I am finally getting my Super/Dewlap African geese, they will be here on the 22nd. I have been wanting some of these geese for a couple of years but hadn't found anyone that not only bred them but would ship them too. I am sooo excited!! LOL I haven't had goslings in a good ten years, I had a trio of Emdens that I bought as adults last year, but they hadn't been socialized and were very unfriendly. Since I have small children I didn't feel that they would be safe with them, so I re-sold those birds. I had a fairly good sized flock of mixed breed geese as a kid, we had around twenty at one time I think. I got into geese when I bought a single gosling at an auction, and he bonded very tightly with me and followed me everywhere even as an adult.
But I digress! What I wanted was to ask about feed. When I was a kid, I fed my geese mainly just scratch, which I now know is not good enough as the main diet.I have read that you should feed them chick starter the first few weeks, but I have also read that it has to be non-medicated or it can make them sick. Do they actually need the chick starter, or would a broiler/meat maker feed be ok for them? How much risk is there of them contracting coccidiosis if they are not medicated for it? I have had a lot of trouble with the cocci in my chickens, so I am paranoid about it now.
But I digress! What I wanted was to ask about feed. When I was a kid, I fed my geese mainly just scratch, which I now know is not good enough as the main diet.I have read that you should feed them chick starter the first few weeks, but I have also read that it has to be non-medicated or it can make them sick. Do they actually need the chick starter, or would a broiler/meat maker feed be ok for them? How much risk is there of them contracting coccidiosis if they are not medicated for it? I have had a lot of trouble with the cocci in my chickens, so I am paranoid about it now.
post pictures of them when you get them. I raise africans as well and enjoy looking at new birds.
