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Just wanted to recommend this documentary about a man teaching eight geese new migratory routes with his microplane. The filming is exquisite and the geese are adorable! Birds of Passage - A Secret Journey Through the Skies

My neighbor's 1 year old goose pair hatched four goslings over a period of at least three days. The fourth gosling had just come out of the egg when mamma and pappa goose decide to leave the nest with the other three. It was on its back, not able to stand up or walk, and getting cold. Humans...

I read an article about a playground in Copenhagen. They keep different animals for the kids to learn about and take care of. They had a problem with their sheep getting mauled and often killed by loose dogs, but after they added alpacas to the flock, that problem has disappeared. Alpacas are...

This has been my first spring with a mated pair of geese. I was prepared for my sweet little gosling from last year, Jensen, turning into a full grown gander protecting his goose, although it did create some logistic problems. One was allowing people safe access to my front door. I put up a 2'...

Finally a computer game I can totally get on board with! You play an annoying goose stealing stuff from the peaceful village. I'm already saving up for the release next year. It pretty much sums up my experience with gardening with playful geese. It looks like so much fun!

I'm planning on getting my goose a playmate. As she is imprinted on humans, she's never expressed any interest in other geese, but I'm hoping to get her maternal instincts to kick in. The plan is to get her to brood and then sneak a newly hatched gosling under her. She's 4 years old, and her...

My 15-month old goose has turned really, really clingy since she left her nest. She rarely ventures more than two or three feet away from me or her other caregiver. She doesn't seem insecure in other ways, like around strangers. I'm wondering if this is normal post-broodiness behaviour? She's...

My beautiful goose has just laid her egg number 100! She's exactly 14 months old today and started laying in October. And aside from a six week break in January/February, she's been laying faithfully ever since. I can't believe she's such a good layer; I've never heard of a goose laying that...

I'm thinking about letting my goose sit on some runner eggs. But is she too big for them - will she squash the eggs or the ducklings? Are there any other problems that may occur if she raises them? She's a 13-pound White Danish goose.

My beautiful goose admiring the sunset.

My goose has a bumblefoot-like "bump" under her right foot. It's the size of a small hazelnut and located in the middle of her foot, right under the first toe joint of her middle toe. The bump is kind of soft, so it's now starting to lie down on its side when she walks. I can see it from above...

My two year old goose has gradually lost her appetite during the last week or so. Today she won't even accept treats. She looks fine, although she's molting, and she drinks, bathes and preens herself. I think she sleeps a little more than usual, but she still wants to go for walks. During...

Finally! My goose, Keld, has been scared of his pond since April - apparently some evil algae was out to get him - but today I heard loud flapping of wings and ran to window. Then I ran back to get the camera so I could document his bath. Look at him happily bathing away, pond monsters all...

My goose is laying - again - but most eggs are either shellless or have a very thin shell. She has access to crushed oyster shell but she rarely touches it. I've tried mixing it in her feed every evening (during the day she grazes), but every morning the food pellets are gone from the bowl...

My goose has started laying again. I thought the laying season was over; I collected 40-50 eggs between Jan. 13th and June 19th. But since last Wednesday I've found four eggs. She also built a new nest. Is this the spring season just starting way early? Not that I'm complaining, I love goose...

My goose Keld hasn't used his pool at all for the last few days. He drinks from it, and he'll stand at the edge trying to scoop water over his body with his head, but he won't go in. Not even if I lure him with treats. Before he was almost constantly in it. I guess something scared him, and I...

It hasn't laid any eggs for over a week, and then suddenly yesterday afternoon it laid one on the porch. An hour later there's another smaller egg on the lawn. Both eggs were warm and almost shellless, and the goose had been running around in the yard the whole day, so I'm sure they were both...

My goose has laid its first four eggs. I found three eggs on the 17th and guessed that it must have laid on on the 13th, one on the 15th and one on the 17th. It fitted the theory nicely when I found a fourth egg on the 19th, but then it stopped. No egg yesterday the 21st, and no egg today...

Just want to share this: All the snow is finally melting around here. And that's a good thing. But with the ground frozen, all the water gathers around my house. Right now my lawn is under 4-8 inches of water, and I had to turn the freezer off in the shed because the shed is flooded, too. I...

My goose Keld has recently started playing with one of my cats, Leo. They take turns play-chasing each other, and Leo enjoys it when Keld "love-bites" him. Leo is a formidable rat hunter, and he brings home a dead rat almost every night. Tonight I heard Keld honking, so I went out to see what...