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Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 9:43 am Post subject: geese

Ive just been offered and accepted 2 geese and a gander (all 4 months old). They are coming Tuesday.......

John is making a house as we speak

....so Im not flavour of the month.

She has been keeping them in a back garden in a normal house and EH have ordered her to get rid because of complaints about the noise they make.

This is exactly the reason we wanted them - guard geese.

Ive read the article on geese here and its very good......

hots

Joined: 23 Sep 2010
Posts: 397
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 10:07 am Post subject:
Please make sure you have some water for them to splash about in, nothing sadder than a dusty goose with no bath. Even a baby bath sunk into the ground is better than nothing.

T.G

Joined: 13 Sep 2009
Posts: 7280
Location: Somewhere you're not

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 10:11 am Post subject:
apparently, as i've been lead to believe by several geese breeders, they need water to mate in, gives a better percentage of fertile eggs

cherrybanana

Joined: 07 Aug 2008
Posts: 36
Location: North Cornwall

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 11:25 am Post subject:
Lorraine, I know the person in question and I'm so glad to hear that the geese are being re-homed to somebody who is able to provide what they need.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 11:45 am Post subject:
They have a 25metre swimming pool to play in and a kids paddling pool (should they be in need of a change) - dont worry folks - I am well able to provide welfare for any animal that I take on. And the previous owners are able to come and visit....

misty07

Joined: 22 Jan 2010
Posts: 2223
Location: swindon wiltshire

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 12:10 pm Post subject:
did the previous owns not no that 3 geese need 3 acres to graze? as a grazing animal they need plenty of grass and as grass is not that good this time of year they need more of it glad you got the room i just got back from market i was very tempted to bring a goose back with me for xmas dinner maybe next time if i get some land.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 12:17 pm Post subject:
Well,despite where they were I have to say they are very good condition, so I cant say they looked or acted stressed. Quite looking forward to our new arrivals - Lemon, Pompom & Gos..... (I know - but those are their names)

misty07

Joined: 22 Jan 2010
Posts: 2223
Location: swindon wiltshire

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 12:20 pm Post subject:
so which one is for dinner? lol jk

Woodburner

Joined: 28 Apr 2006
Posts: 2904
Location: Essex

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 1:16 pm Post subject:

Congratulations! Sounds like they will be very happy in their new home.

One acre per goose sounds excessive though. There used to be a feral flock, of about twenty that rarely moved from a 2-3 acre field in view of my kitchen window, and if they weren't in the field they were on the river. They decimated the barley crop there though, and after two years the farmer gave up sowing barley, and put the field down to the newer version of set aside. The geese then moved about 10-15 miles away, to a garden where I worked at the time, also with a river. Sometimes they did go to the other side, but whenever I was there I saw them somewhere close, in an area of 4-5 acres, including some lightly wooded in the middle, that they didn't seem to like as much.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 2:12 pm Post subject:
Actually, Misty I did make the point to the lady that no way would they be eaten.............think she was concerned at this.... hopefully, they will be happy and perhaps have some little geeses in the future....

hots

Joined: 23 Sep 2010
Posts: 397
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 2:58 pm Post subject:

Oh, lucky geese.
We have a pair of ganders, when they arrived they hadn't ever been in a pond and it was wonderful to watch them taking their first swim, if their beaks could smile they'd have been beaming!
The difference in their plumage within a few days was incredible.

They are brilliant guard geese, honking whenever anyone arrives which then sets the dog off so she barks and flies out of the dog flap to investigate.
No chance of anyone sneaking up on us.
The postman is not too keen on them though and we have had to install a postbox at the top of the drive so he doesn't have to run the gaunlet of feisty ganders in the spring.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 4:26 pm Post subject:
Sounds great.......... we dont have a guard dog - just a stupid golden retreiver. Im fed up with people just opening the gate and walking in. We even had one old guy walk in the front door! A sign on the gate saying BY APPOINTMENT just gets ignored. Now I can put a sign up- NO ENTRY UNLESS BY PRIOR APPOINTMENT. Any injuries caused by guard geese are entirely your own fault.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 7:44 pm Post subject:

misty07 wrote:

did the previous owns not no that 3 geese need 3 acres to graze? as a grazing animal they need plenty of grass and as grass is not that good this time of year they need more of it glad you got the room i just got back from market i was very tempted to bring a goose back with me for xmas dinner maybe next time if i get some land.

You could keep a lot of Geese on 3 acres.

hots

Joined: 23 Sep 2010
Posts: 397
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 10 7:44 pm Post subject:
I've just checked out your website. Double lucky geese to be living there! We only have one weeks' holiday a year and always go to the same place....... Port Isaac.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 10 6:29 am Post subject:
Thanks.......we are in a great spot - a mile from Wadebridge, easy quick access to Port Isaac (our fav pub the Port Gaverne) via St Kew.... Look at this for a Sunday walk and super fishing spot.... this is only a few minutes from the house....

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