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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

We used to have geese, Gray Embdens, White Chinas and Toulouse.  We had 
irrigated pasture and they are pretty good at keeping snails down.  Our 
neighbor raised them commercially and he had dozens of horror stories.  I do 
know the geese killed one of his kids by chasing the child down to the pond 
and then drowning him.

The first one we bought, a White China, we called Damn Goose and he hated my 
m-i-l which was o.k. by me <g>  He knew her car and would come lickey split 
in the half flying, running thing they do and wouldn't let her out of the 
car.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>


> Hey all,
>
> Has anyone here raised geese? I'm thinking about starting a flock of
> geese this spring. I already raise chickens for meat and eggs. I have
> the goats going and hope to get milk and meat from them.
>
> I'd like to have Pilgrim geese because you can sex them easily. If not
> Pilgrim, White Embden would be the breed.
>
> My goal would be to start with about 10 and raise them saving the best
> females and a couple of males to procreate in the future. I really
> would only eat a few geese a year, but maybe more if I had them.
>
> I also figure that keeping a few geese should not be too big of a deal
> as they can graze in season and seem like they'd be pretty
> independant.
>
> If I have to buy from a hatchery, this is about a $100 investment
> (purchase and shipping for 10 goslings). Has anyone raised geese and
> kept a flock going? Any goose horror stories ???