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A general bravely leading the charge! They look like army soldiers, and I'm sure they thought the same of themselves.

Poor things!! Thank you for trying to take them in. Echoing that as long as the dog doesn't try and get in their face actively most geese will simply avoid them. This looks like two ganders, as well, which can sometimes be a benefit as without any females to fight over they're often more mellow...

The ganders are such good dads! It's always funny watching them, the geese try and let their babies explore independently and the ganders just want to keep a constant vigil over everyone.

So cute!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ I love how the whole flock wants to keep an eye on the new arrivals.

Left to their own devices, geese will eat anything they can get their beaks into. I think the way weeder geese generally "work" is that they tend to prefer thin grass-like plants over thicker or broad leafed vegetables, and if you feed them weeds to train them that they're good eating, they'll...

Definitely interested to see updates; I love hybrid geese but I most often see "mutts" where they're just randomly interbreeding rather than deliberate efforts to cultivate hybrid lineages with defined genetics. Always wanted to see what, say, show quality Dewlap Tolouses and Super Africans...

Geese sure do have such complicated emotions, they seem to love getting so excited it loops around into rage or anxiety or both. One of mine will honk up a storm, start nipping, and do the angry head-tremor thing any time I bring him treats he especially likes, he gets so worked up he goes into...

Sounds like it could be necrosis or sclerotization from a prolapse at some point, I would agree take him to the vet if you can.

Also, it is not only illegal to keep Canada Geese, but also illegal to clip their wings.

They do migrate in California. Even "year-round" CANGs are known to migrate, it just means there's always a constant population in that region.

Yes, since the beak is actually missing a piece definitely don't try and bend or superglue it, I agree just keep it clean and use a topical antibiotic from time to time. Bandages would probably get wet/dirty too quickly to be useful and could cause infection. It should heal up in time and might...

I think so, I have seen similar white Chinese x Toulouse with white going up to the chest. That pattern seems to be a good indicator of white Chinese genes somewhere in the line. They're beautiful!

I would agree, probiotics/natural gut bacteria do basically the same thing in the human body. The symbiotic bacteria living in our digestive system take up resources and space so it's unlikely any pathogens could get a foothold. You have to take probiotics after being on broad spectrum...

So cute. Mine love the camera too.

The good news is that's a common myth; since bird bones are hollow there's no way they could break human bones, but they will definitely leave a good bruise!!!