My Goslings Outgrew Their Brooder
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2019
- At only two weeks old, my goslings outgrew their brooder. Now I need to get them outside and keep them warm.
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Hi..... Morgan, thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍
Oh my! Peacham! My brother in law grew up there with his family. His father was the Minister of the Presbyterian Church back in the day. Ah lovely Vermont. Born & raised in Richmond. ☺️⛷️🐄
The more construction you do the better you become. i didnt start til I was 50 but many projects since.
Very true!
As an NCO I trained many a newcomer in many things. Being newcomers they were constantly screwing up. To bolster their confidence along with correcting their mistakes I would give them the old, "as long as you learn from your mistakes, look how smart I am, I've made a lot of them" True or not at the time, I have made my share. Its the trial and error part of learning. Our city boy is doing good!!!
I have to say that I really enjoy your channel so much. You are so personal and wonderfully entertaining. Your so honest and to the point about everything that you do and I love that fact. You make mistakes just like anyone and aren't afraid to show us. I hope those babies will be alright.
I can't wait to get a yard with lush green grass, with some ducks. I'm living vicariously through you. Lol
Awesome! I'm happy to indulge.
You are so funny. Especially when you said these goslings are "poop factories" because they ARE!!! We have two goslings that are 2 1/2 weeks old and these babies poop like crazy!! I've never seen anything like it. I can't imagine having as many as you do! And I love the enclosure. Very cool.
Love Geese because they are natural guard dogs.
The goslings should love the fresh grass!!!
Talk about a cliff hanger! Nice job on the new space for them! Hope all turned out ok. Have a good day Morgan!
I wish you the best with your farm. I really enjoy watching your vids. Keep it coming! Learning a lot.
Thanks for the update. Watching for the next update as to how they did. Since I have been watching from the start it is almost an addiction to find out what happens next. They have grown so much. Best of luck, you are doing what you feel you need to do.
Waterfowl are cold hardy. I have put ducks out at that age in similar temps and even a bit lower a couple nights. With heat lamps of course. But it is always nerve wracking when it gets colder than you had hoped. End up getting out of bed to go check on them a couple times throughout the night😂. Gotta make sure they are all good👌. I enjoy the geese great video!
I think you're exactly right. With the lamps, they should be fine. But that nurturing instinct kicks in and it makes you worry.
Yes it sure does!
I just moved my goslings outside at 3 weeks, they love the grass!
I think it would be a good idea to replace that chicken wire on the top of the coop with hardware cloth like you have on the bottom. That mink will get through that and can certainly take out your geese.
Also think you might want to get started on another one. The geese will out grow that one quickly.
The geese are our favorite here on our place. They are very smart and full of personality.
I'm building all day today! (Other than checking TH-cam comments, I guess.)
5:00 Emptying out the goslings like a box of potatoes LOL!!
They are loving their greens! 🤩
They sure do!
@@GoldShawFarm what do goslings do when they feel comfortable
Allison is Sooo Funny!!! She DOES NOT LIKE POOP...!!!! LoL
Beautiful
I just found ur channel...this is epic footage of all in one life...lolz tysm ❤️ for sharing the ups n downs ..I'm definitely subbing count me in ..
Wow they are growing like crazy! Hopefully that's the last chilly night for a while.
I think they are going to be fine. You have fixed them up out of the wind and they have heat lamps. If you think they need more insulation your could put a bale of straw/hay in front of the door to further cut the outside air from them but I really think they will be okay. Put some straw inside if you think they need to be up off the ground more and it would make you feel better. I truly think you have made them a nice house.
Thank you!
they "should" be fine - my only input is if it rains heavily and the ground inside the goose tractor gets wet would there be a problem as they are not feathered out - maybe something on the ground under the heated area with straw on it to keep them up off the wet - like a kid's plastic pool with the sides cut off - just throwing thoughts out there would hate you to loose some from getting wet and cold
That's a great idea!
Gold Shaw Farm you can buy(or I did) a snow saucer that's like a giant round flat plastic thing. It's a sled. Like a saucer. It would have smooth edges. But where you live it is probably at least warm.
Nice job on the build. I need to make a couple myself. They grow up SO fast! Hope they do well through the cold spell. Have a great day!
I bought three goslings this year. I consider this my first mistake.
they will be a foot taller in the next two weeks. little goosies grow really fast.
In England you have to keep them inside longer because of the cold. But I don't mind!
When the flocks of northern geese come to our ponds here in the mobile home park to have goslings they always poop on the sidewalks around the ponds and create quite a mess. They don't like to poop where they eat. I don't know how that works for your enclosure. I guess move it often. Nothing wrong with learning as you go and learn from your screwups as we all do. I bet your screwups are no better than mine, Morgan. God Bless.
Thank you!
Now you know where the phrase "shitting like a goose" came from.
Growing like crazy. They will love been in the chicken tractor.. they are tougher than you think. I found mine were cleaner than my ducklings. More poop but a lot less water mess. Lol
You're totally right. And I find that the poop is easier to deal vs the water mess.
