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    ideas please on which direction to take with geese

    ok, so i have a flock of 12 chinese (standard) 3 boys, 9 girls and was duped into buying a pair of buff africans. they are about yr older, bred last year and same size as my chinese, now a few years ago i kept a large flock of american buffs. now these buff africans are more um african...
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    Buff Goose needs a home! Portland, OR

    ditto...too far lol umless he migrates. funny coz i have 3 ganders and 6 girls and they bonded wonderfully, yet if i introduced a embdon or two theres hell to pay
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    we had more snow.........

    :lol:this is england remember! lol....we rarely get it longer than a week and not had 'decent' stuff in years....mind you we never get longer than a week of summer either!lol
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    all time for a change,,,

    shes at my sisters in laws till i fix my stable then i can start walkies....lol filly! i want babies.....lol the geese are on their own, i sold the bator today
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    Egyptian Geese? (pic)

    i had a adult pair, i was dissapointed they where the same size as muscovie ducks! as mine where adults when i got them they where really really strong and hated human contact. but i should imagine from youngsters they'll be like any animal. good luck!
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    Dewlap toulouse

    might be girls and not developed yet or just toulouse...i've had toulouse before without the double chin
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    My American & Cotton Patch Geese

    great.....how does the blue differ to the buff, unless mine are blues!
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    How to talk my dad into geese

    lol......geese are cleaner than ducks coz they are easier to free range, they let you know when someone or something has turned up and touch wood i've not had a fox,badger or hawk problem. they trim the grass nice too. mine even sort my dog out who was a terror for killing choox. i just got my...
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    all time for a change,,,

    after a year of ups and downs i am giving up my birds so i can bring a foal home i got for my little girl. (and me.lol) otherhalf hated the choox anyway. have nearly sold everything and hes cheered up...mmmm still got a dodgy throat and tabs doc gave me have seemed to stopped working (like a...
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    we had more snow.........

    they not impressed..twice in one year!!!
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    close now without being close

    yea,but over here we call them american buff so not to be mixed up with the brecon buffs from wales with the horrible fleshy pink legs and beaks.... there are nine of um at the mo.will try to take some more when i get ten minutes. am keeping the geese but selling up the poultry and all the...
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    Sexing geese

    i was told you can tell by the folds they have between their legs but i normally go by build, length and thickness of necks (boys longer) in mine the gosling boys have longer necks and of course as they get older they get the nobble/ridge on the beak
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    My goose bit my neighbor

    over here we still have old laws protecting someones waterfowl, i remember part of it from years ago...but i remember thinking how you can get away with running over someones dog/cat but not the goose or duck. can't remember if chooks where included in that one...i all rusty
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    close now without being close

    have just brought a camera with zoom and more pixels so took some close ups of the geese..geeses...gooses...gooseys faces cos they sooo cute and chubby cheeked.
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    My goose bit my neighbor

    my nieghbours rarely visit because of my geese and they're not even nasty like ebdons..lol. i had two toulouse girls that where perfectly well behaved but as p&p said (here too) is coming up for breeding season and my big gander is starting to pull rank around every human or horse or dog that...
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    Giant Toulose Dewlap Geese

    my mate has a pair,did have 6 but she sold them....they have a dog bed at the mo because the ducks have the pond (as they'll start laying soon) i know hers haven't reached they're full size yet or its that they were held back feed wise from their previous home as my 'medium' size ab geese are...
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    The any chicken contest!

    one of my frizzle naked neck pullet chicks (the boys in frizzle mottle haven't moulted out yet!)
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    how we cope with snow here!

    miracle with a camera phone. just brought a new camera,waiting for usb lead. they're american buffs and they're coming over to see you!!!!
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    how we cope with snow here!

    We'll have a summer one day tis raining now so we're set for the rest of the year!!!
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    how we cope with snow here!

    badly....except for the birds with warm legs and geese and dog who ate it! huddle up keep warm AND HEAD SOUTH!!!!
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