Author Topic: what to feed geese (Read 2355 times)

Carey boy · « **on:** October 12, 2014, 07:17:31 pm »

I'm buying some geese to keep the grass down. What else should I feed them?

Help please

shygirl · « **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2014, 08:02:29 pm »

we only fed our geese in mid winter - and then gave them layers and mixed grain, the rest of the time they grazed as we had a lot of grass at that time.

bigchicken · « **Reply #2 on:** October 12, 2014, 08:03:43 pm »

They will eat grass and I give mine a bit of mixed corn nothing else and they are thriving.

mojocafa · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2014, 08:47:15 pm »

Mixed corn and wheat

hughesy · « **Reply #4 on:** October 12, 2014, 09:35:00 pm »

We don't feed ours other than a bit of mixed corn in a bucket of water at bedtime.

devonlady · « **Reply #5 on:** October 12, 2014, 09:40:55 pm »

Mine have a cropfull of whole wheat morning and evening and whatever they can bully from the pigs

HesterF · « **Reply #6 on:** October 15, 2014, 11:37:29 pm »

Mine have free access to waterfowl growers/finishers and then mixed corn late afternoon but they're in a pen with chickens and ducks too at the moment. I think it's more important to supplement through the winter as the grass is less nutritious.

H

Carey boy · « **Reply #7 on:** October 16, 2014, 11:32:22 am »

Hi Mojocafa, Why do you put the mixed corn in a bucket of water at bedtime?

David

hughesy · « **Reply #8 on:** October 16, 2014, 07:30:03 pm »

Because the geese can fish it out and being in water it isn't available to rats like it would be if uneaten on the floor.

shygirl · « **Reply #9 on:** October 17, 2014, 12:14:30 am »

ducks and geese find it easier to swallow if its in water - being water fowl.
I never thought about the rats though, that's interesting.

Carey boy · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2014, 08:58:34 am »

Mojocafa, Well that sound like a very good thing to do. Will do. Thank's.

waddy · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2014, 10:44:03 am »

Mine get mostly grass with some mixed corn and wheat and geese grower and finisher pellets also. If you do feed pellets make sure they are for waterfowl and don't have the coccidiostat that hen pellets can have - not good for geese.

Helen