Author name: Tom Marlowe

As a matter of course, geese predominantly eat plant matter. They aren’t just herbivores, though, and do eat various kinds of animal protein when in the wild and in captivity, but the majority of their nutritional and calorie intake comes from plants. That’s just the way it is… Speaking about domestic geese, many owners will […]

Ask any seasoned goose owner what their birds prefer to eat, and chances are high they will tell you leafy greens. Doesn’t matter if they are wild-growing or the same kinds of veggies that you and I eat, all of them tend to be favorites among geese. But domestic geese can eat a surprising amount

Wild and domestic geese alike can eat all kinds of plants. They love grasses, sprouts, tender roots, leaves and a whole lot more. But compared to their wild cousins, domestic geese usually get a much better and broader menu- including some fresh produce! All kinds of veggies make great supplements for a goose’s diet, but

Concerning geese, it only makes sense that they would eat certain foods. I’m talking about things that you just know they would have access to in the wild. Grasses, aquatic plants, some grains, and other kinds of vegetation. Maybe things like fruit, too! And when I think about low-growing fruit that geese could get to

The stereotypical components of a goose’s diet are greens, be they plants found in the wild or vegetation provided to them by caring owners. But geese can in actuality eat all kinds of plant matter, even some things that they theoretically almost never encounter in life. For instance, root vegetables like carrots; while basically inaccessible

Speaking for myself and, I’ll bet, most of the readers out there, I imagine one can recall a childhood memory of throwing some breadcrumbs to the geese and ducks by the lake. Seems to be a rite of passage, almost! But what you might not know is that bread, surprisingly, really is not good for

It’s common knowledge that animals we keep in a domestic setting usually have a very different diet from their wild counterparts. Let’s look at geese, for instance… A flock running around on a farm or homestead is probably going to subsist mostly on pellets with some whole foods thrown in. But much of the time,

Concerning the diet of geese, one good rule of thumb is that you can always count on them to eat any green plants and veggies.  This is because geese tend to eat a diet that is composed mostly of plant matter. It’s not all plant matter, and strictly speaking, they are omnivores, but it is

If there’s one thing I’ve noticed in my years on Earth it is that people, for whatever reason, cannot resist giving people food to animals. It rarely fails that there’s some yahoo at a zoo tossing Flamin’ Hot Cheetos to one of the monkeys, or people letting their dog take a big bite out of

Geese are becoming increasingly popular as domestic birds right alongside chickens. But whether they are kept for meat, eggs or both you need to know that geese have a unique diet compared to chickens.  Whereas chickens are widely ranging omnivores, geese are much more predisposed to being herbivores, though they are not strictly herbivores.  Domestic