Rescue gander will he fit in?

[Miss Lydia]

Takes time to settle in. Just spend time out around them and they’ll warm up in time. You want them to like you? Get corn whole corn. I know most frown on feeding corn and I am not talking about making it their sole diet but for a treat. Oh my gosh my geese love it. I just give them a handful my female Toulouse will eat out of my hand for corn. And she likes meal worms too but my ganders fav treat is whole corn

 

[DiYMama540]

Yes...and fresh corn on the cob is a big favorite with the geese!!

 

[DiYMama540]

Love that they're settling in pretty well! They will get used to you, just takes a little while. Mating season definitely sounds like the best time to do introductions!

 

[Phillyndilly]

Love that they're settling in pretty well! They will get used to you, just takes a little while. Mating season definitely sounds like the best time to do introductions!

My chickens did love fresh whole corn my friend had extra from a bbq so we gave it to them. But geese nope. My one disabled goose loveddddd corn. I will try it. They also hate meal worms Luce and Phil do. But maybe the new ones will like them lol. Peanuts nope but my turkey loves them.

I always want to know their story I wonder where the girls came from. I also really wonder about Bruce. Why did the people dump him he’s so nice . Well we will take good care of him anyway.

We have no cheap farmers markets around here which is so bonkers so me. I think it’s because people from nyc come here on vacation and they will pay so much money that they have no cheap local farm markets and it’s no fair I need to give my animals some good cheap samples lol.

 

[Phillyndilly]

Hello all waffles is a gander and I am so mad I don’t even know what to say... I do not understand people I asked 3 times if they are sure and twice when we picked them up. It’s just ridiculous now we have the same problem but no space for another female...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Is he misbehaving? I'm sorry shame people mislead.

 

[Goosebaby]

People get birds without knowing what they’re getting themselves into sometimes, they maybe bought them with no forethought into what having loud, large birds takes to maintain. Buff geese are rare and expensive compared to Easter chicks at a feed store so my guess was someone was not as prepared as they thought for geese or they were gifted to them.
Honestly it makes me sad knowing what birds sometimes often go through, poultry, and exotics. I remember seeing a few Craigslist adds for year old Indian ring necks and conures by people who had given up on them for being “loud/aggressive.” They’re still babies, they’re still learning how to be birds and what’s acceptable or not. Too many people seem to buy exotic birds with this idea that they’re happy to sit silent and alone in a cage all day. Part of the problem is pet stores not caring to educate people on what they’re getting themselves into, the other issue is this ingrained ideology that birds are devoid of the most basic forms of intelligence and run solely on instinct.
I heard about this one cockatoo, the family got a new dog which didn’t like the bird somehow, so they set his/her cage in the basement and the next few months the only light or interaction the cockatoo recieved was when they brought the poor thing food. That just breaks my heart.

Sorry about my mini rant, I can get carried away over stuff like that.

How did you figure out Waffles is a gander?

 

[Phillyndilly]

Is he misbehaving? I'm sorry shame people mislead.

People get birds without knowing what they’re getting themselves into sometimes, they maybe bought them with no forethought into what having loud, large birds takes to maintain. Buff geese are rare and expensive compared to Easter chicks at a feed store so my guess was someone was not as prepared as they thought for geese or they were gifted to them.
Honestly it makes me sad knowing what birds sometimes often go through, poultry, and exotics. I remember seeing a few Craigslist adds for year old Indian ring necks and conures by people who had given up on them for being “loud/aggressive.” They’re still babies, they’re still learning how to be birds and what’s acceptable or not. Too many people seem to buy exotic birds with this idea that they’re happy to sit silent and alone in a cage all day. Part of the problem is pet stores not caring to educate people on what they’re getting themselves into, the other issue is this ingrained ideology that birds are devoid of the most basic forms of intelligence and run solely on instinct.
I heard about this one cockatoo, the family got a new dog which didn’t like the bird somehow, so they set his/her cage in the basement and the next few months the only light or interaction the cockatoo recieved was when they brought the poor thing food. That just breaks my heart.

Sorry about my mini rant, I can get carried away over stuff like that.

How did you figure out Waffles is a gander?

I totally agree with you. I know sometimes we overly humanize ( I know I do that) and give them more complex emotions but I totally agree it’s so wrong give them no emotions and treat them like a play thing. They are not meant to sit alone especially not in a cage and it’s so terrible how people don’t educate themselves.
An acquaintance of mine asked me advice when she already had already gotten 10 pekin ducklings- not before. She knew nothing I gave her advice and pages to read with information and in the next few months she continued to ask basic questions and not do what I told her.
She now recently messaged me saying I got 3 eggs how do I make them have babies?
I asked how many she even has left and she said 2! I promptly told her ducks are not the pet for you you have not followed any of my advice and gotten 8 of your ducks killed please do not continue this. She got the ducks to look pretty in her pond and so her brat of a 4 hr old boy could play aka torture them. Someone with even basic knowledge of the world figures a pure white duck who can not fly is not going to last long unless you are very diligent in protecting it. But she didn’t care about the ducks- she wanted a living, breathing, feeling soul to look beautiful in her pond nothing more. It makes me so so upset. So I am with you on the rant.

I know Waffles is a boy because I was sitting outside with them and waffles started doing his mating behavior with pancake. I was hoping he would get on her... well he did and out pops the pasta noodle.. case closed. I knew he was a boy but I was trying to convince myself otherwise.
I asked this person 4 times if she was sure and she said yes every time. It’s like how can you tell someone that if you are not sure. I messaged her which didn’t make me feel any better.
Bruce was dumped on some guys property and he told me he was a boy but if someone asked if I was sure I would say I think he is but not positive because I didn’t see with my own eyes.
We drove 1 hr to get pancake and waffles and now what is Bruce doing?
He’s alone. They aren’t mean to him at all but he’s keeping his distance and now we have the same problem except now we cannot get a female until we expand the coop because they won’t fit.
I can’t help but wonder if Bruce is sad maybe they dumped him because he lost his mate.
My disabled goose Boatie had these eyes.. his eyes were filled with pain for a long time. I could just see the sadness. I hope I eventually took some of that away but I feel he was abused for a very long time before I found him. Bruce has those eyes too. He looks sad.. I just want to make it better.
Sorry for my long rant and overly emotional speech lol. I’m going to pray this all works out.
I am still happy we got pancake and waffles just sad for Bruce.

 

[Goosebaby]

@Phillyndilly Poor Bruce, I’m glad you’ve given waffles and pancake a good home but what bad luck for Bruce!
I feel for those poor pekins too, I have two pekins and mine are completly defenseless. They could not survive for long out on a pond by themselves.

Is Bruce and Philip friendly with each other? Not tearing at each other? If so ganders can be perfectly happy with each other and it might be the best option for the foreseeable future.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Iain Utah started out with 2 ganders.