where are your geese at night

[Habibs Hens]

Thanks all for the replies and as Celtic says my flock is at to valuable to me and I don't mean wealth wise but valuable on my heart. So I will do the ritual of herding them in just so I know they are safe. Wouldn't be able to sleep if I left them out. My flock is like my family and even this morning I lost a runner to a fit or sorts and that broke my heart


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[kangababy]

Our geese are on the big pond and I guess they hang out on the island at night. I have 13 Sebbies and 5 Chinese along with Calls and Pekins out there and lots of mallards and nothing seems to bother them.

Now my free range roosters have started vanishing but we never find anything.
Our 10 acre farm is surrounded by houses now so I don't worry about many preditors unless they are from the sky

 

[poultry09]

I go out every night and say "go to bed" a couple times and slowly walk behind them and they all know which coop they belong in and hop up on the ramp and go in the coop, the ducks (5 Runners) go in the coop every night when it starts to get dark out by them selfs. Some nights it is harder than others but they all eventualy go in. Hope this will help you

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

My Geese and some of my ducks would gladly sleep outside if I let them. However, I herd mine all into a large 12ft. run at night to sleep in. My Geese usually follow the ducks to their pen, so it's very easy just to walk behind the geese and show to where to go. Hoping they'll figure it out in another week or so by themselves so I don't have to keep herding, but we shall see! ; )

~ Aspen

 

[zazouse]

I have 25 geese they all come up to the house where the dogs are at night, but in the daytime they stay out in the fields and by the creek or pond

 

[jdywntr]

I herd mine into the coop at dusk. The chickens go in first, then the ducks and the geese are usually hunkered down outside on the ground. I did forget to go out one night (was probably on BYC and lost track of time) It was full dark (about 1 hour later than normal) when I went out and they had put themselves up.

 

[catsbully]

my chickens go to their coop first and about a half hour later the 2 chinese geese and 5 indian runners follow to the pen.when its hot I allow them to roam the enclosed pen at night and they usually bed down on the straw bales. Its just habit for them now a week of herding with a walking cane and rake to guide them directionally and they get the idea! although I have found that the ducks are much smarter at getting into their house as the geese tend to the panic response too quickly!!

 

[Cottage Rose]

I'm not saying all my geese always go orderly in at night...I'm sure the neighbors must wonder why I'm occasionally running around cursing a blue streak while waving a rake wildly over my head chasing a naughty goose thats screaming bloody murder as if its about to get its head cut off but 2 times when i left some rebellious Muscovy Ducks out all night the next morning they were were found dead with their heads missing or completely gone without a trace. Its just not worth leaving them out. I have no sympathy when people post/cry about their birds getting killed by predators because they left them out all night. Its just common sense...get a livestock guard dog or lock them up at night.

 

[Haunted55]

My ducks and geese spend the night in their pen [100' of 6' welded wire fencing, covered by more garden fencing] with their house open if they choose to go in. The whole is surrounded by an electric fence 5 strand high and a 50 mile fence charger. This is placed about 18" from the pen fence so they cannot touch the wires. I have serious predators in my area.

 

[Habibs Hens]

I'm quite lucky

But they say luck runs out at some point

I'm ok for predators and since this thread leave them out

But won't be for long as I'm gonna build a goose house for them


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