Always wanted some pet geese and finally going to, which breed?

[cozyann88]

Hello, I live on about 10 acres with a pond and I have a place set up for them. I want the geese purely as pets. I have a 4 year old and a 6 year old. I heard the calmest types of geese were pilgrim, buff , and Sebastopol. Can anyone tell me what the friendliest / most social breed would be? I want to raise them from babies and plan on spending a lot of time with them. I am getting two, Is this a good number? and should I get female and male?

 

[vebyrd36]

First off let me say hi. I raise several types of geese. The calmest of my geese would be the Sebbies then the buffs. I must say though I do have Africans that I can reach under the mom and check the eggs without problems. Since you do have children I would ge a Sebbie or a pilgrim, buff. Right now I have a Sebbie with 16 eggs, and many more in the bator.

 

[arherp]

I would say Africans! Get the true Africans though, hatchery "Africans" can be iffy since they are part Chinese. The closest thing to a pure African that is mass produced is the "Super African", if you go hatchery route.

 

[Cowgirl71]

I've never had geese myself, but my neighbors have Toulouse geese from Cackle Hatchery and they're really sweet.

 

[theron]

Sebbies all of the WAY!!! IMO

(since I have 8 of them

)

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

me, I love my Pomeranians, even in breeding season they don't attack