Sell me on a goose breed

[Miss Lydia]

They love it don’t they?

 

[FathertoFeathers]

They love it don’t they?

Its crazy!

 

[Conan]

American buffs! Gorgeous, gentle, sweet, lower end of the noise spectrum, and did I say sweet? I even pet my hen when she's on her nest, and she is just such a nice girl.

 

[Miss Lydia]

She’s also gorgeous too

 

[Pinckney]

Ducks are more talkative but geese are louder. I haven’t had Romans yet so I can’t help you with noise levels.
I’d say geese honking at neighbors is equivalent to having a dog outside and barking at the neighbors. Would others agree?

 

[DiYMama540]

Yeah I would agree the noise level is about the same as a dog barking...most of the time though it's quieter mumbling back and forth to each other, but when they want to it gets much louder.

 

[bluemerle]

@DiYMama540 Your video of Chance was hilarious!! I originally got my geese because they "aren't supposed to dig & destroy like ducks: only graze the grass." Now my backyard looks like I have a severe gopher problem.

 

[bluemerle]

I will also say re: noise .... I have Africans (by far not the quietest breed, but probably not quite as talkative as Chinese) and live in an area with 13 near-ish dogs surrounding me. My geese are the quietest of them all. While the neighbor dogs will bark at anything, including nothing: the geese only make a ruckus when they hear/see a threat or something particularly exciting is happening. They don't make noise for the sake of making noise.