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What should I do with my goose?
We are in a migratory area and have canada geese on our property every year to nest. One year, I had a wild day-old gosling appear in my barn with no parents to be found. My domestics raised the baby, and when she became a year old, she began flying around our property. When the wild geese... -
Goslings or geese
When I moved into my home many years ago, it came with a pair of older ganders. I hatched them goslings. They adopted them instantly and remained bonded for life. -
Our gaggle is missing!!
So sorry to hear of your missing geese. It is possible a pack of coyotes passed through, but also possible a person stole them. Over the years, I have had predators come through and take multiple birds in one night, but nothing close to 20 geese overnight. However, I am aware of someone losing a... -
Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps
What a great group of people on this thread. Such helpful information! Thank you! It has been interesting learning about the state restrictions on wetland areas. My property is almost 50% federal wetlands, but in Utah, wetlands make the BEST horse grazing pastures, and we get tax credit for...- Iain Utah
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Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps
@My Three Chicks -- Thanks for the info and best of luck with the new vet!- Iain Utah
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Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps
Interesting! Most of the properties have dense brush or trees that would need to be cleared or kept from taking over property. If you cannot burn, how would you dispose of yard waste/cut trees?- Iain Utah
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Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps
Hello from Park City, Utah! My husband and I are looking to move to the PNW area this year. I really wanted to be close to Corvallis OSU hospital, but not finding any homes there that we like. So we headed north and are now focusing on Olympia to Centralia, fringes of Vancouver, and around Port...- Iain Utah
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The Quack Shack
@Miss Lydia I came online this morning hoping to see an update that you are ok... very relieved to find your posts!! Take care! -
Need a home for 2 Sobostopol geese/females
I would take them if they were in Utah. I am not sure who is in LA area. Maybe @sourland may know someone. -
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Surprise gosling appears from nowhere!
Thanks everyone! I did figure out that my brown african goose hatched the egg in the barn (although I do not believe it was her egg). She made clear she was mom to the buff goose, and my brown african goose and white african gander are happily raising it. I'm super pleased as my brown african... -
Buff Dewlap Toulouse
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Surprise gosling appears from nowhere!
I heard a ruckus outside and much to my surprise I see a baby gosling following behind my alpha white african gander (who will adopt/steal any gosling) along with his favorite girl (who has the strongest broody/mothering instincts of all my geese). The baby did not come from them, though. I have... -
Buff Dewlap Toulouse
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Buff Dewlap Toulouse
The size and rate of dewlap development is highly individual. Many people assume that with no dewlap after 1 year, must be poor quality. However, I've had geese look like production toulouse until 2-3yo, then suddenly the dewlap and fat rolls form. By the time they are 5yo, hard to tell the... -
The difference in curly and smooth breasted Sebastopols
If you have a group hatched together, the differences in size and vocal sounds among them will reveal male vs female. Usually genders become very clear during breeding season. Not sure where to get bands today. I only used bands once at that was 12 years ago. -
The difference in curly and smooth breasted Sebastopols
Sadly, breeding geese for exhibition and quality is a trend that does not last long for most people. Vicky aka Cottage Rose and Pete have not been on this forum in years. Vicky is in WA state was pretty serious in showing her birds and may still have geese, but I would not know how to reach her... -
How to prepare geese for freak heat wave?
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what could a vet possibly do
I had a goose that hatched crippled like yours. I spent thousands having him casted until adult sized, then surgery with pins/rods to reset bones. He was able to live a pretty normal life for 3 years, but the leg eventually broke down (he was a heavy-set dewlap toulouse), and he threw a blood... -