Toulouse goose can fly?

[Kung Foo Chicken]

At the local fishing lake a flock of Canadian Geese came flying in with a solitary Toulouse goose. I thought they couldn't fly from being a farm type goose. I'll try to get photos of them next time I head there. The goose was abandoned at the lake a year or so ago. My uncle kept saying it died but, it joined the Canadian Geese. Is this totally unheard of? When I say fly it came over the treetops.


I want geese now too....Maybe next year when the locals stores get them again.

 

[mdfishinggirl]

My year old Toulouse girl was missing today. I saw some Canadian geese waaaaaay down in one of the cut corn fields and when I got out the binoculars, I saw an orange beak!! Darn her! I started walking down the back pastures and calling her name. When the Canadians took off...there she was flying with them, just a little lower!!! She is really quite fat...but was still a good 15-20 ft. off the ground! She started going with them, then turned towards our property and few over 3 acres up to our back deck!!!! Over my head and everything...I was SHOCKED!!! I had no idea she could fly THAT far and THAT high! Amazing. I better keep an eye on her, people goose hunt in the back fields...you never know. You would HOPE people could tell the difference.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Oh well

I know for a fact my female Toulouse could fly but I clip her wings because I don't want her to end up in the river below our home and get swept down stream. Before I clipped her wing she would take off down the driveway and my heart would go to my stomach I sure don't want to loose her.

 

[Miss Lydia]

So, domestic geese are to heavy to fly, especially Toulouse???? Tell that to my three!!!

I bet that stops traffic.

 

[servpolice]

So, domestic geese are to heavy to fly, especially Toulouse???? Tell that to my three!!!

Those look a lot like greylags

 

[Jael Z]

At the local fishing lake a flock of Canadian Geese came flying in with a solitary Toulouse goose. I thought they couldn't fly from being a farm type goose. I'll try to get photos of them next time I head there. The goose was abandoned at the lake a year or so ago. My uncle kept saying it died but, it joined the Canadian Geese. Is this totally unheard of? When I say fly it came over the treetops.


I want geese now too....Maybe next year when the locals stores get them again.

That’s awesome- The hero of my new book “Griselda the Toulouse Goose” is a Canadian Goose who rescues her and adopts her into his Canadian flock. Was looking for basis in fact and found it in your post! Thank you!

 

[Jael Z]

My year old Toulouse girl was missing today. I saw some Canadian geese waaaaaay down in one of the cut corn fields and when I got out the binoculars, I saw an orange beak!! Darn her! I started walking down the back pastures and calling her name. When the Canadians took off...there she was flying with them, just a little lower!!! She is really quite fat...but was still a good 15-20 ft. off the ground! She started going with them, then turned towards our property and few over 3 acres up to our back deck!!!! Over my head and everything...I was SHOCKED!!! I had no idea she could fly THAT far and THAT high! Amazing. I better keep an eye on her, people goose hunt in the back fields...you never know. You would HOPE people could tell the difference.

Yay!! The Toulouse in my story‘Griselda the Toulouse Goose’ runs off with a Canadian- glad to find factual basis

 

[des7598]

My Tuft Roman was roming outside one day, when I had to leave for 1/2 hour, I closed up the big pen so the ducks would not get out. but left him wandering with the tom turkey (they were strutting poppas). when I returned 1/2 hour later he was back in the closed fenced in area hanging with momma goose who was setting on her nest. the only way he could get back in to this penned in area would have been to fly over a 6ft fence.

 

[rainplace]

I rescued a Toulouse and was amazed to see him fly. When I tracked down the owner she said he flew over the fence. He was young though. Maybe they eventually get too fat on the farm to fly.

 

[goosedragon]

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Yes, they pretty much have to be flyers to join the wild Canadas with the diet and excercise of the Canadas they don't usually reach the size that they would on a farm where they just have to waddle over to the feeder.