Aunty e Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7904335/1500-pet-geese-up-for-sale-at-5-each.html Go on, someone tell me how impossible they are to keep and how they'll eat my chickens....before I get in the car and drive to Norfolk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily95 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Ermm.... They're impossible to keep and they'll eat your chickens! Emily wants a goosey too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 What "Ooops, word censored!"ody keeps geese? Really? Oh yes, omleteers keep sheep and cows and pigs and ducks and bees and cats and dogs and chinchillas and hedgehogs and alpacas but not geese? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy kc Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hi, I keep geese and chickens just the 3 geese but 36 chickens. I dont mix them though the chickens are in a large electric fenced area and the geese have the rest of the garden. The geese need loads of grass (4 geese eat as much grass as 1 sheep) Geese are not hard to look after they eat grass, layers pellets corn and sometimes your plants, I seriously wouldn't recomend mixing them in a run with the chickens though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Go get some They keep foxes away and will patrol the garden. Our breeder has 3 and they roam around between the chicken pens and spend time with their bali crested runner ducks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 My in-laws have just collected four from Gullivers Geese. They have been making friends with their ducks for several days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Please don't let Carl see this -we'll be off to Norfolk....he's always wanted geese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 They're very sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 We had a friend who kept geese, they were very good at keeping out intruders - they do a lot of big poos though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henriette Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Go on, someone tell me how impossible they are to keep and how they'll eat my chickens....before I get in the car and drive to Norfolk! I have been away from the forum for a while and have only just spotted this topic. I have a goose and a gander. I love them to bits even though the gander gets very hissy and pecky. You just have to be firm! They are incredibly easy to care for - really easy to move around. They mainly eat grass, and lots of it, but you can top them up with veggies, bread, corn, layers pellets etc. They do not like chickens but are fine with ducks. You probably made your decision ages ago, but I do hope you did get them. They are great companions, but ganders can be a bit grumpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Please don't let Carl see this -we'll be off to Norfolk....he's always wanted geese. Funny, I thought I'd see you here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Please don't let Carl see this -we'll be off to Norfolk....he's always wanted geese. Funny, I thought I'd see you here! He hasn't slipped you a tenner to bring some back has he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 I didn't in the end, because I was worried about when I'd be able to get a shed put up for them to sleep in. We might consider it at some point (honestly, pointlessly large garden) but until my brother turns up to help me put another shed up, they'd be easy prey for our enormous foxes. Don't worry Lesley, they're sold out of the adults now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Please don't let Carl see this -we'll be off to Norfolk....he's always wanted geese. Funny, I thought I'd see you here! He hasn't slipped you a tenner to bring some back has he? Errrr, no With a lurcher in the back of the van, the last thing I need is a goose or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Could geese live with my pygmy goats..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Theer's a field near us with goats, sheep and geese in, so perhaps they do go together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henriette Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Our geese are fine with the sheep and our neighbour has goats and his geese run with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
