Getting geese for first time in spring

[KayElle]

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[KayElle]

Thanks everyone! They’ll have a man made water area next to my green house. And be raised/brooded on our porch and have their own coop area for night. Sta

 

[Welshies]

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It can add up cost though.
I've never had issues getting duckling feed and live in a town of 3500 people, but I suppose it depends for everybody. Duckling feed would be ideal, more efficent and less costly.

 

[KayElle]

Omg this app makes it difficult to type... starting with two pilgrim and going from there.

 

[Welshies]

Thanks everyone! They’ll have a man made water area next to my green house. And be raised/brooded on our porch and have their own coop area for night. Sta

Sounds perfect. I was wondering if they'd be kept on water.
You don't need to install roosts, but nest boxes are never a bad idea. For waterfowl I advise against using shavings as bedding also. Shavings are better for dry fowl, but get wet easily, so if you were thinking of using shavings you may want to rethink.
I also advise keeping their feed and water out of the coop if possible. Geese and ducks (all waterfowl) LOVE to make a mess and it can quickly stink up a coop or wet their bedding.
If you are getting them as babies, I suggest 3 not 2. If one dies (unfortunate, but it happens), the other one will be lonely and babies can die of loneliness easier than you'd suspect.
Edit: Also for bigger fowl like geese, I suggest 20 sq feet per bird in the run, versus the standard 10.

 

[Pyxis]

It can add up cost though.
I've never had issues getting duckling feed and live in a town of 3500 people, but I suppose it depends for everybody. Duckling feed would be ideal, more efficent and less costly.

I think it's a difference between the two countries. I've seen others in Canada say they can get duckling feed, but here in the US the only specific duckling feed I could get would be Mazuri, and that's $40 a bag. Flock Raiser, which has enough niacin etc for waterfowl and is good to go, is $17 a bag, so it makes more sense to go with the flock raiser here.

 

[Welshies]

I think it's a difference between the two countries. I've seen others in Canada say they can get duckling feed, but here in the US the only specific duckling feed I could get would be Mazuri, and that's $40 a bag. Flock Raiser, which has enough niacin etc for waterfowl and is good to go, is $17 a bag, so it makes more sense to go with the flock raiser here.

That would make sense then. I didn't know that. Here it is $14 for duckling feed, $25 for organic feed.

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

I was NEVER able to find anything just for waterfowl. My first goose Puddles is a little bowlegged because of that. I now know about the Niacin and since have always used on any waterfowl. I just open a capful of it and sprinkle some on food and some in water.

 

[KayElle]

All good to know! If I can’t find flock raiser, where would I find niacin? Just a normal supplement for
Humans? Or is there a specific kind?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Try finding Nutritional yeast [ human] it is great for the B's and has good dose of niacin in natural form. 1 Tab per cup of feed just mix into their feed.

Niacin has to be plain no time released or flush free 125-150 mgs per dose daily.