Please help me understand

[bargain]

The white ones look like white chinese geese (weeder geese) but I could be wrong! Awww you need geese, yes you do! Have a great day! Nancy

 

[Miss Lydia]

I heard that people with orchards will put geese in at the end of the season to clean up so to speak. My goose will nibble on anything green, he just can't help him self.

 

[CMV]

I keep one female goose from an original batch of 4. My "straight run" geese turned into 3 obnoxious males and 1 female. The males became so aggressive with myself and the female that they all went into the pot. The female is lovely, though. Not overly friendly, but a great weeder, caretaker to 10 ducks, and as dignified as a galleon floating across the yard. She has convinced me that I need a few more geese. I doubt I will ever keep ganders again, though. I did not have good luck with them and I don't need them since I am uninterested in breeding. I find the geese are much more docile (year round) than the ganders.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I agree, I love my gander but he sure can try my patience. next time around I am going with females in the ducks and goose sector.

 

[duck walk]

those under the peach trees are the White and Brown Chinese...they nibble the peaches on the trees and on the ground sometimes...they don't eat them all...they kind of play with them...picture a game of goose/peach hockey...I love them...they are so elegant...sometimes they do something utterly clutzy, but not often...another photo with the ducks...

 

[goosedragon]

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Does your dog bark or even take a nip of people. Does your cat hiss and spit and sometimes take a bat at you with his claws out? Will your nice horse sometimes take a nip or accidently step on your toes? you have chickens, have you never been pecked or have a roo spur You? just about any animal that you truely interact with have the potential to hurt you. If you can't work out your differences with the animal you get rid of it! Who writes about the animalls that give you no problems. Yes my geese will bite, usually just a warning nip, but some times they are really mad. Pick up a gosling and mistreat it enough that he makes a distress call and every goose that hears it is going to be on your case! I have owned 52 adult geese that I can remember over the years but have only disposed of one that couldn't seem to learn that I was the boss. On a board like this many of the people are new to geese or only thinking about geese, should we lie and tell them that geese can never cause any problems? I try to be truthfull geese are bigger than chickens and usually aren't as afraid of humans if you know a few simple rules going in you can avoid many proplems with geese. Geese will protect territory they consider to be theirs. Geese will protect their nests and their young, Most geese can be backed down if you show no fear. Never turn your back on an angry goose he will take it as a sign that you are afraid and take advanage of it to give you the beating you deserve. Geese and young children are a bad combo the goose isn't impressed by their size while the child may be and may be afraid which is bad.
Mostly I keep geese just to watch them they are intelligent, curious and often playfull birds. They have a rich family life that most poultry lack. Mostly they are self reliant and require minimum care. I wouldn't keep a single goose since the flock is an very important part of their life. I hope I have explained the first oart of your post. now for the rest:
most geese will bite under some conditions, Very few are truly mean.
Geese need fresh water just like most animals to drink. A pool is not required but they love to have one,
Most will bunk with chickens as long as the chickens know they are the boss of the house, stick to their roosts at night and are provided nest boxes that are too small for the geese to use. Some times it just doesn't work out. ~gd

 

[Miss Lydia]

I enjoyed reading your post goosedragon, all you have said is true. Geese are truly remarkable, they are smart and funny and sometimes can bite the heck out of ya. But I can't imagine never having any now that I have. Thanks for putting it into words for most of us, who can't say it that way....

 

[Ellie]

I'm learning a lot about Geese so I am glad that I finally posed the question. Every single poster has given me good information from which I can base a decision. Some have given me a chuckle and the pictures are beautiful.

 

[dreamcatcherarabians]

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I think the easiest way to put it would be: Geese are an addictive P.I.A.. They are all of the bad things you hear about them, messy, noisey, hissy, territorial and just plain obnoxious sometimes. So are my 9 brothers and I love them anyway. Geese at least can make me laugh til I cry. Usually if I cry because of my brothers it's because I'm so mad I'd like to kill one of them and I'm crying because it's illegal so I can't. If a goose makes you that mad, you can have revenge. You can eat it. Not that I ever have, eaten one of mine that is. Geese became a part of my life that I didn't even know I was missing until I wasn't anymore. I don't want to move somewhere I can't have geese. Plain & simple.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here Here!!