Thank you so much! This advice is very helpful. It is a good bit of truth that you can’t always expect a specific outcome with these things, we can only cross our fingers.
Thank you, that is very good to know. I will have to make sure to spend some quality time with any geese I purchase. Are there any geese breeds you plan on trying in the future?
Thank you so much for getting back to me! I buy my poultry at local feed supply stores. The selection is not as good as catalogs but the mortality rates are low in my experience. Good luck in your hatching endeavors. Last year I experimented hatching Pekin ducks under broody chickens and the...
Hello 3xhhheather and thank you for the breed recommendations! Good to know that the French Toulouse have a better temperament. Do you have any hatchery that you prefer to purchase your poultry from or do you breed them yourself?
Thank you GooseBaby for the advice and the article! I found this information very helpful. Good to know their presence can ward off small predators. That would be a good pro to owning them.
Thank you so much for the welcome CloneFly ! I am very glad to hear your experiences with geese have been positive. Thanks so much for the helpful tips! Is your goose the same age as your chickens (litter mates)? If so do you suppose that helps them get along?
Hello all,
I am new to this forum, but I have been raising laying hen for around ten years. In recent years I have started raising Pekin ducks, meat roosters and black turkeys. Do you have any recommendations for easy starter geese breeds? Is there any chance that the rumor of geese guarding a...