They should be just fine. 3 heat lamps, a brooder plate, pluse they can all snuggle together....they will be fine. Below freezing may be a issue, but they should still be just fine. I also can believe its June and your having this issue. Here in Louisiana is ridiculously hot. We haven't seen temp in the 30's since early March....maybe even feburary 😂
I like your channel a lot. You’re my favorite homestead channel.
Maybe put some 1/2 wire on the ground so minks can’t dig under the tractor? I’d be concerned about an irregular ground allowing for predator ingress.
Well done! Keep it up
Thanks for the compliment! I really appreciate that. These chicken tractors get used all the time with chickens and they have an extremely high success rate. I should be OK. We're also using an electric fence.
Happy!! Ha hasp cute they'll huddle too,
Pride yourself? LOL I used to tell my younger brother, "just because I don't follow my own advice, doesn't make it bad advice! You get it!
Hope the weather warms up for you. Although this is risky you do have the heat lamps. Good luck.
Thanks!
THEY WILL BE FINE WITH THE LAMPS AND PLENTY OF FOOD AND WATER YOUR DOING GREAT LOVE EVERY VIDEO LOOK FORTH THE NEXT BROTHER WARMER WEATHER ON THE WAY
Thank you!
Look at all those walking McNuggets!
Yes you have to move them around so they have green gras all the time😁
Yay! Release the goslings! Hope they are okay with the heat. :)
Glad we choose northern Idaho, lol. It is a bit warmer but not much.
The kid had 2 ducks when she lived here. I would empty the kiddy pool 3 times a day. It was disgusting but so worth it. They were so happy.
The new space looks good! Someday I'll start to learn from my mistakes.😁
I think the ducks will do well in the colder temps. They got it!👍👊
Morgan, two words.....electric fence! That's a whole lot of goose pate' sitting in one space. A weasel or other creatures can dig under the frame with that much incentive really fast. If you don't have one consider laying some chicken wire or better yet hardware cloth around as a skirt to help prevent the digging predators from having it too easy! Good luck.
Love your videos! Pretty sure I’ve watched all your gosling/goose videos and I REALLY want to raise some this next spring. We are in Western WA state and I’m doing some research on which breed we should go with. We have pasture for them so want a good forager. We will be raising for meat but save a male and female to hopefully end up with hatchlings the following spring. We do have young kids and chickens so protective is a good quality but we need them not to attack our kids lol Which direction would you point us? Thanks so much!
Oh you are just like the rest of us. I think you should build Al Lumna's $30 bird tractor. Of course I will never need one. Enjoy your videos.
Cool you found what to say when letting the geese out. I like it 😄
Oh boy! Your goslings have grown so fast. I worry bout predators getting inside their house. 38 degrees. Maybe extra thick cover on the roof and sides
They all froze
lmao geese dump 5:00 - 5:06
Mid 40s.….. We hitting triple digits with humidity, real temp 95. Low 80s at night.
Goose luck!
8 hours to build the tractor? I would be lucky to get it done in 8 months hahahahaha
Omg, you have a barb wire tattoo!!😆
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Didnt let the mink eat but instead put it down 🤔...feed those damaged ducks to the wild....its a win win.
I have two geese that haven't feathered out yet . Their around twoish weeks old. Their two big for the brooder we have. Its 58 degrees at one am. On 5-4-20 ... opinion about putting them outside. Thank you.
Can u check temp inside with lamps on...that temp should be fine...
Duck in a bucket? Is that like a cat carrier?
I must have missed it but what made you go with geese? And why so many
What about the psycho mink? he could easily get under the tractor
I'm not that worried for a couple of reasons. 1. We're using electric fencing 2. The season means less predator pressure. (easier targets now for a mink.) 3. These model of chicken tractors are used by a ton of people with much smaller, less intimidating chickens. So there are no guarantees, but I've thought a lot about of this one.
@@GoldShawFarm Good luck, many say the electric fence is effective but be sure that it's on, hope your geese grow well
@@GoldShawFarm ok, good, didn't see the fence in the video!
In your videos i dont see any dogs and since you are a breeder you might want to consider getting two rhodesian ridgebacks too keep your herds safe from immediate attack their good two when ever gooslings , and cbicklings wander off
I bet that you'll be able to knock out one of those poultry tractors in under 3 hours when you get a bit more practiced in making them.
I am a new subscriber and I am loving your channel. I love your rather unorthodox choices for livestock like ducks instead of chickens and geese instead of say Turkey. I see you have a decent size property with ample grass and water, if you ever decide to go for a dairy animals try dairy buffaloes instead of cows or goats.
Really? Who drinks buffalo milk? Who would want to milk a buffalo!
@@pmessinger well buffaloes were domesticated twice, thousands of years ago in East Asia (Swamp buffalo) about 4000 years ago and in South Asia (Riverine buffalo) 5000 years ago. It's the South Asian type which is kept for milk.
Buffaloes are fun animals to have, they are smart, they have great personality, they thrive on poor quality pasture, they produce superior quality milk with 7.2-12.5% fat content, 40% more protein, 60-70% more calcium and substantially less cholesterol.
