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Sounds like you have a good plan with your extra ganders and while I can't say about hereditary angel wing I do believe it can be caused by hi protein intake.One of our pilgrim geese , Frega , turned up with angel wing in her left wing when she was young. That is when my wife found this...

Hello MamaKitty913. Sorry it took so long to get back to you but with the holidays and all I haven't been here in a while. I appreciate your predicament with struggling to grow anything in the sweltering heat and terrible soil down there. I can appreciate it because I grew up in...

I'm sorry Miss Lidia but just realized that you are in North Carolina which like a lot of the east is primarily acidic soil so sainfoin will likely not do well there but incase you are interested in growing better forage for your geese or other livestock there are a number of alternatives such...

This is a picture of Sainfoin in bloom . Even if I was a bit long winded in my description of the plant at least you get a pretty picture out of it.

Sainfoin (French - Healthy Hay) Lat. ( Onobrichus vicifolia ) also known as Esparcette in some parts of northern Europe is a deep rooted , non- bloating legume that has several qualities that make it good replacement for alfalfa in neutral to highly alkaline soils. It does not cause bloat like...

I have made several posts in the last few days since joining BYC but until I saw the picture of Asa and Sally just now it hadn't occurred to me that I had not introduced our Pilgrim family even though I used them as our avatar. So , though I rudely neglected good etiquette , may I present from...

Can't speak for Asa and Sally but our 5 range about 100 yards or so from the barn. They wander way out into the hay meadow grazing but they are pretty fast. They can't really fly but when they take off flapping and skipping they cover country quickly. It is scary with predators about but we want...

Thank you very much livininBrazil. We got our first Pilgrims a couple years ago but a dog chased them into the river and we never saw them again. Our second attempt is fairing well and will continue to do so as that dog is no longer allowed on our farm , no matter how much we love our son. We...

We have a gaggle of Pilgrims that we raised from hatchlings this spring and we love how friendly and social they are. Of course ours are young yet and they haven't shown any signs of nesting or even breeding for that matter but we are curious about how old Pilgrims are when they start laying and...