BENEFITS OF RAISING A GOOSE AT HOME

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Hello friends in this opportunity, following the challenges of the farms, I am going to tell you about the geese. Some people are so fond of goose, that now they also want to know how to raise them as pets, to benefit from their eggs first, and also from their meat

If you are going to buy them, try to make them look healthy, clean, healthy and alert. As soon as they arrive at their house, the first thing to do, if the geese are adults, is to cut off their wings. It is best to do it between three people, so that the goose does not get hurt, nor you; unfolding the wing, and cut the feathers at the base of this wing with great care, because with a bad cut, it can kill the bird.


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Geese should have a space to shelter from the wind, and direct sunlight. The most advisable thing is to provide a pen that is open, that stays dry, and is free of air currents, and have a bed of straw so that the geese can rest on it.
It should be kept in mind that although geese feed on grass, when they are raised as a pet they also require food that meets their vitamin and mineral needs.

These are ideal animals to have at home, since they can use their feathers, eggs, and even their meat, since at first this nice animal was used for the poultry farm, but today, many people they have adopted them as pets, because they are very grateful animals, and they adapt very well to different types of environment, as long as they are provided with the essential basic care they require.


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Geese should have a space to shelter from the wind, and direct sunlight. The most advisable thing is to provide a pen that is open, that stays dry, and is free of air currents, and have a bed of straw so that the geese can rest on it.
It should be kept in mind that although geese feed on grass, when they are raised as a pet they also require food that meets their vitamin and mineral needs.

These are ideal animals to have at home, since they can use their feathers, eggs, and even their meat, since at first this nice animal was used for the poultry farm, but today, many people they have adopted them as pets, because they are very grateful animals, and they adapt very well to different types of environment, as long as they are provided with the essential basic care they require.


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We must know that these animals are waterfowl by nature, and according to their species, they can be scuba divers, or swimmers; and usually, they are migratory birds, so we can see them cruising the sky in search of a new home.
The geese have a flattened beak that is covered with a thin skin, and with a horny plate at its end. They also have a mantle of feathered feathers with which their body is covered, which is protected by the segregation of a fat cover, which is expelled by its uropigial layer, which is located at the top of the tail.


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These birds are smaller than swans, but larger than ducks. Male and female are equal in their coloration, so the only way to identify them with the naked eye is size and weight.
Geese, along with swans, are the heaviest flight birds that exist, but even so, they can travel long distances, and at a great height. What sets it apart from the swan, is that its legs are more adapted to walk for longer, which makes it more terrestrial than these.
The only place where geese can mate to reproduce is in a natural or artificial lagoon, which is where geese live. So if you want to know how to raise geese, the first thing you should have at home is one of these.


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It is required to have a proportion of four females for a single male, since if the quantity is greater, there would be a low fertility of the eggs that the females of the geese can produce. This has a disadvantage, and that is that they are not good incubators, because in many cases they abandon their eggs.
Many times it takes the help of a broody chicken to finish hatching the eggs, which will take to hatch between twenty-nine and thirty days, of which only eighty percent of the baby geese will be born and survive.

These animals can feed only on grass, but it is good to know what is the feeding of the geese, and with this information you know how to breed geese at home.

SOURCE:
http://hablemosdeaves.com/alimentacion-de-los-gansos/
http://hablemosdeaves.com/como-criar-gansos/

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