Everything I Know About Raising Geese

I've been raising geese on our farm for a few years now. I tried to capture everything I know about raising geese in this video.
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[@leah_slv]

I LOVE GEEEEEESE!!!!! Things I learned from having geese: --Goslings love to chew..on everything --They don't care about rain, they'll stand in it all day long --If a gander is getting aggressive, take his neck and push it to the ground (make him submissive to you) --They are great at alerting you when someone/something is on your property --Watch out when they try to wack you with the bony part of their wings --They are so warm and soft and great to hug --Make sure they always have access to fresh water to drink

[@aprilrain4296]

Hi Leah, maybe you can help me, but I have a male and female, they are about 5 weeks old, actually I think he is a week older, anyhow about 2 weeks of age I started noticing that she was pecking at his feathers and eating them,,,, so I’ve had to separate her since because it’s gotten worse.... and now that she’s getting bigger she really digs in there and he screams in pain. I have them out grazing all day and if I can’t watch them like I said I have her in her own coop... they have their own water bowls, food bowls,, always have... sufficient space,,, and she is mean to our chickens too... she bites their necks so hard I’m afraid she’s gonna kill them,,, they all steer clear of her and absolutely love him.... but he still cries to be around her,, it’s so bizarre..... I’ve given non medicated chicken grower, mealworms, oyster shells, and they graze like I said... just now I had to put them in this huge horse water tub but I put a gate so she can’t hurt him and they cried and cried so I gave in and put her with him and the first thing she did was bite him so hard I could feel his pain.... and she swallows his feathers.... help me!!! Please 😫

[@jtoddjb]

@@aprilrain4296 Would you mind giving us an update on how you solved this?

[@aprilrain4296]

@@jtoddjb I didn't solve this, she just grew out of it. I noticed when I started leaving them outside day/night in the coop she gradually stopped. But turns out they are both females! Those silly geese!! But she is definitely still the boss, the whole flock moves out of her way still to this day, even our rooster. She is no longer mean to them and actually it's the other female, the one she bullied, that turned out to be mean to the others.

[@noahriding5780]

@@aprilrain4296 With most poultry when they bully one of the others you have to temporarily separate them until the injured bird heals up. When its healed up then you re-introduce. It doesn't always stop the behavior. But part of why this behavior occurs isn't just about the behavior but about PERCEIVED WEAKNESS. Chickens do it, especially. And with chickens as long as a bird is wounded it will get 'pecked on' (picked on). (get it?) So when you reintroduce it, it needs to look healed up to not look weak. People may have to do this 1 to 3 times with some poultry species. Another trick is to reintroduce a smaller bird than the one picked on that's healthy or other birds and this resets the pecking order. If the smaller bird is faster also that will help on the reset. HOWEVER... it is a small chance also that the new birds may also pick on an injured bird so you have to watch for this. But this may work. This is also why people are fast to separate injured poultry from the others. You can try things to get things to work.

[@benny_lemon5123]

I legit just went thru this with my first pair- a pair of babies from the same clutch. The male would almost "mouth" the feathers on the female's back, sometimes pulling it (but mostly just... running it through his beak and making it SOGGY). They seem to have grown out of it all on their own so, nothing to contribute, really lol 🤷

[@b.rileyjowett6925]

Geese attempting to eat apples are now my favorite thing

[@gracetow]

I would happily watch a whole video of geese trying to eat apples!😂

[@treeeyed8578]

Same here

[@Billy28376]

I always smash my apples so they don’t chase them around and lose interest.

[@thestartupchannel2115]

The way you eloquently plan and edit your shots over the classical music in the background does not go unnoticed. How many people agree?

[@BeastiesRUs]

"I hope my videos inspire people" Well, it certainly did me. We are starting our first Chicken flock, and will be trying to hatch a guard geese or two(depending on how it goes with our flock).

[@BeastiesRUs]

@@Dobviews I'm aware, thank you though

[@SebineLifeWind]

They are called *Cobra chickens*, you plebian.

