Anyone diapering their goose?…..Insights / advice welcome!

[LakeGooseBerry]

Thank you Goose Girl. What a huge help your response has been. We have changed our approach a bit.

To answer your last question first: we started out with 5 eggs hatching. This was more than I wanted but I have a friend who wanted 3 or 4 geese for his acreage. At first I was undecided about whether to keep 1 or 2. I know they like company so I originally kept one other one to see how that went. They were more interested in each other than with us and I wanted a house goose that would be really bonded to us. I read that starting out the first year with one while it establishes a strong bond with its human family was a good approach and then next year introducing a second goose. This way both geese would be bonded to their humans but also enjoy the company of each other. In the meantime, this goose hangs out with the dogs when I’m not around and this seems to be OK for now.

Does any of this ring true for you?

But I have taken what you said to heart and have stopped putting goosey into the goose yard alone. Now if I’m not outside with her she can roam the yard with the dogs. He/she seems happier with this arrangement.

As for the biting and fixation with my garden gloves …especially the biting, I tell him/her “NO” and even push her away. This actually seems to be effective.

I’m not in love with the whole diaper thing but I really wanted her to accept it so that when it’s cold and nasty she can come inside and spend time with us.
Do you worm your goose? Should my goose be wormed? I imagine she might pick up some parasite or other digging in and eating dirt. Also we live on a lake and, I suppose, there could be organisms there.
What an adventure!

 

[LakeGooseBerry]

I got my diaper from The Goose Mother through Avian Fashions. It works OK but I find it frustrating to use because poop is always spilling over the back. So much vigilance is required to prevent poop from getting everywhere, nothing else gets accomplished when goose is wearing the diaper. I would use it more if it was more reliable.

 

[Chitigirl]

I have two ducks and a 4 month old gosling. Despite my goose enjoying her flock mates, it's me she hangs out with. We cuddle in bed every morning, and watch TV at night. I have a diaper from avian fashions. No complaints about poop anymore. But I don't leave her alone much because she stills gets caught up in the diaper (silly goose).

We have lots of toys all over the place, and I leave stacks of magazines and junk mail for her to play with.

I love my goose so much! I can predict how good my work day will be by how much I smell like a goose going into it. If I don't smell her on me, I'm aching to get home to her by the end of day. I really need to find a way to take her to the office.

I'm so glad there's a goose forum. I'm also super glad my DH and DS love the flock as much as I do.

 

[Skyfire]

I did a video product review for Grow With Me diaper harness. Nettie is the owner and maker of this product. Her company is PartyFowl. You can find them on Etsy. Sorry about the video quality. It came out fine on my Iphone, but for some reason the quality became poor when I uploaded it to YouTube.

Here is what 45 minutes worth of poop looks like. The harness caught it all. No leaks. Plus, her butt was clean when I removed the diaper. Score!!!!

 

[The goose girl]

Nettie's diaper design is the best!

 

[Skyfire]

I selected her diaper products based on the rave comments you and others have made about her

I also bought the open tail deluxe adult harness. It is very well made and sturdy. It will be so nice when she is in diapers for part of the day. Right now it's just one time a day for 30 to 45 minutes. Tomorrow I will have her wear it two times.