Geese books????

[Ash-Rose Farms]

I'm thinking about getting a goose/geese helpful hints or how to raise book. does anyone know of a good book from their own percussed or from the grapevine?

 

[larkflying]

My favorite book about waterfowl right now is Ducks & Geese in your Backyard: A Beginners Guide, by Rick and Gail Luttmann. It is an older book, but well written, with a wry, practical sense of humor that makes it easy to read. Sample Quote, from the section on raising goslings, "The first time we had the dubious honor of being imprinted, we had to resort to sneaking around our own yard and communicating everything in whispers for several days to prevent our newly independent goslings from chasing after us . . . A friend with a similar experience once made the mistake of leaving her kitchen door open, only to have her 4 half-grown goslings parade right up her back steps and into her living room in search of their human mumsy."

I have also used Storey's Guides to Raising Waterfowl, and found them to be full of factual information, but less amusing to read. There are many waterfowl breed books which mainly have descriptions of each breed and photographs -- they are nice when you are picking out a breed to raise, or just to look at for fun, but not as useful in my experience if you need factual information.

People highly recommend
The Book of Geese: A Complete Guide to Raising the Home Flock by Dave Holderread (1993) but I have not yet gotten a copy -- hard to find, and can be spendy, but since he has a highly regarded hatchery it is on my list of books to get.


One warning -- in the pile of books that I read, there was always something that one book would say : NEVER do this, and the next book would say ALWAYS do this . . . but most of the information agreed. I used this forum, common sense, and the reputable websites to figure out my take on the issues that there seemed to be no consensus on.

 

[Ash-Rose Farms]

http://www.metzerfarms.com/BooksAndEquipment.cfm?Category=Book&CustID=869094 they have the book your looking for.