[@msosick9975]

Same I'm starting a urban farm the chickens come in February 9th

[@BeastiesRUs]

@@msosick9975 Lucky. My chicks won't arive until late march

[@WobblesandBean]

Geese are the best! Make sure you raise them yourself, an imprinted goose is the sweetest, most affectionate creature on the planet. More loyal than any dog, hands down.

[@fureveryoungfarm3752]

My male goose always stops chicken fights. He's like the bouncer of the pasture.

[@willgaukler8979]

....look here see... I’m the based bird around here ...

[@sherrybrissette1614]

Every pasture needs a bouncer!

[@carlawaggoner5418]

my goose will actually bite my roosters on the beak when they crow too much( we live in town and are NOT supposed to have roosters)

[@lilolmecj]

My alpha rooster has taken it upon himself to protect me from the feisty little bantam rooster. I appreciate his efforts, that little stinker will run 50 feet just to harass me!

[@hurrapa]

​@@lilolmecj cut that bastard

[@steffensgary]

"Cobra Chickens" You need to put that on T-shirts. "Goldshaw Farm, home of the Cobra Chicken"

[@CassieDavis613]

I would buy that T-shirt

[@GardenJensJourney]

Agreed!

[@MrsStevenBrown]

I’d buy that!

[@carlawaggoner5418]

@@MrsStevenBrown YES!!!!!’The first time i saw what they can do it really freaked me out!!!!

[@mohammedislam8874]

I would too.

[@MrArthoz]

"Geese are primarily herbivores." Oh yes...I live in the tropics. Here they are such good grazers that the grasses are cropped neatly thin, better than goats. Oh yeah and every frogs, mice, insects and small snakes also have gone extinct at our orchard. That cobra-like head is not for show.

[@hiimryan2388]

They are related to dinosaurs after all

[@moket123]

Because through grazing the geese are destroying the habitats and ecosystems of the other animals which is why they're going extinct

[@hellafraid6555]

@@moket123 ok nerd 😎

[@whisperingsage]

Geese won't eat bugs or snakes or frogs. I guess you missed that. They are really strictly grass eaters. And they look at you with disdain if you try to get them to eat grain or something else. We have had to force ours to eat corn, and they are now OK with that but they are resentful. (In winter). Look up the backyard chickens forum on geese and you will hear universal stories of disgusted geese acting like we are trying to kill them by offering them something different. They are NOT omnivores.

[@patheticallyy]

@@whisperingsage no...geese DEFINITELY eat bugs..

[@tacothecat1604]

I’m working on a home brew D&D world where an inter dimensional sentient goose is responsible for the existence of the multiverse. Partially inspired by this channel, and partially inspired by the reputation of geese in general

[@carolynnr.6409]

LOL have fun!

[@Wildcat425B]

Praise the God-Goose.

[@GrahamRomero]

Feels like the sort of thing Terry Pratchett would write

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@GrahamRomero Bless his late soul.

[@WobblesandBean]

DUDE I WANNA PLAY THAT!! I always roll Beastmaster in DnD just so I can incorporate my ducks into the campaign 😂

[@Angel-Kitten]

The bird farm sounds is music to my ears.

[@alibentz8692]

So my mom is a vet and she saved this goose from the local pond that broke its wing. She was too worried to let it back because she could no longer fly. So we had a goose at our house. She was called “Crabby Abbie” she was the worst.

[@crawfordwice]

Ya fuck that goose!

[@ryanschaff2507]

Lol my mom is a vet as well, it would be nothing to come home from school and find bald eagles, raptors, great horned and snowy owls, turkeys, and much more. About 99% of those were only at our house so the wild bird rescue could come pick them up as we live closer to them than where my moms clinic was, but we certainly have had a collection of misfit pets that mom has brought home over the years. Funny thing is next week is her last and is retiring Friday.

[@lilolmecj]

@@ryanschaff2507 it sounds like the profession is losing a great member!

[@whisperingsage]

But you won't have to mow the lawn ever again. They are great at that.

