Should I get a goose?

[AGeese]

1 goose will -ideally- bond with your chickens.
2 geese will likely bond with each other regardless of the chickens.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

1 goose will -ideally- bond with your chickens.
2 geese will likely bond with each other regardless of the chickens.

Are you saying I should get one?

 

[AGeese]

That's up to you, just keep in mind that two geese may just be a deterrent to predators if they just bond with each other; where as one goose might be more protective to what it calls its own flock.

 

[wamtazlady]

I'm looking for a warning because than I can go out and make sure no of the chickens get hurt. Any recommendations for where to buy from?

I got mine from Metzer's Farm.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

I got mine from Metzer's Farm.

I've been looking there, and right now its my top on because its closer to where I live and shipping wouldn't be so far.

 

[Isadora]

I got my geese off craigslist.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

I got my geese off craigslist.

I looked and all the had was ridiculously expensive Sebastopol goslings.

 

[NatJ]

Any recommendations for where to buy from?

Ask your local feed store if they will be ordering goslings.

Or order from a hatchery.
Some hatcheries that seem to have a good reputation:
www.idealpoultry.com
(minimum order $30, only has a few breeds, no sexing, goslings are a bit cheaper than some other sources.)

www.mcmurrayhatchery.com
(minimum order 2 goslings, lists many breeds but many appear to be sold out at present, offers sexing on some breeds)

www.metzerfarms.com
(minimum order 2 goslings, lists many breeds but many appear to be sold out at present, offers sexing on some breeds.)

(Note, I have never personally bought goslings from anywhere. I have ordered chicks from McMurray and Ideal and been satisfied with the quality and service. I know that other good hatcheries also exist, that I didn't bother to list.)

 

[McChooky]

Geese are territorial but they don't actually guard the flock they only alert. They will also need watered and eat more than the chickens.Whatever you save in free ranging will be spent on feeding them. Forcing one to live alone at night is worse.

 

[McChooky]

I'll get two then. I'm more thinking of a waning to me and the chickens if a predator comes because my rosters a doing a sucky job

They would have a separate house next to the chicken one.

Roosters alert too and no they don't fight foxes (neither do geese) If your hens don't respond to alerts for the rooster it doesn't make them useless.The hawks usually pick out the stragglers that don't hang around the rooster.They know its easier to get one by itself than grabbing one out of a group (usually the group is where the rooster is)