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Are geese right for me?
I want to start by saying this idea is in its very early stages. I am not married to the idea of getting geese, but I am interested. I have chickens currently, and have raised ducks in the past. I found the ducks to be incredibly messy, mainly due to their water source, but otherwise, great...- Just Rosie
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Introducing new ducks/geese to an old goose - Tips?!
Hi! I am looking for advice on if I should introduce a goose or a duck to our pond to keep an old goose company. I know NOTHING about water fowl. We bought a farm a few years ago with a pond. The pond had 2 geese and 2 ducks on it for YEARS. They’ve been here much longer than us and live self...- chickentowns
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- duck goose introduce new duck introducing new goose pond
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2yr Goose w/egg bind behaviour when not laying
Hopefully this video works. I have a 2 yr old Goose that is suddenly walking as though she has egg bind but she has not started laying this season. She is in a big pen with a gander and 2 other geese. They have pools of water and the gander has just started mating them. She is panting, holding...- BlackRaven27
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- egg binding good behavior goose goose balance goose health issue
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Green Poop
I noticed bright green poop this morning in my chicken run. This is the only one green dropping in the area. I have 4 chickens and a goose currently in this section and everyone is acting normal. What could it be??- Marzipancake
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- abnormal poop adult chickens droppings goose green dropping green poop
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Gander stung in head?
Hi! I went to check on my animals the other day and noticed that my goose had a stinger/thorn stuck out of his “horn” area and was acting weird. There was a ton of swelling on his right side really affecting his eye and crown and horn area. So we got it out and noticed it seemed to go down...- Kstringfield95
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- bee stings gander goose swelling swelling around eye thorn
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First goose egg - fertile ?
I have a Pilgrim pair that is 9 months old. My goose laid this egg Feb 10, another the 14th and one today. I’m excited, but want to make sure they’re fertile since I’ve only seen my drake mate the goose, not the gander 🤦♀️ This is the first egg - fertile? If yes, I won’t crack any more and let...- member 104844
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Pilgrim gander wanted
My mom's Pilgrim Gander died a few days ago. He just started declining and the avian vet couldn't save him. I was looking if anyone is rehoming a gander/getting rid of one in Michigan. We have two pilgrim geese and three welsh harlequin ducks, and live in a non-urban area. Hatching eggs are also...- Michagander
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- Forum: Animals In Need of Free Re-Homing
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Any goslings as a friend?!
Hello all, I recently got a female goose for my male not that long ago, unfortunately something made him die unexpectedly, none of our other birds have had this, but now out female is alone!☹ I don’t know if she could stay alone or not, but I’m thinking of getting one gosling to raise with our...- SwimingWithTheGeese
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- goose gosling help
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Emden Goose Blood Near Vent
Hi everyone, I've got a 6 month old Emden goose female who has some blood near her vent. After picking her up and looking her over as well as checking her vent she is pink and there's only blood on her feathers. I checked their coop and there's a tiny bit of blood in there but nothing massive...- JadeLandolfi
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- goose vent advice
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Will a goose without a mate raise goslings if I get her some?
This cute little American Buff Silly Goose is miss Olive. She isnt quite a year old yet. Right before christmas, her mate Gus goose gave his life protecting her from a coyote. He was such a good gander and is sorely missed. I assume Olive will likely be coming of breeding age in the spring. Gus... -
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Normal Growth Rates for Pilgrim Geese
I have two 10 week old geese, unsexed. I would like to know what normal growth rates are for them. Background: Same dad, probably different mothers. They were sold to me as pilgrim geese, I don't know how accurate that is because the seller's flock was not colour true and she inherited the... -
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Goose Eye Injury?
Hello everyone! Long time since I've posted but I have a question for anyone that might know what's going on with an eye of one of my white embden geese. I noticed a couple months ago something was up with his (Guardy)'s eye but I don't know what. It doesn't seem to impair him at all but it's...- JonathanHeno
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- embden eye eyeball eyesight flock geese goose injury scratch vision
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Goose laid 1 soft egg then stopped
Hello, My goose laid her first soft egg on 10/26/23 and I have not seen an egg since. They are at the pond most of the day and locked in their pin at night. I have looked around the yard/pond and cannot find any evidence of a 2nd egg being laid. These are my first geese and not sure when to get...- LouisChickon
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- egg production eggs geese goose goose egg no eggs for a week
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Then vs. Now! Who else has baby pictures?
Was looking through my gallery and came across baby pictures of 2 of my geese 🥹 I thought a thread where people posted pics of their birds as babies vs now would be so cute!! (Doesn’t just have to be geese! Can be any bird!!) I’ll start: here’s Polly and Sebastian a couple days after they were... -
Anybody else have a thin faced goose?
I always notice this about our Polly but it’s like she has no cheeks like our other geese, her head basically just blends seamlessly into her neck. Does anybody else have a goose like this? Is it normal? She’s definitely not underweight, I wonder if it’s just a facial feature.. both her and... -
Is lump under goose beak normal?
Wondering if this visible lump on his lower beak is normal or if I should worry about it? -
Goose injured from fight 😢
Not sure what happened between our two ganders but it looks almost as if a blood feather has been ripped out? How should we handle this? He’s not bleeding out but it looks very sore!! -
Hello!
Just wanted to say hello from NC! Love the site!!!- Carolina-duck-duck-goose
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- bees duck goose
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Flooring... yes or no?
Hey y'all! My husband just built me a new goose coop! I'm excited to move them in, but I need some guidance on what to use as a "floor". We don't have one in there due to these birds being absolutely disgusting. 🤢 I think it would be more of a headache for me to try to clean WITH a floor as...- TheBirdBabe
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- cleaning coop floor drainage duck duck coop flooring goose goose coop waterfowl waterfowl coop
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