[@Milan-dg7cq]

Can the geese fly away?

[@fureveryoungfarm3752]

We have a male and female. The female (Lydia) so loud. Our male (Beetle Goose) hates pink! He will attack anything pink if you wear it out to feed. They are very entertaining to watch and beautiful while swimming. They look like swans.

[@WobblesandBean]

LOL! Birds are funny that way. My duck HATES yellow with a passion. No idea why.

[@jaehpae]

I love Geese! They all look like they are wearing fancy dresses, their plumage is so beautiful and their perpetual honking is music to my ears...😁🤣😊😂💕😍

[@pamav7414]

You have never been attacked

[@T_P_W_ThachoZenjuan]

"Cobra Chickens" If I heard you right, that's the most accurate name ever.

[@WobblesandBean]

Lol yes, it's what they're commonly referred to as on the internet. It comes from a story where this guy had a coworker who didn't speak English very well, and after getting attacked by a goose he didn't know the word for "goose", so he called it a cobra chicken 😂

[@catsidhe181]

@@WobblesandBean ahahaha poor guy. Although I'd have thought that "goose" would be a more commonly-used English word than "cobra" XD

[@WobblesandBean]

@@catsidhe181 I dunno, that's just how the story goes. I would tend to agree, but even if it's fake, it's still hilarious 😂

[@catsidhe181]

@@WobblesandBean hahaha true true

[@jenniferlanigan8178]

That snake neck and quick reflexes makes cobra chicken most appropriate!! 😆

[@AllAmericanBabies]

Our family started watching your channel about 2 years ago when we lived in town and dreamed of acreage. We were able to buy a little bit of neglected farm land last year, got some chickens, and have been working on converting the old corn/soy field to pasture. (right now its just overgrown horsetail) Our plan is to get geese next year if all goes well and the pasture is established. Your channel is my children's favorite. Thank you for the inspiration, humor, story telling, entertainment, and a few life lessons thrown in for good measure.

[@zedantXiang]

How did it go?

[@AllAmericanBabies]

@@zedantXiang good. no geese or ducks, but the pasture is growing and we rotationally graze sheep and a few cattle

[@tacothecat1604]

When the geese were fighting and Toby broke up the fight: 🥺

[@elizabethcurran8543]

Toby Says break the fight up boys🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

[@harrietcarpenter2387]

Yes that was a smooth move on Toby's part.

[@Costi1100]

5:55 Toby running in to break up the fighting birds! Such a good boy!

[@elizza716]

We have had our Toulouse guard goose for almost a year. She is AWSOME!! We raised her with two ducks and five chicks. She now guards our flock of two ducks and 23 chickens. She is so fun to have and now we can’t imagine not having a goose!

[@crhend512]

About 20 years ago my wife and I bought a piece of land and built a home on it. We have planted many small berry plants and a few fruit and nut trees. Our kids wanted to 'really' farm and raise animals. Both my wife and I were working full time and told them no. The youngest daughter started helping a neighbor with animals (chickens, beef cattle and hogs) and it didn't take long for her to realize how much work it is to properly care for animals. She'd been helping for about six months when we had a significant storm, she looked at me as if I was crazy when I asked when she was going over to help. Previously I had stated on your channel that being called a farmer is for me a compliment and to which I typically respond "Thanks, but I don't work that hard." Please keep up the great videos!

[@pistol0grip0pump]

If geese could speak English " Oh the logistics of eating a spherical object with a beak...."

[@rainwalker3515]

"The Lamentation of Bruce The Goose" The Trials and Tribs of thine own Triangular Beak Gabriel! Refuting my passage unto the heaven I seek. Alas I cannot scratch or flail with tooth and claw! My name is Bruce, possessing this triangle, Orange Maw. Peck! It Fumbles. BITE it tumbles. OH how my belly rumbles! I must taste thee, oh precious apple. But with these wings I cannot grapple. Alas this red sphere may be, to great for me... Wait! Honk! I'm Bruce! Honk! With this Conk this apple I Bonk! Honk! I have breached the skin! Today's my win. I feast upon this delicious goldy. Perhaps I will share with my friend Toby. (For fair use only by Gold Shaw Farms)

[@jamiegrace9662]

If geese could speak it would be an expletive filled tirade

[@rhondaalbrecht]

Oh, no different than a human, in reality. They've got teeth on their bills and on their tongues... work together. VERY sharp, as Morgan will tell you.

