What do you feed to geese?
Providing the correct diet is fundamental to raising healthy, productive geese. Their nutritional needs change based on age (gosling vs adult) and purpose (layer vs meat). Understanding their natural diet and appropriate supplements is key.
- Ensure constant access to fresh water5
Provide clean, fresh drinking water at all times, deep enough for them to submerge their heads.
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🛠️ Waterer (bucket, tub, auto-waterer)
- Maximize grazing and forage5
Allow geese access to pasture or provide fresh greens daily as the primary component of their diet.
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🛠️ Pasture/Lawn area, Fencing
- Supply grit and potentially oyster shell4
Offer appropriately sized grit free-choice. Provide oyster shell separately to laying geese.
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🛠️ Small containers, Grit, Oyster shell
- Use commercial waterfowl feed5
Supplement forage with a balanced commercial waterfowl or goose feed, especially for goslings and laying geese.
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🛠️ Feeder, Waterfowl Feed
- Offer supplemental grains3
Provide limited amounts of scratch grains (like cracked corn, oats, wheat) as a treat or energy supplement, especially in winter.
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🛠️ Feeder/Scatter area, Grains
- Adjust feed for age and season5
Modify the diet based on the age of the geese and the time of year.
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🛠️ Appropriate feed types