Geese eating dirt . . .

[larkflying]

Yesterday, I caught all my 10 week old geese around a fresh mole hill, gobbling down the dirt as fast as they could. Now, I don't care about the mole, but I was wondering if this was just geese nibbling on anything possible, or geese short of some vital mineral, or just geese trying to find more stones for their digestion . . . Or possibly I have a rare breed of mole hunting geese . . .

 

[Eroc1_1]

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I would go with 'Mole hunting geese' for sure, lol. Our young ones do the same thing. They like dirt I guess.

 

[Denninmi]

I think its pretty normal. I've seen my chickens eat dirt, too. Probably just a way to get minerals and grit.

 

[Orange Ribbon]

My geese do it too. So now you know you got normal geese, or we all have abnormal geese. Either way, it's okay.

 

[larkflying]

I will tell my geese that they are just normal . . . no applications for mole hunting will be accepted!

 

[erinszoo]

My geese have access to a fresh water clear swimming pool and to a muddy pond. The first thing they do in the morning is climb into the muddy pond and start eating mud. I read somewhere that they filter thing out of it like a whale scooping up big mouthfuls of water and then seining it out. I'm glad to know other's geese eat mud and dirt too!

 

[Yetti]

since I have ducks and geese both I see the differences in how they act, but the geese do some things the same as ducks. my ducks love mud. I flip the kiddie pools over in the mornings and dump the water in the low spots in the yard. the ducks run to it to make mud and dig holes. I have been seeing the geese do this more and more. once in a while they just dig right in and come up with a mouth full. kinda funny to watch. the ducks back wash their filter teeth and they muddy up the pools fast. I haven't seen the geese do that yet.

 

[n4zty]

i agree if u check their pool or wherever they drink water they usually backwash the dirt/mud back into the water i just cleaned the pool this morning and what a huge hassle that was. anyways after i drained all the water there was atleast 3-4 lbs of mud sitting on the bottom i had to rinse it with a hose to get all of it.so that kinda of confirms they dont really eat dirt or mud more or less backwash it for whatever reason.

 

[chseeads]

Just wait till they eat wood.

Or ashes.

Or paper.

Or.......

lol