The African and Chinese goose thread!!

[servpolice]

After a month of constant rain and storm Frank yesterday and a few other storms Ireland is officially under water

My stream over flowed my geese didn't mind though they were delighted to have a dry day for once with no rain :,)

 

[servpolice]

serv I just love the buff color they both look great so does developing the dewlap mean they are considered mature? I know age wise they would probably say adult but does the dewlap mean anything?

I want to know more about the dewlap of geese but I only get very little information on it.
I still wonder why some Africans grow dewlaps at 6 months and others at 16-18 months?
Mine all grow theirs 18 months after hatch but you never know if next breeding season I'll get one that grows one earlier than 18 months
The older the goose the more ragged and sluggish it will look.

 

[Miss Lydia]

After a month of constant rain and storm Frank yesterday and a few other storms Ireland is officially under water

My stream over flowed my geese didn't mind though they were delighted to have a dry day for once with no rain :,)

Looks like a lake. I bet your geese were happy to have a day with out rain, continual rain can get old fast.

 

[servpolice]

Everybody(people) were delighted to see sun as if we didn't see it in years

 

[Miss Lydia]

I want to know more about the dewlap of geese but I only get very little information on it.
I still wonder why some Africans grow dewlaps at 6 months and others at 16-18 months?
Mine all grow theirs 18 months after hatch but you never know if next breeding season I'll get one that grows one earlier than 18 months

The older the goose the more ragged and sluggish it will look.

That would be interesting.

 

[Stormy Cashmere]

Now it is starting to get cold where I live and for the past 3 years we've gotten 1 and 1/2 feet of snow overnight sometimes at the end of January. I've prepared my chicken's coop and my gander's box,but I'm worried it's not enough for him. I always make sure he has a lot of clean and dry bedding,and I've blocked out any drafts. Will he be ok when the temperature is 0-20 degrees?

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Now it is starting to get cold where I live and for the past 3 years we've gotten 1 and 1/2 feet of snow overnight sometimes at the end of January. I've prepared my chicken's coop and my gander's box,but I'm worried it's not enough for him. I always make sure he has a lot of clean and dry bedding,and I've blocked out any drafts. Will he be ok when the temperature is 0-20 degrees?

We had severe temps last year and all my guys did fine. As long as he has the bedding and no drafts He should do fine. Extra corn will help him too. My geese beg for corn in the winter months, I give it to them in addition to flock raiser. helps maintain their fatty layer to stay warm.

 

[Miss Lydia]

We had severe temps last year and all my guys did fine. As long as he has the bedding and no drafts He should do fine. Extra corn will help him too. My geese beg for corn in the winter months, I give it to them in addition to flock raiser. helps maintain their fatty layer to stay warm.

With the temps we had the last 2 days down in lower teens mine have gotten whole corn in the morning and late afternoon before bed along with their reg feed. They love corn better than meal worms.

 

[holm25]

My geese go swimming when its 5 degrees out and they are fine. Its all how they are fed. They choose their corn in the winter over othee feeds and other feeds over corn in the summer. They know exactly what they need. My coop stays really warm too so that helps. When its 5 below oit nothing in there freezes and its alway open with no heat source.

 

[NathanZee]

Its getting in the twenties and lower here, and my geese seem to be a lot hungrier. How much should I be feeding two small african geese? I have some cracked corn, but I don't usually feed that to the geese, would that be okay for them?