Two new babies!

[LilLeafie43]

Hey all!
Two little goslings hatched aound the end of may and they're doing great! It looks like it'll just be those two, oh well. One is an embden i believe (Grey back, yellow everywhere else, orange feet and bill) and I dont really know whether the younger one is a brown chinese or a troulouse... pictures online are so similar!

Anyways, first time goose owner here! Never ever thought we'd get geese but here we are. I find the older one, the Embden, is a real biter.. grabs hold and yanks like crazy, has an obsession with biting hair and playing tug with it. I know it might be too early to see if this will be a forever problem, but we really don't want them to be mean when they get big, otherwise they can't be free range. Tips?

I read a bit on here about angel wing being a risk with geese, and that having grass could help prevent it? I try to take them outside to walk around and graze everyday, but lately I've been really busy, an haven't had time. I'll start cutting grass up for their brooder tomorrow I guess.

Thanks!

Emma

 

[JadeFarms]

Post pics.

 

[bluemerle]

Both of mine (Toulouse & African) do the bite-tug thing, too! It's just an extension of their foraging nature, I think. I've been giving mine plenty of foraging toys and chew toys (safe dog toys work well) and taking my hand away when they start chomping too hard.

 

[LilLeafie43]

Post pics.

I'm not too sure how to do that, but tonight when I have some time I'll try to figure it out.

Both of mine (Toulouse & African) do the bite-tug thing, too! It's just an extension of their foraging nature, I think. I've been giving mine plenty of foraging toys and chew toys (safe dog toys work well) and taking my hand away when they start chomping too hard.

Yeah I kinda thought it was just the nature of geese haha I have some wood chew toys for parrots, since all our dog toys have kind of been obliterated by the dogs. I'll find something!

Emma

 

[JadeFarms]

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[LilLeafie43]

Hopefully this works..

They're both little monsters haha

 

[N ID Goose mom]

Hopefully this works..

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They are so very cute.

 

[Celticdragonfly]

Awww, they are cute.

 

[LilLeafie43]

What kinds do you think they are??
I think the lighter one is an embden?
Dunno about the little dark guy

 

[TashaFrancois]

Precious. I just got my first pair a few months ago. They are so easy to imprint. They still follow me around the garden and they are bigger than my ducks. Still haven’t got all their grown up feathers.