[@2eleven48]

@@rainwalker3515 ..Written no doubt while you're in a psychiatric hospital.

[@rainwalker3515]

@@2eleven48 ?

[@YowellsHoppinHilltopFarm]

You inspired me to start my own channel and now I have an addiction to hatching anything and everything!!! 😂

[@LPeskoran]

I had that addiction once, until I realized I couldn't turn my birds into meat, then I had to force myself to stop. Otherwise, I'd be accused of being an animal hoarder. My geese are pets, and I use the eggs. That's it.

[@vineyardchickshomestead]

We we already making homestead videos when we found Mr. Morgan but he definitely does it with flare....Dumbledore flare! We will check out your channel and maybe we will see you at ours. 😁

[@YowellsHoppinHilltopFarm]

@@vineyardchickshomestead I will definitely check out your channel!

[@YowellsHoppinHilltopFarm]

@@LPeskoran I know what you mean... but it’s so addicting lol

[@leannekilman]

I'm definitely going to follow you

[@seanc6128]

Back when you fell on your butt and the way you said "duuude" I knew this channel was for me.

[@rhondaalbrecht]

LOL! You should find the one where he zapped himself on the pasture electric fence, entering the bird compound.

[@worldtour4353]

@@rhondaalbrecht YES, but sadly Both of these were poorly choreographed :-( like it was sooo noticeable ...

[@pbox1]

"we need more geese" okay what goose is forcing you to say all this

[@azalia1225]

I bet it was Justin

[@volgg]

lol the geese were forcing him at gunpoint

[@davidferguson8183]

Bruce has a hidden persona he has his personality that makes everyone feel sorry for him but he is secretly a mastermind holding Morgan at beak point

[@deed5811]

Justin Finch-Fletchley the king cobra chicken

[@_HONK]

me

[@johnflynn6140]

One goose is going to use another goose as a surfboard had me just rolling in laughter plus cobra chickens is such a great name

[@asuri5298]

The best thing happened to me in 2020 is discovering this channel ^^

[@AmyJayOnTheWay]

You are a major reason that we are going to begin raising Toulouse geese once we buy our property. 😊 We absolutely love goose meat, and living around so many geese in Germany and France, we fell in love with geese. They’re sort of like the Larry David of poultry.

[@CassieDavis613]

Larry David...bwahaha. So true

[@therockingvolbeat3630]

You've not fallen in love with geese, you've fallen in love with their dead bodies. If you loved them you wouldn't kill them

[@MothGirl007]

@@therockingvolbeat3630 This!! 👍

[@bugman6359]

Love your videos I got geese because of you Morgan you are my favorite KZbinr

[@MsMarnold]

I just enjoy you and your shy wife so much. I rescued a baby duck that came right to me an would have been hawk food if I had not taken her at that moment. So that is how I found you. Then I shared you on Ducks 101 on FB. But you are so kind and I just pray the Lord blesses you and keeps you and makes His to face to shine upon you, your wife and your farm.

[@missarielle2]

2050 Vermont Farmers:: "Let me tell you about the Shaw Goose"

[@melissabutts6694]

I am dying to get some Shaw farm geese eggs for my daughter to hatch / raise on her homestead ... missed out on goose eggs this year 🤞🏼🤞🏼 I get in on some eggs for next year!

[@thesilenttravels]

Dear Morgan, i wanted to tell you how much i love your videos and the stuff you do at the farm, it really warms my heart to watch you and your wonderful animals! I wish you and Allison all the best possible in life! Warmest regards from a big fan in Finland!

[@therockingvolbeat3630]

It warms you heart seeing someone make a living of off killing animals? Wow.

