Thinking about geese

[chris]

*makes a mental note to give TS some mud if he ever meets her*

[Hilary B]

I kept geese (breeders) for several years. Not breeding in any way commercially, just a breeding pair that reared a handful of goslings most years, one or 2 for us and a few to sell at Christmas. One morning I found the goose dead in her nest-place, and never managed to get another, the gander moved out to a neighbour who had several geese.
When we had chooks and geese at the same time they were all free-ranging, the chooks got fed by the house, and we had so much grass the geese hardly ever bothered with anything else, except when we were fattening up youngsters for Christmas.
Later we had the geese in a small paddock of their own, and they got a bit of grain, just a handful in summer, rather more in winter.
A good gander will see off the average fox, (but not all ganders are that tough, and some foxes are more determined).