What breed?

[poultrylover12]

I'm looking for a pair of geese that are good at weeding, more on the quiet side, egg production is not a necessity but would not mind them being broody and raising there own clutch. Does anybody know a breed similar to this description.

 

[8GeeseALaying]

Tufted Romans are a quiet breed and pretty mild tempered. They will go broody if you let them. All geese are pretty good weeders. They seem to lay fairly well, not as much as the chinese geese though. I think i read some where on here that they lay close to 40 eggs per season. They get 10-12 pounds in weight, they are one of the smaller breeds. I have a trio of tufted romans, they hardly make noise. The gander seems well behaved and the two geese are as well. Ive had them a month now. One just recently went broody on a nest of 15 eggs( not all hers) shes no angel she does protect her nest but shes no where near being a witch like my chinese goose was.

 

[larkflying]

I wanted geese to weed - but they have since become lawnmowers . . . don't know that I would trust them to weed anything very important - even if they don't like to eat the plant, they still will chew on the plants - they aren't supposed to like evergreens, but every now and then they decide to munch on my fir and spruce trees. . I know I read about them weeding potatoes and corn fields, but I just have trouble seeing that it would work out well. They also leave many of the most common, annoying weeds - so I'd still have to go through and pull out the ones they didn't like . . . All geese love grass though, and they excel at keeping grass shorter, plus fertilizing it. The areas where the geese live have grass that looks like it grew on a golf course . .. .

My American Buff geese are quiet, and friendly, and most are pretty tolerant even during the breeding season. The neighbors can drive in / out of their driveways, and move around their yard, without my geese having fits - a good thing for me and for them! Mine have all made nests and gone broody although not all ended up with goslings. I've also heard good things about Pilgrims and they have the added benefit of having different colors for ganders and geese, so they are easy to tell apart.

 

[poultrylover12]

Thank you for this info that's very helpful.

 

[flockman]

I love my American Buffs as well. Good luck on your choice.

My gander charges but hasn't bit anything but my boot and that is when I took his mate's lifeless body away from him. My goose died so I could not have them hatch out goslings. When I bought two buff goose goslings my gander adopted them. Then I bought 3 Toulouse and he adopted them within a minute of him seeing them. I have an Embden coming from a friend, I am pretty sure he will adopt it as well.