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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: lachlanandmarcus on May 21, 2013, 11:38:31 am
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Embden x Toulouse (heavy breed) goslings for sale, ideal for Sunday roast or as guard geese.
Up to 7 available. Unsexed (due to age).
£5 each
Based near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
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how old are they?
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Just born this week so just a few days old at the mo.
Coping with parental route marches round the field tho :-))) just being fed non medicated chick crumbs and water tho they seem more interested in seeds etc in the grass!
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4 goslings reserved :-))
3 remain available, will be ready to go in approx 2 weeks time.
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3 goslings left for sale, Embden/Toulouse cross, unsexed. Will be ready to go from 9 June when they will be 2-3 weeks old. Ideal for grazing, guarding or for eggs or meat.
£5 each
Aboyne area, Aberdeenshire.
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Would love them but boyfriend says no :(
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Would love them but boyfriend says no :(
Boyfriend looking like this :huff: :huff: :huff:
:-))
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I have chickens and turkeys but not kept geese before. Just thinking about water, how big/deep would it need to be with this breed of goose? Wouldn't want to take on the birds if I don't have the right environment for them...
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Our manage very happily with buckets of water and a plastic cement mixing tray for dabbling and stamping feet in, that's also good for goslings as they can't have deep water for the first few weeks anyway. There is a theory that geese will only mate on a proper pond type deeper water but clearly our goslings disprove this theory ;-)))
For shallow dabbling an alternative to the cement tray might be a large one of those drip trays that go under pots on greenhouse benches, that's a good depth and size. Or an old unused or well scrubbed sheep footbath tray thing.
So they don't need a pond, that's ideal but unless it can be emptied very frequently for cleaning it would get yukky anyway. More important is some shelter and a nice place to graze. Goose heaven :-))
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All goslings now sold pending pickup next Weekend :thumbsup: :&>
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Would love them but boyfriend says no :(
Boyfriend looking like this :huff: :huff: :huff:
:-))
Very much so. Maybe in the future