What is the point of geese?

[wildpeas]

My geese keep the grass short, short, short. That means less mowing for me.

 

[gritsar]

Why keep em? Because they are feathered two year olds that delight me with their antics and personality.

I have had chickens for about five years now. My four remaining 5 year old brahma hens hold a special place in my heart and always will. My younger flock of brahmas provide us with eggs, since my husband won't eat duck eggs in anything but baked goods. I have a favorite in the younger flock, a chicken that prefers the company of humans to other chickens, but the rest are just egg layers to me. I also have a flock of three, two seramas and a special needs silkie X. The seramas are kept as company for my special needs hen, who is also a favorite.

I have a small flock of runner ducks, a drake and five hens. Cute, funny and good at insect control. I also have a pair of call ducks. Alot of my friends have calls and I wanted to see what the fuss was all about. I love them and hubby adores them. Not good for much other than the laughter they bring us.

My geese? O-M-Gee, they are by far THE best feathered pets. My pair started imprinting on me from the moment I opened their shipping box. My goose Lucy especially likes to get into mischief and keeps me on my toes. My gander Tuffy is a mama's boy and even though Lucy is laying now and gearing up towards sitting, Tuffy is still a good boy. I got a hiss out of him when I went to let them out of their coop the day Lucy laid her very first egg; that's it. He'd like to kill our german shepherds, but has enough sense not to do more than posture. I fully anticipate Tuffy to get a bit more aggressive when Lucy settles in to brooding and raising goslings, but I'm prepared for it. Given the choice of being flogged by a gander or spurred by a rooster, I'll take the gander, tyvm.

Did I mention that we didn't have to mow our fenced yard of nearly an acre even once this past summer?

 

[LaynaDon95]

Now y'all have me wanted a goose! I should have never asked. I've been naughty.

*sigh* Well, maybe when my duckling are all grown up I can start asking for a gosling or 2. I'm not gonna push my luck right now as I have 3 brooders full of littles right now...

 

[Going Bhonkers]

We keep ours as pets & the eggs are a bonus (amazing omelettes!!! )

 

[LaynaDon95]

So what is their laying season? Do their eggs taste more like chicken eggs or duck eggs?

 

[LaynaDon95]

We keep ours as pets & the eggs are a bonus (amazing omelettes!!! )

what cuties!

 

[Goose and Fig]

The eggs taste more like chicken eggs. Very hard to crack- they are like ceramic.
I am saving some of mine to blow out for psanky, and what I don't use I will sell.

The only thing keeping me from having 100 geese is the lack of pasture. If I could get more grass to grow up here....<3

 

[The goose girl]

The only thing keeping me from having 100 geese is the lack of pasture. If I could get more grass to grow up here....<3

x2!

If I had the space, I would have hundreds of geese - all kinds, breeds, and colors! Honking heaven!

 

[ChristineR]

They are excellent lawn mowers and fertilizers. They will help clean up windfall fruit in orchards. They're fun to have around.

My paired gander hasn't been aggressive toward me at all. He is hissing up a storm at my hubby and the dogs. He hasn't made any move to actually bite them, though.

 

[Carebearsmiles]

This thread has me wanting geese!
<3