If you are even passing away familiar with the diet of ducks and geese, you probably know that they eat mostly plants. This means that geese are herbivores, right? No, not so fast! Geese are technically omnivores even though they eat mostly plant matter, and geese in the wild eat a good variety of animal …
Winter is a time of slowing, of stillness, and sometimes of death. Everything slows down in the winter, with many animals hibernating or at least minimizing their energy expenditure. The same is true for our livestock. Chickens, for instance, will usually cease laying eggs in the wintertime. But ducks are known for their far greater …
If you live on a homestead or ever spent time on a farm, either with a variety of livestock on it, you already know that your animals will never miss an opportunity to sneak a little bit of food from their neighbors. Turns out pretty much every animal is an opportunist under the right circumstances! …
Like many birds, geese have a varied diet, but compared to chickens, their diet is significantly more specialized. Although they aren’t true herbivores, geese do subsist primarily on a variety of plant matter, and among plants, their very favorite foods are leafy greens. Geese love them whether they are in a domestic setting or in …
When you discuss the topic of goose nutrition, the food category that is invariably at the top of the list is greenery. Whether it is various wild plants that they can forage or nutritious vegetables and sometimes fruits that they can eat, these tend to be the stereotypical foods that geese seek out. Whole foods …
When you stop to consider the likely diet of geese out in the wilderness, you probably imagine them eating all sorts of plants and maybe a choice bug or two. You’d be right in this regard, and of course, it makes sense that geese would eat leaves, sprouts, and other edible greenery like that but …
When you think about the diet of geese, you probably think about green plants. Whether geese are in the wild or in a domestic setting on our homesteads and farms, they tend to focus on the greenery. However, geese actually eat a huge variety of plant matter in general, including various grains. I know that …
There are some foods that our domestic geese get that they would rarely, if ever, get while in the wild. For instance, certain kinds of fruit and many veggies, particularly root vegetables that are under the ground… Concerning whole foods, geese tend to subsist mostly on leafy greens whether they are in the wild or …
If I were to say to you the word “egg,” the very next thing you think of would probably be “chicken.” And that’s for good reason! Chickens are indeed the main suppliers of eggs around the world. But what you might not know is that ducks can also be excellent producers of eggs, and they …
In the wild, geese primarily eat a diet of wild, green plant matter along with a few select bits of animal protein, usually various creatures that live in or near the water. But in captivity, these big birds enjoy a significantly more varied menu, one consisting of leafy greens, yes, but also additional veggies and …