[@kendallodonnell7820]

That part where there are your clones pouring the water straight up gave me a heart attack.

[@margaretbischoff5349]

I have been bing watching your video. Take it from a storyteller, you sir are a great storyteller. You keep me interested the whole time. Keep this up and you will have me as a viewer for ever.🤗

[@HallsteinI]

I can attest to the effectiveness of that type of spikes. I fell and fractured a rib in late november which lead me to buy spikes for my shoes. I haven't fallen since then and now I don't fear walking on ice ever. I feel completely safe, and my rib is almost completely healed.

[@BabyShenanigans]

Wow, your own breed of goose! The Gold Shaw Goose! That's so exciting!

[@sandymaholik5506]

You should talk to the grocery store and see if they can give you waste fruit and veggies.

[@WobblesandBean]

What a great idea!

[@lunaflamed]

Restaurant ( Butchers and Catering companies) scraps are also EXCELLENT! Even in the current year and 2020, there are scraps to be found. Before the current global sh@t show my Flock kibble cost ( for around 25-35 chickens and now 9 Moscovys) about $25/month. With the lockdowns/ shutdowns it went to about $25/week. I have a few videos, but checkout the EdibleAcres channel and Karl Hammer for other examples.

[@whisperingsage]

Years ago, a lot of the restaurants were getting in trouble for that. Even if they knew it would go to pigs. i worked at an army mess hall and saw the huge amounts of leaves and produce waste and they told me I wasn't allowed to take scraps home. They said it was a law.

[@KenS1267]

@@whisperingsage Those laws have been relaxed/repealed in many places. The details will need to be researched in each locale but the absurdity of the situation and the sheer quantity of the waste just got to be too much to ignore. Generally you need to be able to pick the produce up inside a specific time window on the day it is pulled, which often means every single day and the grocer will want you to take everything they pull every day which for even an average sized chain supermarket outlet can be more than most people can easily handle (think hundreds of pounds of mixed produce).

[@phyush355]

You fully entertained me with the parks and reck reference and the Christmas story I really like how you intertwined that into your narrative

[@michelley3910]

I can't wait to see all the babies this spring. ❤️

[@sabasrecipes4546]

You work very hard Its not easy to take care of any animal in this weather .

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

The world needs more geese. I absolutely agree.

[@RRaucina]

I love my geese but they are 2 legged locusts.

[@HerEcolife]

Ohhh the famous water shot. I don't think I'm ready or will ever be ready to raise geese or ducks with our winter. I have so much respect for you.

[@charylliss1472]

You are so wise about becoming a farmer. Out here in Montana I see so many people who want to do what you are but they jump in way over their heads in agribusiness and livestock and their beautiful dream becomes their living nightmare. Visiting Gold Shaw Farm in the morning just sets a great tone for my day. I just have one request, please create a "release the quaken" coffee mug.

[@sherrybrissette1614]

I would buy that!

[@juliegale3863]

Geese terrified me when I was a girl, hated them☹️ but love your goose and other birds stories and tips. Some factories use them a guard alarms. One flock of geese worth six night watchmen.

[@frederickmoller]

Thanks Morgan, you're teaching me new things all the while entertaining me too!

[@carlycharlesworth1497]

Morgan, when I see your geese, I'm strongly reminded of a story my mother told me. She said that I was born and lived on a farm in Northern Ireland as a child and she told me how I used to throw sticks at the guard geese we had, and then when they chased me, I would run squealing into the kitchen and shut the bottom half of the split door. (I don't know what the actual name of those split doors is, but we always called them stable doors) and outside the geese would flap their wings and honk really loudly and I would giggle and totally enjoy it. She said I was an absolute tearaway back then, and more like a little boy, than a dainty little girl, lol. Decades later, nothings changed! Lol. Good times! God bless you and all those you know and love.

[@patrickwalsh2884]

Guard fowl? Try a Guinea Fowl. You'll hear that thing two miles down the road when it gets riled-up. They roost in the trees at night and will wake the dead if bothered (day or night). Also, if you slaughter one, the flesh is a blue-ish purple. A wild and crazy fowl!

