Just Getting into Geese! :) Tips Welcome!

[ThePigeonKid]

I have a couple of questions. What should I look for to make sure they are healthy? Any and all tips are welcome!
Thanks!
TPK

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Clear eyes, clear nares, active, alert, feathers not all ratted and not laying well. Good body weight for the breed.

 

[ThePigeonKid]

Clear eyes, clear nares, active, alert, feathers not all ratted and not laying well. Good body weight for the breed.

Thanks! I am getting (as long as they don’t sell before I get there) 3 Sebastopol’s and 1 Toulouse.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Post pictures when you get them home. We have both here, they free range together summer and fall, and are split back up for breeding season.

 

[ThePigeonKid]

Post pictures when you get them home. We have both here, they free range together summer and fall, and are split back up for breeding season.

Will do!

 

[ThePigeonKid]

She sold them.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Oh no! When we know a customer is driving for an animal it is not sold before they can get here. That's just bad juju to have someone drive and show up to the birds gone.

 

[ThePigeonKid]

We hooked up with someone else. I will post pics if this works out.

 

[bluejeans]

watch little kids and pet dogs around the geese . little kids start chasing geese and a pet dog who has never bothered the geese ever before may soon join in the chasing game and get more excited while chasing the geese with the children and end up killing the whole flock .

 

[bluejeans]

geese like to graze a small yard cant take the heavy grazing along with all that nitrogen from the dropings . Leave a little section with out mowing it where you can use a shears to get grass clippings or plant a small sections with black eyed susan flowers and then pull the whole stalk out when leaves are big the geese love the leavesand often eat much of the stalk to..