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Totally fair. The brooder is 4x4 and the goslings are letting the chicks use them like mamas (the chicks will nuzzle on top of the goslings who will just chill there and keep them semi warm 😅). I’m more worried about them out growing the chicks than the brooder for now. We had an unfortunate...

That’s so cool! You have them trained by commands? My two adult geese learned very quickly the protocol when I added them to my flock last year, but I think they mainly followed the ducks. I don’t have any of my birds trained by commands, but that sounds super cool!

How much time is this? Like a couple hours a day? More? Less? I took them out on the grass today and spent 2 hours with them, they were following along when I would call them over and letting me pet them and being sweet. It felt like progress in the right direction.

I’m also just trying to figure out what I should be doing to socialize them more. I could carve out some more time, but I’m not sure what goose socialization with people should look like. So tips on that would be appreciated as well.

Yes and no, it’s a box on the floor with an open top, I typically come up to it slowly and wait for them to settle down a bit. Then I slowly reach in, but as soon as one of them (or more frequently a chick or duckling) runs they all freak out

So I have 7 goslings in the brooder (along with some chicks and a couple of ducks). They came from Metzer last week, 2 buff, 3 pilgrims, and 2 embden. The first day or two they were super docile and enjoyed snuggling, but I have only had like 15-20 minutes a day to spend by the brooder (which is...

to be fair, they’re both females, so I don’t think they know what they’re doing really 😂 maybe they’re taking pointers from the ducks

😂 okay good to know! I have some goslings now so hopefully next year they can try to mate successfully, but now I’ll know what I’m looking at 😅

Hey hey experienced geese owners, this is my first spring with adult geese. They have been laying, not sure if they are done, but today I noticed one of the girls has a bald spot on her head and I’m wondering if this is molting or if it’s from the two of them trying to mate (they’re both girls...

Interesting… now I’m not sure what to think… I’m pretty sure at least one of them does the “ahhhh” “ahhhh” “ahhhh” honk throughout the day when they see something they don’t like… I think it’s the one with the lighter face, but like I said, it might just be a phase because I think the grey faced...

That’s what I’m starting to lean towards too. Originally the one with the grey face was a little more protective so we thought maybe that was the male, but I’m not so sure now :confused: lately the one with the white face has been doing a lot of walking around with head up and honking, but that...

Hi everyone, First time having geese, the people I got them from said they are a Pomeranian mix (likely with Buff). They’re siblings and were thought to be 1 male 1 female. I know nothing of sexing geese, chickens are easy, ducks are okay, but I can’t tell if there’s much of a difference...