[@keniv4741]

BRO this was edited AMAZINGLY and the information in this video is VERY HELPFUL! Thank you so much!!

[@CHILLZkryptex]

Hey Morgan hope your having a great day

[@Beegee1952]

I have learned so much about geese, ducks and chickens from you. How an older suburban woman will ever use this knowledge, I don’t know, but it is still fun!

[@CassandraExtravaganza]

Omgosh I love your outlook about how make the world a better place, geese. I have raised geese for a large part of my life and I have so much love for my birds and they have truly.. somehow.. managed to make me a better person.. just by being geese! I love watching these videos, I've learned so much watching you learn. Thanks for another great video. Wanna leave a better planet for your children? Get geese. Boom.

[@misqpl]

thank you, thank you, thank you, for giving me the "mental" unwind. With the crap that is happening now, watching your videos it is so relaxing.

[@ewingleon8049]

"The world needs more geese." 100% Correct! People who hate geese - 85% People who don't care - 14.99% Geese lovers!!!! - 0.01% :(

[@LPeskoran]

I'm in the .01% group, as I am with most other areas of my life. I just need to accept it.

[@Irrespons]

750 000 people love geese!

[@mirzashahzaibmumtazbeg306]

Geese are fierce that's why I love them lol

[@typarker4566]

percent of geese lovers is the same as the % of people who die of covid!

[@Irrespons]

@@typarker4566 Covid is everywhere, why do you spread it here aswell, go doomscrolling somewhere else. Jez

[@elilammers1867]

Hi I am 13 and I live in Ohio and I just had me dad order me goslings for 4h like one week before this video. Thanks for the fun videos

[@SarahPerine]

It’s my fifth month with geese and I just ordered more! I really love them!!!

[@ThatLoudCockatoo]

We need to recognize Toby for just running over to break up a fight 5:56 Good boy

[@sandralane1923]

You’ve come a long way since the beginning. Loved watching the whole enchilada. Well Done.

[@unholyheretik]

If you're in Texas you could totally still use microspikes. They work for mud too!

[@skellyplayz1403]

I Bought 3 geese because of how much I love your vids and your farm

[@FrugalOffGrid]

Holy smokes! What a great edit. I feel like I'm watching a T.V show.

[@Tsuchimursu]

You've inspired me alright. I just bought a small farm and will try to get some poultry next spring. Maybe not geese on the first year but it's on the list!

[@astra1653]

That name is truth in advertising, my guy. We have a small inner-city flock of chickens - 14 hens with 2 unexpected roosters (they came with Oz), and 1 guard goose, Ozzie! 💘 I love him more than I ever expected, and I'm a committed dog person. He's still very young, not yet a year old, and so still feeling his oats... Watching him have a dominance standoff with my husband is hilarious! To me, anyway. And trust me, I'm sure that my neighbors were thrilled that I was out late last night, not getting home until after 10pm, when Oz went off like the proverbial burglar alarm upon seeing me through the window of the still-dark house. Yes, I was trying to sneak in without being seen by the goose until I was ready to go out to put him and the idiot roosters (who've taken to trying to perch on TOP of the hen coop at bedtime. No dice boys, we have owls, raccoons, possums, and stray cats who would love to eat you.) to bed in their batchelor quarters, those 3 together. They're brothers - all 3 raised together. They fight like brothers sometimes, but then you turn around and see a rooster preening a goose, and the world is just a better place. I ❤my yard dragon!

[@HuesYourMues]

That’s it. You convinced me to raise geese on our 2 acre property. Thank you!

[@mjlaf1422]

Toby Dog did not like the initial Bruce the Goose tussle! He jumped in there like the friendly no nonsense town sheriff.

[@Spit206Fire]

I've honestly been concerned about how Bruce was doing... thank god.

