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Ruru your place sounds like mine! With how much they like to dig I might decide to put them somewhere else just to keep them safe as I found a lot of sharp nails and rusted bits that I don't want the geese getting into. I have plenty of space. ;P

Thanks so much for your advice! I will get out the blackberries and leave the grass and dandelions for the birds next year.

I completely agree with that, hence why I am growing my own meat. I might get a few hens for the dinner as well but haven't fully decided on that yet. Oh and here is picture of what my back garden looks like now, do you think I should leave this for the geese? I don't want them to hurt them...

Thanks Dragonfly. I'm not to worried about the dandelions and grasses but there are also a great deal of low crawling blackberries and I don't want them to hurt their feet on the thorns. The chickens and geese will be separated by about 20 feet so nothing to worry about there. As I am growing...

Okay here is a picture of the backyard when it's clear. I should make mention though that right now a bunch of lovely blackberries, grasses and dandelions have grown up since this picture was taken but will be cleared out prior to any animals going in next spring (landscapers as I'm...

Yeah I thought about that right after I posted and decided a five-six foot fence would be better.

Next year I want to get some geese for meat but I also want some for eggs (I know they don't lay many) so I was thinking of getting four to six geese; four for the table and two for eggs. But I also don't want to have more geese than I can care for. I live on somewhere between a 1/4-1/2 acre (I...