well as it is I have been learning the needs of my 6 goslings. the trick so far has been keeping my dog as well as coyotes and fox from getting them while they are young. so evening times I have been using the step2 pool but that's been hard to wrestle out of the barn to wash out full of poo everyday. so I have been working on a plan. I have a duraliner left over from a truck I had. so I built a frame on wheels to hold it and added a screen to the end to use as a gate. the geese seem to be fine walking in and out of it, and the ribbed bottom is great for letting the turds fall out of the way without getting on the barn floor. yesterday they used it over night the first time. worked good from the clean out stand point as I have a slight grade next to my driveway. I use a row of lilac bushes to wash out into and the "stuff" shouldn't harm them as I see it.
last Sunday me and my son also banged up a fenced pen. I used 47-11-6 fence and the goslings can walk right through it as of now. its a squeeze for them but it lets them escape the dog. I gave them about a 11'x 48' area to graze and play in and they have been having a good time in an old flexible flyer saucer sled full of water.
as fast the little buggers are growing what things do they need to avoid eating out side? plus what things do they need to keep from being bored?
last Sunday me and my son also banged up a fenced pen. I used 47-11-6 fence and the goslings can walk right through it as of now. its a squeeze for them but it lets them escape the dog. I gave them about a 11'x 48' area to graze and play in and they have been having a good time in an old flexible flyer saucer sled full of water.
as fast the little buggers are growing what things do they need to avoid eating out side? plus what things do they need to keep from being bored?
