While geese eat a varied diet, most of what they eat is plant-based. In the wild, and in many domestic settings, this usually consists of leafy greenery, grasses and other things like that. But geese can also eat certain fruits, and they tend to get a lot more in captivity than they would in the …
I don’t think I am shedding light on the fact that birds typically can’t eat any sort of processed people food… This includes our geese, of course; they simply have too delicate a constitution to endure tons of sugar, salt, oils, artificial ingredients and so forth. But when you think about it, many of the …
Owning poultry is great, whether you want chickens or ducks. Lately, I’m all about the ducks: they lay just as many eggs as chickens if not more, and even better most will lay eggs right through the winter with no problems. And, of course, if you’re expanding your flock the old-fashioned way or just bringing …
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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! …
Ask anyone who’s owned goats and they will tell you: goats really are eating machines. This isn’t to say that they live up to the old stereotype of eating genuinely inedible stuff like boot soles, tin cans and whatnot. But these rambunctious creatures are truly gourmands, constantly on the lookout for the choicest and best …
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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 …
In popular culture, goats are associated inseparably with the notion that they can and will eat absolutely anything: Anything that is conceivably considered food and a whole lot of things that aren’t. You probably even heard that goats will eat tin cans, rubber, and all sorts of other seemingly indigestible things! But this can’t be …
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 …
