How to Keep Geese
Start by purchasing a goose and a gander., Choose your goose., Care for your goose., Keep the geese shelter clean so that the geese will feel comfortable in their home and will lay eggs., Provide a water source.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Start by purchasing a goose and a gander.
If you want the geese for meat, buy two geese and a gander. -
Step 2: Choose your goose.
Geese are grouped in three types: light, medium, and heavy.
The heavy breeds lay fewer eggs while the light and medium lay more and are more practical to keep.
The Toulouse and White Emden are examples of heavy geese, they can be up to 24 pounds and are good for butchering! There are about 4 different breeds that are best for first-timers.
The Saddleback is okay at egg-laying and is tasty meat-wise.
They are docile and are good in smaller flocks.
The American Buff is a medium breed.
They are better for meat than eggs, and are delicious roasted.
They are calm and docile and are good in small flocks and with the Saddleback.
The Chinese goose is a light but very intelligent breed.
They are fiercely loyal to their owners and lay about 60 eggs per year.
The Pilgrim is a light, practical bird that is good for someone who has a knack for bird-caring.
They lay about 20 eggs per year. , Geese like to roam freely.
As long as they have fresh water, corn, grit, and grass, they won't make a fuss.
When the geese first arrive at their new home, make sure to keep them locked up in their shelter with a small mesh-enclosed space to run in for a while.
This will teach them that they must stay in their space.
If you don't have a vermin-proof enclosure, keep the geese locked up at night. , Most geese will forage, so that will be their natural diet, but keep corn and grit there for extra.
If your geese or a goose is not foraging, chop up greens for them to eat.
If you want to fatten up your geese for butchering, feed them barley and wheat as an extra. , Geese need constant access to a water source.
They also need a pond for them to swim in, and it must be clean.
In the summer, geese also need shade, so the pond should be near a shady area. -
Step 3: Care for your goose.
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Step 4: Keep the geese shelter clean so that the geese will feel comfortable in their home and will lay eggs.
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Step 5: Provide a water source.
Detailed Guide
If you want the geese for meat, buy two geese and a gander.
Geese are grouped in three types: light, medium, and heavy.
The heavy breeds lay fewer eggs while the light and medium lay more and are more practical to keep.
The Toulouse and White Emden are examples of heavy geese, they can be up to 24 pounds and are good for butchering! There are about 4 different breeds that are best for first-timers.
The Saddleback is okay at egg-laying and is tasty meat-wise.
They are docile and are good in smaller flocks.
The American Buff is a medium breed.
They are better for meat than eggs, and are delicious roasted.
They are calm and docile and are good in small flocks and with the Saddleback.
The Chinese goose is a light but very intelligent breed.
They are fiercely loyal to their owners and lay about 60 eggs per year.
The Pilgrim is a light, practical bird that is good for someone who has a knack for bird-caring.
They lay about 20 eggs per year. , Geese like to roam freely.
As long as they have fresh water, corn, grit, and grass, they won't make a fuss.
When the geese first arrive at their new home, make sure to keep them locked up in their shelter with a small mesh-enclosed space to run in for a while.
This will teach them that they must stay in their space.
If you don't have a vermin-proof enclosure, keep the geese locked up at night. , Most geese will forage, so that will be their natural diet, but keep corn and grit there for extra.
If your geese or a goose is not foraging, chop up greens for them to eat.
If you want to fatten up your geese for butchering, feed them barley and wheat as an extra. , Geese need constant access to a water source.
They also need a pond for them to swim in, and it must be clean.
In the summer, geese also need shade, so the pond should be near a shady area.
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