'm not too worried about noise.
Thanks in advance!!