Rescue Goose....please help!

[LulaBell]

So I rescued a goose today....he showed up at my husbands work over a week ago. They wanted him (or her??) gone so ‍. Any idea what breed? Male or female? What to feed? Where to house? I’m a chicken person so I’m set up for them, not geese. I figured it wouldn’t be too difficult to accommodate with what I have, just need some guidance.

 

[LulaBell]

I’m sorry I had trouble attaching the pics on the original post.

 

[ColtHandorf]

I'm not a goose expert by any means, but it appears to be an Embden.

http://feathersite.com/Poultry/Geese/BRKEmbden.html

I have kept geese with chickens before but as they like to graze I usually let them free range most if not all of the day. They had a large plastic kiddie pool to swim and bathe in. As far as feeding goes if I remember correctly I did a mixture of laying pellets, gamebird feed, and hen scratch. Plus all the forage they got grazing. No idea on how to sex them. Generally ganders are larger I believe.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Beautiful Embden! Ganders are ear piercing, females kinda mumble. Very sweet of you to take him in. I have an Embden gander myself and I will say they do much better if they have another goose to live with.

 

[LulaBell]

Beautiful Embden! Ganders are ear piercing, females kinda mumble. Very sweet of you to take him in. I have an Embden gander myself and I will say they do much better if they have another goose to live with.

Well it’s funny you say that....someone found his friend and brought him over. They are much calmer together

 

[Miss Lydia]

That is awesome! Do you think someone dumped them off? Are you going to keep them? Bless their hearts I bet they were happy to be back together.

 

[LulaBell]

That is awesome! Do you think someone dumped them off? Are you going to keep them? Bless their hearts I bet they were happy to be back together.

Yes we’ll keep them. They were definitely pets and probably dropped off. Both are very friendly and stayed at the same location for over a week. I don’t figured they just wondered off and got lost

 

[Miss Lydia]

Probably dumped so sad but sounds like they have found a great home!!! Do you know sex of either?

 

[LulaBell]

Probably dumped so sad but sounds like they have found a great home!!! Do you know sex of either?

I’ve never owned a goose and have no clue how to sex them. I have a lot of reading to do!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well one way is the gander is loud and high pitched and females tend to have mumbly voices. Females if of laying age will have a lower belly carriage. So if you can get some pic of them front view whole body.