Like podcasts? Check out the podcast I did recently on pasturing waterfowl with Mother Earth News and Friends editor Jessica Mitchell. It was a lot of fun to do and I hope you enjoy it!
Podcast: Pasturing Geese & Ducks
Category: Waterfowl
Watch This: Conversations With An Egg
This one is a bit of a throwback – almost three weeks now – to the last gosling hatch of the year. This little gander, though not quite ready to hatch, was still talkative and active in his egg.
Continue reading “Watch This: Conversations With An Egg”Watch This: Saturday Splash Time
It’s always entertaining when young goslings, still unsure about swimming, have unfettered (but supervised) access to a kiddie pool. They may start out wary, but once they’re in the water, instinct kicks in!
Continue reading “Watch This: Saturday Splash Time”In The Incubator: Last Gosling Hatch Of 2021
It’s finally hatching day for the last Pilgrim eggs of the season! While hatching day is exciting regardless of when it occurs during the year, this hatch is particularly poignant because, after this, there will be no more goslings until next spring. That’s a long wait.
Continue reading “In The Incubator: Last Gosling Hatch Of 2021”Around The Farm: The Great Gosling Integration
Integrations can be an exciting, but difficult, time: this is when young (or newly-added) animals join the resident group. For poultry, this can be a dangerous time, and it needs to be managed carefully. After weeks in tractors that were moved twice a day to fresh pasture, the goslings were finally ready to join the adult geese.
Continue reading “Around The Farm: The Great Gosling Integration”On Pasture: Grass-fed Gosling Mowers
The two groups of goslings have been doing a great job of cropping down the pasture. Using secure low tractors to contain them allows us to manage their grazing (and get our daily workout). And they are voracious grazers!
Continue reading “On Pasture: Grass-fed Gosling Mowers”