The journey into the abyss of no return

[Baymule]

Is there any such thing as a nice gander in the goose world?

 

[Weldman]

Is there any such thing as a nice gander in the goose world?

My mom kept those. She eventually had to cull the male for the crime of crotch biting perpetrated against the males of the household (...erm, or in other words my dad shot him). GREAT with her though. She had a lot of those dragons. They laid a lot and hatched well, great fertility. They liked hugs from my mother. Hated men though-even the shedragons. I found them too high strung to be easy to work with, but that may be a virtue under your conditions.

I have no problems with any of my ganders and they are all calm. Though it is fun to watch them take their pre flight trips in the morning or whenever, running fast as they can flapping their wings as if they are going to get airborne.
Not much to work with on these, open the door in the morning to let them out, feed/water them, close the door at night after they go in.

 

[rachels.haven]

They can fly if you get them worked up enough! But only like 8 feet in the air...and with no particular destination. Just for fun.
Sounds like you're a goose person. You just need a market for goose eggs or goslings. Someone needs to convince the world those big glunkers are the better chicken egg-because they sort of are. If anything they seemed to be milder, which makes sense considering the gooses' preferred diet.

 

[Weldman]

They can fly if you get them worked up enough! But only like 8 feet in the air...and with no particular destination. Just for fun.
Sounds like you're a goose person. You just need a market for goose eggs or goslings. Someone needs to convince the world those big glunkers are the better chicken egg-because they sort of are. If anything they seemed to be milder, which makes sense considering the gooses' preferred diet.

I’m just the person who has ducks trained to geese, and guinea fowl trained to ducks and geese. Handle them a lot when young, I have a certain whistle they are trained to. Starts off at hatching, before opening or approaching brooder box I whistle to let them know I’m approaching, combine with food, water or petting they know it’s me. I can say here piggy piggy piggy and I got 11 pigs barreling across their pen to meet me at any time.

 

[fuzzi]

I’m just the person who has ducks trained to geese, and guinea fowl trained to ducks and geese. Handle them a lot when young, I have a certain whistle they are trained to. Starts off at hatching, before opening or approaching brooder box I whistle to let them know I’m approaching, combine with food, water or petting they know it’s me. I can say here piggy piggy piggy and I got 11 pigs barreling across their pen to meet me at any time.

When I walk towards my chicken runs they rush towards the door...I don't have to say "chick, chick" anymore. I am the giver of grapes/wild strawberries/dry cat food/BOSS/leftovers.

African geese, hmm?

 

[Ridgetop]

Geese are herbivorous. Farmers used to keep them in their orchards to graze down the weeds. Avocado farmers kept flocks in the groves to prevent theft of the avocados. Geese are not to be messed with. A gander can break a man's arm with their wings. And their beaks are no joke either.

But I still kike having them around. We will be getting some for our pond eventually. Erick breds Pilgrim geese (sex linked color differentiated) and said he will give me 2 pair. Also a couple of muscovies.

 

[Weldman]

Geese are herbivorous. Farmers used to keep them in their orchards to graze down the weeds. Avocado farmers kept flocks in the groves to prevent theft of the avocados. Geese are not to be messed with. A gander can break a man's arm with their wings. And their beaks are no joke either.

But I still kike having them around. We will be getting some for our pond eventually. Erick breds Pilgrim geese (sex linked color differentiated) and said he will give me 2 pair. Also a couple of muscovies.

Well between the 7 geese we have and counting, with 11 pigs, an excavator, and thousands of acres of land. I'm sure somethings can "accidentally" happen to anyone out here and would be a like a fart in the wind that it ever happened.