[@l1u1c1k]

I love the way Toby got involved in the scrap and sorted it out

[@kayland.5724]

The mischievous marimba is perfect for the goldshaw geese. Strong and present, but also silly and interesting

[@swayam8458]

You only need to know that geese are like dragons, the rest is nothing much.

[@swayam8458]

Yea

[@swayam8458]

But I didn't want to comment that I am first as it's a useless comment.

[@chhxyy]

@@swayam8458 you're a wise man

[@swayam8458]

Thanks

[@matthewbaez2723]

Honestly was so confused when I saw four people pouring water. 😅

[@ganon01ryanoutsen92]

Yea he editing clones 😆

[@nanparker8373]

Multiplicity

[@Jennifer62389]

Without really knowing you but watching your vids, I think you have found your calling. You're so good at editing and also so funny I think you should have a real show. I know, that's not the purpose of your farm but you are so entertaining AND so concerned with conservation. Thanks for sharing your life with us.

[@skibumpaul]

Growing up, we had two toulouse geese (both females) and they truly awesome pets. They were notorious bullies for our cats but they would knock on the back door for bread. They were so good natured and only bit one person (my sister's friend) and I felt compelled to give them an extra piece of bread in recognition. I love watching your videos because it reminds me of my feathered friends, now long departed.

[@dankmeme8786]

Really flexing your editing skills this video huh

[@kennyholmes5196]

Ah, so, you're trying to make Gold Shaw geese.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

It's a good name!

[@hdezn26]

Actually , Gold Shaw Cobra Chickens.

[@qthirteen13]

I’m totally geeking out over the thumbnail for this video Cobra chickens !!! 😂🎉

[@urkiddingme6254]

This is one of the most FUN videos you've produced, a close runner-up to the apple-bottom pigs. Funny geese, funny you, funny-because-he's-so-serious Toby-dog breaking up a goose fight.

[@highroad3580]

Also, I taught our geese to walk to and into their goose house each night when I say Goose Goose Go To Bed! Works every time.

[@ryanschaff2507]

I laughed way to hard at the thought of being your neighbor and watching you put your geese to bed every night.

[@highroad3580]

@@ryanschaff2507 that and having to listen to their hunger song when they see me coming. They sound like a very busy city street, with honks of many pitches!

[@BR7Fan71]

When I was young,geese didn't leave a great impression on me. They chased me every time I went out to feed them 😆

[@Berkeloid0]

They were just so happy to see you!

[@kellyschwalbert8991]

You’re literally the reason we’re adding geese to our flock this summer. Adding pilgrim geese. Thank you for sharing!

[@Frisbeegrl11]

Interesting that you say geese are more sustainable than chickens. I haven't kept geese before (maybe I'll try it now), but I have raised chickens, turkeys and ducks. I've always found the chickens to be the most sustainable on my small farm. Mine have access to pasture and also woodland during the spring/summer. They hardly touch their feed during the warm months. The yolks develop a deep gold color and the taste is AMAZING. I credit the flavor of the eggs to the chickens being allowed to have a natural omnivore diet. Anyway, love your channel. Keep the good content coming!

[@selectivires]

Also when it comes to holding a goose, as goes for a lot of poultry. If you hold them on their back. They calm down and are also easier to handle! But it also depends on the character of the goose in question. I really loved this video! Geese are my favourite animals they're just so goofy!

[@WobblesandBean]

You should never hold them that way for very long though, as it's difficult for them to breathe in that position. That's WHY they calm down, they're trying not to suffocate.

[@selectivires]

@@WobblesandBean I didn't actually know that, but that makes a lot of sense, thank you!

[@kingsford3657]

If I didn’t live in the burbs, I’d love to have a few geese. My three hens are my limit.

[@maknyc1539]

birbs lol

[@abyssstrider2547]

Weird way to call suburbs

[@maknyc1539]

suburbs burbs birbs birds you live in the birds

[@cynthiaweems9357]

I love it when u put 5 clones of you watering the geese! Cool!

