Which geese are friendly

Content ID By Successful Farming Staff. Read more about Living the Country Life or Poultry. More Living the Country Life. Removing sulfur from water. A second chance to garden. Market breathes new life into an old farm. Keep chickens from crossing the road. All Living the Country Life. They need a warm space for winter and plenty of clean swimming water to keep their feathers in order, but with those considerations you can keep a happy, talkative flock of these very friendly and curious birds.

It boasts unusual apricot feathers. Medium weight, these birds are a versatile, making for good eating and producing a reliable number of eggs each year. Buff geese are usually very friendly and they will fit in well on a family farm.

Their lovely coloring makes them particularly striking in a large flock, gliding across a pond or enjoying the greens of a large field. Chinese Perhaps the most versatile of goose breeds, the Chinese goose is loud and active, making it a perfect weeder or guardian. Most commonly a solid white, Chinese geese have a prominent knob on their bills just like African geese.

They are much lighter weight than Africans, only about 10 pounds, and carry their heads high and their chests upright. Because of their piercing voices, Chinese geese are not ideal for an urban farm. Whichever goose breed feels right for your farm, hopefully you will enjoy the unusual personalities and charming nature of geese.

But they can be easily tamed, especially when they are handled from birth and fed by hand by their owners. Having a goose for a pet may not always turn out like you hoped it would. Here are some reasons when having them as a pet may not work out.

You will find that they are even noisier when they are looking for a mate. If you live in a populated area, those living around you will probably not find the noise very pleasant. If you have children in your home, ensure to monitor them when they are around geese. Geese can object to the noise and quick movements of children.

If children do run and play boisterously around the geese, they might get startled and chase the children. They are capable of hurting children, and even adults, with their wings and bills. Owning geese means spending a lot of time with them, and this requires a lot of commitment.

For one, if you eventually decide to relocate, you have to consider if your new accommodation will have enough space for your geese. You have to ensure the location your geese are kept is secure with fencing that deters larger predators. No matter how tough they appear to be, geese will be easily overpowered by a stray dog or fox. Geese tend to thrive better in a flock. So, if you intend to keep geese as pets, it is not advisable to get only one. But be careful, you do not want to have too many of them.

You can get a generally calm breed and get an aggressive bird or visa versa. Overall, any of them can be a good pet. I personally chose the Toulouse breed for their calm, friendly, and quite demeanor. And though Vinny was a good bird, he still had aggressive tendencies towards other people which, with a male, is to be expected.

And he loved to talk which meant he had noisy tendencies. But you got to love them anyways, quirks and all.