So...I was watching Youtube, and in this one video this guy is raising both ducks and geese.
He said he feeds the geese 80% grass, and the rest grain. But then he said something like part of the grain feeding may be a novelty for getting them back to the pen at night or something? (I hope I heard the part right and didn't confuse it.) At any rate, it sounded like he didn't really to push the last bit of the grain too much. And I don't know if he tried to fully raise them on grass, to see how far he could go with it. But he did clearly say that the geese are much larger, and way cheaper to feed than the ducks by far.
This raised questions about how far we can push the envelope on natural free ranging ducks. (Except for predator issues...) There are some differences of course. It does seem that ducks go for insects and 'protein' more, I guess? Although I'm new to this, plus I've not done geese before.
But if geese can do over 80% grass, then how far is the limit with how far ducks could do it?
And are some breeds of ducks more able to range feed than others?
Curious what you think about this.
Of course, given that I live inside the city, I think it would probably be a good way to commit suicide 'by angry neighbors' if I tried to raise geese here. But that would be different if I was in a rural area, or outside city limits.
Curious what you might have to say about this in any other areas also.
And out of geese and ducks which are smarter?
He said he feeds the geese 80% grass, and the rest grain. But then he said something like part of the grain feeding may be a novelty for getting them back to the pen at night or something? (I hope I heard the part right and didn't confuse it.) At any rate, it sounded like he didn't really to push the last bit of the grain too much. And I don't know if he tried to fully raise them on grass, to see how far he could go with it. But he did clearly say that the geese are much larger, and way cheaper to feed than the ducks by far.
This raised questions about how far we can push the envelope on natural free ranging ducks. (Except for predator issues...) There are some differences of course. It does seem that ducks go for insects and 'protein' more, I guess? Although I'm new to this, plus I've not done geese before.
But if geese can do over 80% grass, then how far is the limit with how far ducks could do it?
And are some breeds of ducks more able to range feed than others?
Curious what you think about this.
Of course, given that I live inside the city, I think it would probably be a good way to commit suicide 'by angry neighbors' if I tried to raise geese here. But that would be different if I was in a rural area, or outside city limits.
Curious what you might have to say about this in any other areas also.
And out of geese and ducks which are smarter?
It's a good thing they are so pretty and I love them.
