I have two females raised since babies. I have a pair of Buff geese I got as adults and I rehomes two males I got as adults.
My experience is that I adore my female Chinese geese. They are loud and nosey though. They are very sweet to my daughter and I and have never bitten anyone. If you have...
What helped mine was getting another pair as adults. i think they feel safer. They seem to feel safest with me so if I go out in the field they do, but they have ventured out with our new pair of adult buff geese. I moved some water midrange between the house out 200 feet and now they go. They...
Yes. I know this is a couple weeks old now, but I didn't see the messages. On the list yes, I did not see it. I ended up asking atwoods for it and received a copy if it is needed.
If you have access, do physical therapy and do all the exercises they say to do at home. I broke my leg, but got diagnosed with a sprained ankle (dumb, dumb, dumb) then started having problems with it. I did go to PT when it started acting up years later and it was a big help. Even if you can't...
There might be something youre interested in https://abundantpermaculture.com/how-to-feed-chickens-without-grain/ there. There were some mentions of composting as a means in that article. I bet a lot of these permaculture geniuses have composting strategies for getting more brown matter in...
Did you make any progress on this?
I'm curious myself. I did find several articles on "choice feeding" which just means you feed 3 containers and let them sort it out. One person here https://littleavalonfarm.com/garbage-can-chicken-feeder/#more-2047 does field peas, whole oats, and barley...