Hello BYC Fam!
I have two female 6 month old Pilgrims. They had a gander (my beautiful baby boy RIP) but he sacrificed himself to save his girls and is in goose heaven now. The two girls were entirely dependent on his leadership and his protection and are incredibly distressed by his passing. They dont really eat grass on their own anymore, im sure they are depressed from the incident, etc. Long story short....I'm going to pick up two Pilgrim ganders from a lady just south of me in FL, and I actually have the opportunity to pick up a few sebbies, african, and possibly embden, if I can fit them in the truck. We have the acreage and housing for all of them and it is just a good all around opportunity.
My question is this: im more experienced with chickens, and I'm not sure how the new geese should be integrated into the flock? Has anyone had to integrate new adult geese into an existing flock before? We do have chickens, guineas, and a turkey that they would have around the property, but would have their own goose sleeping quarters.
Any advice on how to handle this would be very appreciated.
Thanks muchly!!
M

I have two female 6 month old Pilgrims. They had a gander (my beautiful baby boy RIP) but he sacrificed himself to save his girls and is in goose heaven now. The two girls were entirely dependent on his leadership and his protection and are incredibly distressed by his passing. They dont really eat grass on their own anymore, im sure they are depressed from the incident, etc. Long story short....I'm going to pick up two Pilgrim ganders from a lady just south of me in FL, and I actually have the opportunity to pick up a few sebbies, african, and possibly embden, if I can fit them in the truck. We have the acreage and housing for all of them and it is just a good all around opportunity.
My question is this: im more experienced with chickens, and I'm not sure how the new geese should be integrated into the flock? Has anyone had to integrate new adult geese into an existing flock before? We do have chickens, guineas, and a turkey that they would have around the property, but would have their own goose sleeping quarters.
Any advice on how to handle this would be very appreciated.
Thanks muchly!!
M

