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What are the best geese to keep? ›

The breeds best suited for guard duty are the Tufted Roman, Saddleback Pomeranian, and Chinese. Tufted Roman geese make excellent guard animals.

For heavyweight breeds such as the Toulouse or Embden Goose, two to three geese is better. Light weight breeds such as the Chinese can manage as many as five or six geese if the gander is active. Matings during the first year are not always fertile.

Two days after Christmas we received a Canada Goose who came in uncoordinated, unkempt and unable to bear weight on its right leg. A concerned woman had been watching, worrying, and feeding this bird for three weeks prior.

For row crops, two to four geese per acre are typically sufficient when placed when the first grass appears. No more than four geese per acre should be used. More geese may be required, however, if the plantings are in beds because beds have a larger area where grass and weeds can grow.

The largest breed of goose, the Dewlap Toulouse is also one of the most docile and friendly. More interested in food than aggression, they make excellent pets and are also exceptional egg layers. They aren't gifted as guardians, however, because they aren't interested in the energy it takes to complete that job.

Embden geese mature early and dress out nicely because of their white plumage but have a ten- dency to produce a fatty carcass. Embden can be an aggressive breed so it is best to not keep them with more docile breeds because they will bully them.

The geese and the chickens can free-range together and share the same yard, they will each go to their own coops at night.

Shutting your birds in for the night is important when your main grazing area is not foxproof. Another benefit of putting the birds in a house for the night is that they will be quieter and they are more likely to choose a dry place to nest. Tolerant or far-away neighbours: geese can be loud.

Geese are low-maintenance.

Geese are some of the best foragers around and, given free access to quality pasture, need little to no supplementation for a third of the year. To illustrate, our flock of seven ducks – despite being enthusiastic bug hunters- required as much feed as our flock of fourteen geese.

The voices of females are slightly higher in pitch and they will occasionally make a, "kaw-kaw-kaw," sound that males don't. Males tend to stand a little taller, are a bit bigger and strike a more regal posture, very proud and tall. Wives' Tale: A black dot appears on the tip of the bill of some Toulouse geese.

What is a female goose called? ›

The term for a female goose is a goose, while the term for a male goose is a gander.

Even geese that do fly are very unlikely to fly away if their needs are met. If you need to keep them contained, a 1m fence is usually sufficient. Even a lower barrier may provide enough deterrence (to prevent them trampling your veggies for example). Geese don't need a pond.

A goose can deter hawks and other small predators like snakes, rats, skunks and maybe even raccoons because of their size.

Some geese can be "trained" to be less aggressive. Often, a very young, "imprinted" gosling will still be very bonded to its owners as an adult, but sometimes that very same goose will become aggressive since it doesn't have any respect or fear of humans.

Waterfowl are very social animals and should come to see you as part of their community. Keep talking to them, holding them, and giving them treats, and eventually some of them may actually "like" you...and others will at least tolerate you!

The White Chinese geese are an ornamental goose due to their fine features. They are a very alert bird that are also able to fly if startled. White Chinese geese are great layers and are also noisy making them great guards of your property.

Chinese geese go broody and are the better layers, laying as many as 50 eggs in a season. Because of this they are ideal for crossing with other breeds. Chinese and Emden crosses produce desirable goslings of white fleshing qualities more economically than do the pure breeds.

Greater white-fronted geese are a long-lived species, with one individual holding the current longevity record for North American waterfowl at 34 years and 7 months.