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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: hoggsbreath on February 07, 2011, 04:37:37 pm

Title: keeping geese
Post by: hoggsbreath on February 07, 2011, 04:37:37 pm

do i need to have a pond to keep geese.have a river running through the farm but the geese will go away if i let them on there i think?.

Title: Re: keeping geese
Post by: shetlandpaul on February 07, 2011, 04:56:37 pm

feed them and keep their wings clipped they will come back.

Title: Re: keeping geese
Post by: daddymatty82 on February 07, 2011, 07:37:17 pm

make a frame  wire it  and put it across river each end of your boundry then they wont float away id love a river nearby just confine them feed them and then after a few weeks they know you as food so they will come back

Title: Re: keeping geese
Post by: Frieslandfilly on February 08, 2011, 11:54:04 am

No you dont need a pond to keep geese, but they will appreciate something they can get into to wash and they also like to mate in it although it isnt critical, I often find ours sat in a regular black bucket!!

Title: Re: keeping geese
Post by: shetlandpaul on February 08, 2011, 09:20:00 pm

watch out for any goslings that you get if you use containers they can drown if they can't get out.