Toulouse Geese Thread

[chalis]

Where do you live.

 

[chalis]

My husband is a truck driver and can meet you somewhere o depending on where you live we can drive over on the weekend.

 

[jtn42248]

My husband is a truck driver and can meet you somewhere o depending on where you live we can drive over on the weekend.

That would be great except that I live in far west Texas (between Coleman and Abilene). That is a 14 hour drive from you.

 

[chalis]

Lol he just left san antonio this morning. He is out there alot if you want to work somthing out.

 

[jtn42248]

Lol he just left san antonio this morning. He is out there alot if you want to work somthing out.

My concern would be that even if he picked them up and made a direct drive back to you that would be 14 hours minimum. We are talking about adult geese so they would have to have a large container with food and water provided at regular intervals. Even then the level of stress could be more than they could take.

Give it some thought, talk to your husband and we can consider the options. But I would be very reluctant to move them this way without assurance they would have a safe trip.

What do others on this thread think?

 

[chalis]

I understand that. I will talk to him.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My concern would be that even if he picked them up and made a direct drive back to you that would be 14 hours minimum. We are talking about adult geese so they would have to have a large container with food and water provided at regular intervals. Even then the level of stress could be more than they could take.

Give it some thought, talk to your husband and we can consider the options. But I would be very reluctant to move them this way without assurance they would have a safe trip.

What do others on this thread think?

@jtn42248

@Iain Utah went to Cal and picked up I forget how many geese and brought them back to Utah in a horse trailer I believe maybe she can weigh in on this, how she did it and she also shipped adult geese to their new homes too I'd say she would be the one to talk too. Experience more so than most of us..

 

[jtn42248]

@jtn42248

@Iain Utah went to Cal and picked up I forget how many geese and brought them back to Utah in a horse trailer I believe maybe she can weigh in on this, how she did it and she also shipped adult geese to their new homes too I'd say she would be the one to talk too. Experience more so than most of us..

Don't think I am ready to even try to ship a bird much less a grown pair of geese but if @chalis husband drives his truck in this area and could stop by with an appropriate carrier I would entertain that. Still, 14 hours if he is going directly home and not stopping. If he has to continue his "route" and has to stop for periods of time I just don't know.

 

[chalis]

I understand. Unfortunatlly by law he is reqiured to stop every 11 hours for a ten hour break. Thank you for the offer though.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Don't think I am ready to even try to ship a bird much less a grown pair of geese but if @chalis husband drives his truck in this area and could stop by with an appropriate carrier I would entertain that. Still, 14 hours if he is going directly home and not stopping. If he has to continue his "route" and has to stop for periods of time I just don't know.

I def understand I was just hoping she'd stop by and fill us in on how she did it and how it all went that was 2-3 yrs ago and I forget although most of it is here somewhere on BYC.

I wouldn't even try to ship youngins let alone adults.