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    Duck water mess is getting intolerable-are geese as bad?

    West Michigan
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    Thinking of getting a pair of buff geese. Do they create as much of a mess as ducks?

    I am considering getting a pair of buff geese. I currently have for ducks that generate a tremendous amount of mess and create a swamp out of there water wherever they go. Before I consider finalizing my purchase of the geese, I wanted to know if any of you had experience with this and if the...
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    Duck water mess is getting intolerable-are geese as bad?

    Thanks. I lament this but I think this may be the best decision.
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    Duck water mess is getting intolerable-are geese as bad?

    Four ducks.
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    Duck water mess is getting intolerable-are geese as bad?

    So you're saying that the geese are equally as bad if not worse than the ducks? I don't know that I'm up for the challenge of having that situation. I have 17 chickens and they are all perfect angels who make so little mess that I only have to clean out their run every couple of weeks. They have...
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    Duck water mess is getting intolerable-are geese as bad?

    I was aware that they were messy, but I never figured it would be the way it is. We have had soil erosion in certain spots of our property due to the duck damage. I guess that after a year of them going through 10 gallons of water a day I am just kind of sick of it.
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    Duck water mess is getting intolerable-are geese as bad?

    Good idea!
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    Duck water mess is getting intolerable-are geese as bad?

    We do have a pool for them, but right now it is been below freezing for a long time. It's been aggressively cold where I live to the point where water freezes even with an electric heater in it.
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    Duck water mess is getting intolerable-are geese as bad?

    We are seriously considering re-homing them. Do you know anything about geese? Would it be a similar situation?
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    Duck water mess is getting intolerable-are geese as bad?

    I have everything from one gallon to five gallon gravity water feeders as well as large Rubbermaid tubs I fill with water in the summer. All they do is remove the water and dig holes in the ground and create a general mess. They also take the food and mix it with the water and create a horrible...
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    Duck water mess is getting intolerable-are geese as bad?

    I have for Cayuga ducks that are about a year old. All female. I have been disappointed that I've only gotten about 12 eggs total considering the amount of effort that I have put into raising them. I have been considering getting geese but I am having second thoughts because of the amount of...
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    New chick sneezing...help!

    New to this forum and chickens in general. I have a new group of chickens I got from a very good breeder, among them is three Americana chicks. One of them is sneezing quite a bit. I use the same bedding as the breeder which is soft pine shavings. She does not have any runny nose, isn't...
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    New here.

    Thanks! I appreciate it!
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    Easy tractor design under $100

    I'm new today to this forum. I felt the I could share a quick and easy design I made up on the fly to give my chickens more space and protect them from hawks during the daylight hours. This is not a coop but rather a lightweight, easily moved tractor that can be placed next to a coop to expand...
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    New here.

    I live in Grand Rapids Michigan area and have nine speckled Sussex, two silkies, two olive eggers, three Americanas, two barnvelders, and four huge Cayuga ducks. I am a defense and outdoor industry journalist and my work is tedious and complicated. I love my chickens and they make my life so...
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