[@michiganjack1337]

Tune into Gold Shaw had no idea I was about to get some Multiplicity action. 🖖😎

[@TheBobfromfrance]

Loved the scene at 0:38 ! Btw I hope its not a stupid question but geese are migrating animals, do you cut there wings or its a special breed or they just love to stay with you ?! 😄

[@elizabethcurran8543]

I have three pets 2 cats and one rabbit the cats names are blacky and Billy and the rabbit is called fluffy

[@2eleven48]

Elizabeth Curran.....well, damn, those names must have tested your intelligence.

[@elizabethcurran8543]

Stop🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐

[@Boy-bc5fb]

I got my first 3 geese on 20th may 2021 because i was inspired by this video. I now know i will keep them for the rest of my life. ❤

[@barrywest3758]

That watering required a lot of Morgan Power! Enjoyed 👍

[@BigGhilz]

I see the clone workforce is working out.

[@hiimryan2388]

Their weapons are not up to date sir.

[@hairyreerend5128]

Animals tend to not move to far from their shelters so in the summer if you free range your geese fully you should put a shelter out away from everything else so they will hang out around there more instead of staying by the house

[@tzagear]

I love when the algorithm throws things like this out from my gaming and independence news. Thank you for this, it was fun.

[@hilarywhite2953]

I think it's the happiness this all gives you - massively evident on your face - that is the most inspiring and enjoyable part of your videos. It cheers us up just watching you being so happy about what you're doing.

[@digletthethird_402]

When you unleash the geese you should say I’m uncage-ing the rageing

[@vinnieallan8947]

I have now had four geese for all most a year now but I however hand reared my geese so you would think that they would be nice and kind however one girl is a big pain in my bum as she is exactly like Justin so I can definitely relate. However she has made her own special way to attack: she grips your calf and twists all most 180*

[@maryhouse759]

Yeooooowwwww!

[@MA-zg2pz]

So nice to hear the consideration you take when farming and the environment :)

[@kimberleyhollyman90]

Yep! I'm planning on buying my first goslings in a couple days. I've been keeping chickens last couple years and now I'm going to add some geese to my homestead. Thank you so much for making and sharing this video. Very helpful!👍

[@Leppify]

Do the farm geese eat small insects and bugs or are they strictly herbivores?

[@iHasCaek]

they are strictly herbivores. however, they have no problems killing anything small that moves

[@Leppify]

@@iHasCaek thanks!

[@whisperingsage]

Mine have never eaten bugs. They just don't do that. That's for the chickens.

[@stugotswins]

I'm surprised you don't say "free the peeps" or "release the peeps" when you let out the chickens

[@septimpotema]

Just so you know, I’ve been watching for a little while now and since then I’ve been constantly inspired by you 😊. I started a small lil operation of my own. I have about 22 birds right now but I’m running out of room. Now I’m about to buy my first serious FARM FARM. All thanks to your videos dude

[@sindraridge1082]

YOU, my northern friend, just made my day! I have 3 Roman Tufted goslings on their way to me in Florida- my 1st foray into poultry. I'm inspired to have my farm full of geese! I've subscribed to your channel~ will watch every video you post~ Thank you so much for the information and entertainment!!!

[@heartlandokie4485]

Will geese eat fermented grains? That has lowered grain costs by as much as 30% for some farms.

[@fureveryoungfarm3752]

Yes thats what mine eat. They love it more than pellets.

[@vineyardchickshomestead]

Heartland Okie We tried making fodder and ferment both but it attracted a ton flies. Mom wouldnt let us keep it in the house so we gave up. It seems like a great idea though.

[@heartlandokie4485]

@@vineyardchickshomestead fermentation smells, that makes sense...

[@blazinice2671]

Max actually stays with our chickens, she was basically raised by them.

[@lilywells3909]

This is such a wonderful video. I've been loving the channel because your temperament is so pleasant and your philosophy is so approachable. But this is really helpful and clear without getting too in the weeds. Also, watching the geese with the apple made me incredibly happy.

[@joeypadgett7895]

I love it! The theme starts playing when you start talking about the Parks and Rec crew. Editing perfection...