My geese (and ducks) very much would prefer to sleep under the stars, even in the most inclement weather. However, for their protection when they are young, I find you can train them very easily to "go to bed" into whatever shelter you have.
I use all portable field shelters on skids. This allows me to rotate them around the pasture so no one area gets worked too hard. This is from last Spring. All the juvenile ducks and geese are inside the poultry netting, the larger ones are outside telling them who is boss. The pasture perimeter is electric high tensile, so the poultry netting is a 2nd line of defense... but mostly keeps the bigger animals from eating all the food.
I use all portable field shelters on skids. This allows me to rotate them around the pasture so no one area gets worked too hard. This is from last Spring. All the juvenile ducks and geese are inside the poultry netting, the larger ones are outside telling them who is boss. The pasture perimeter is electric high tensile, so the poultry netting is a 2nd line of defense... but mostly keeps the bigger animals from eating all the food.
