UPDATE! Baby is back with mom and flock. Mom and flock showed up a little while ago honking up a storm and looking right where we had rescued her from. We did not have the heart to ignore her, so we reunited her with her baby. Guess we will let mother nature decide the fate of baby.
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Because based on past observations, I think its chances of survival would be pretty slim if I did that at the size it is now. This flock of geese have never successfully raised their babies to adulthood on this lake for whatever reason. We have never seen their babies live past the size this...
I actually vollunteer in wildlife rehab on the side, specializing in opossums, subpermitted. I know my center’s protocol is to return wild fowl to mom asap, but since these are domestic geese, i need a domestic perspective. Domestic geese are considerably different in that they don’t fly, nor...
We live on a community lake with a flock of 5 domestic geese. We have lived here 5 years and they have always been here, so I don't know how old they are. They had 2 babies this spring; one disappeared already. Last night we had a bad, heavy thunderstorm all evening and off/on into the night...
My geese just turned 3 months old (all feathered out) and I am still feeding them the game bird starter (chick starter).... can I switch them to chicken scratch now? if so , do i do half and half for a while? thanks!
Anyone have any suggestions for controlling the flies in the yard where my geese roam? Do chickens or any other animal eat flies that I could put in with the geese? Or anything we could buy at the local Walmart or Home Depot that would help? Thanks!
I am about to plant some Angels trumpet in my yard and wondering if it would be ok to plant one in the the yard as my geese? I know it is very poisonous but would the geese leave it alone? i would REALLY like to plant it where they are at. thanks.
What is angel wing exactly, what causes it, and how can I tell if my goose has it? One of my Sebbies, who is almost 2 months old , seems to have a wing that sort of droops and is constantly lifting it back up to a normal position. I noticed him doing this right after he hatched too. Is this...
delsi64--- what ebay scams are you talking about?
i just hatched out 3 eggs bought on ebay--- all suppose to be from WHITE Sebastopol parents--- but one of them is growing in grey feathers so i am starting to wonder.
OK, I ordered 4 eggs from a Sebestopol breeder off of Ebay... She said they are all from white curly breasted sebastopols. One of my goslings is started to grow in greyish white feathers. Almost like a splash color. Does anyone have an explanation for this or could she have accidentally sent...
I am planning on buying a plastic swimming pool from Walmart for our geese but I am debating on the size. I really think they need the largest one BUT I know from experience it is a pain in the behind to empty, VERY heavy! Does anyone use a pump or siphon or something to drain it? I know it...
My 3 baby geese are a few days shy of one month old. At night, I keep them in a completely enclosed pen, during the day they are let out to roam around the yard freely. My question is this: are they old enough yet to to stay out of the pen all night? We do have several neighborhood cats that...
Thanks. We had 2 big Greyhounds a long time ago and and my god, the piles of poop they made all over the backyard!.... HUGE piles and the worst smell!!! And my as well throw your shoes away if you step in it! And picking it up was the most dreaded chore! At least with the goose poop we can...
ok, good! Thanks! My milkweed has become very ugly with all of the aphids so I want to get them out of my front flowerbed! So to the corner of the backyard they will go! I do love all of the butterflys they bring:)
Thanks, Adrian. These "city geese" will be "country geese" in 2 years. We have 50 acres in the country that we are building a house on and moving to when our daughter graduates from high school in 2 years. I just got the bug early and couldn't wait 2 more years for some pet geese. We have no...
I am considering transplanting my milkweed plants to the backyard, where my geese are. Milkweed is highly toxic... Will the geese eat them or just leave them alone?
Goslings will be a week old this Friday. Its hot here, about 85 degrees outside. We keep the babies in the house, which we keep around 72 degrees. Will they be alright without the light during the day? What about at night? We keep it around 70 degrees at night.
They are in the center of...