Their milk is used to produce superior quality yoghurt, ghee, paneer, mozzarella di bufala and gelato.
There are buffalo dairies operational in Florida, North Carolina, Vermont, New Jersey, California, Ontario, British Columbia etc etc. So many people including me drink buffalo milk and love milking buffaloes.
That's a cool idea. I have a friend in Virginia who has a water buffalo farm for beef. They seem like majestic creatures.
@p.messinger Buffalo mozzarella is like heaven.
Are the geese going to outgrow the new tractor? Geese grow big. Not that I have raised geese before.
They will. I'll ultimately have 3 tractors and at 10 per tractor, I should be good.
Gold Shaw Farm 👍good stuff you got it all figured out.
Hard to imagine anything pooping more than ducks... O.o
What's the dimension of the shed?
How do you make a living off these birds ?
I hope your youtube videos are helping you financially
you should check out how the youtuber sow the land feeds and waters his chickens in the same kind of chicken tractor
Jason does some awesome stuff. I actually did a podcast with him a few months back. You should check it out.
goldshawfarm.podbean.com/e/sow-the-land/
This is the first I've had your channel pop up on TH-cam's recommendeds - I spent a long time searching for info on geese. Have you had a chance to read The Book of Geese by Holderead? It walks you through goose-parent-dom step by careful step.
At just one month, my baby Africans are about 3 pounds, give or take, and spending all day outside in their "goose tractor" (a wire wrapped portable greenhouse with tarps). They eat about 32 ounces of 'all purpose starter feed a day and love having a 3 goose horse feed tub to play with water in. They are still brought in every night, as we want them to be used to people and our other animals before they are turned out permanently.
I only have 5 and they're a handful. I wish you luck! Addictive little things.
I just purchased 6 geese last Wednesday. Our biggest is around 10.4 oz and smallest is 8.1oz. What type of permanent housing structure do you have for your geese? We plan to let them free range for the most part
@@cookieandcream2819 Hello! Welcome to the wonderful wacky world of Goose Parentdom.
I will ask some questions, and then fill in a bit about what I've done that really works for us.
Do you know what kind of geese you have? Ages? Sexes?
What kind of property do you have? How much is fenced? How much is grassed in?
What do you intend for your geese, ultimately? (We will be eating any that exceed our 5 goose "stacking limit", and I have a neighbor who is happily buying the eggs my three geese lay, since none of them bothered to be more than temporarily broody.)
The reason I ask those questions is because all of that factors into what your geese will need from you, by way of support, and how you interact with them.
I have 5 African geese. 3 Geese, 2 Hyper-sexual ganders. We raised them alongside the chicken chicks in large totes in my kitchen. They were an adorable mess from the first day. I have different videos posted on my channel that would allow you to see them grow up and how I managed them during the time.
Because of some of the different mindset of geese, you don't want them too familiar with you. They need to know that you are MOM (the higher pitched voices are actually DAD, and lower pitched voices are MOM, still freaks out my husband), or at least the Food Bringer, and they need to respect you for that, but most problems that people have with geese of all types is over-familiarization. Geese will never forget that they are geese, but they will put you into their little mental hierarchy. If you allow them to consider you "flock", then Bad Things will happen. That's when you get geese who follow you everywhere, or sit outside the door waiting for you to come out, or decide that your front porch is now a 'breeding zone' and no one is allowed there.
Don't cuddle them. Unless you plan on eating them as soon as they get to a decent size (I think some breeds are slaughtered at about 4 or 6 months?), you don't want the constant problems of dealing with a gaggle of which you are an ancillary member.
They need to know you are there, and what you look like, sound like, and what everyone else looks like and sounds like - so they grow up surrounded by that noise and scents, and all the different tones of voice. Geese are sneaky smart, and will be overly adorable. Don't fall for it. It's a trap.
Decide where they are going to spend most of their time. Make sure there is sturdy, goose proof fencing. Electric fences work. I don't use them - more of a money issue than I think there's something wrong about them. I have 4 foot chain link than encompasses a large portion of our land (we live on an acre on a road that was carved out of old grazing land and rezoned.) I have neighbors that are close-ish, but we're more than 100 feet from them. Easily.
I decided we needed geese to add another layer of protection for the chickens. I made a couple of mistakes - I got more than one goose and raised them separately from the chicks. They still patrol the yard and protect the chickens. They also protect the garbage can, defend against the school bus, and actively warn me of anything new, strange, or different in the neighborhood. They are a self sufficient flock and will pick on the chickens if they're feeling snippy. The chickens have gotten really good at knowing what the goose alarms mean, how to dodge a snippy goose, and they all now (because geese refuse to do what would be predictable, I think) lay in the coop.
When I first moved them outside for keeps, I would put them in a pen (roughly 10x10, in the shade of a live oak and up against the chain link) - every night I would move a (sprayed out) giant sized hard plastic dog crate (the type used for airplane trips and such) into the pen, and one of their water tubs, sprayed out and refilled. Every morning, I would release them (and say something cute. I got over it.)and they would charge across the yard, honking and flapping. Eventually, when the chickens moved into a now stationary "goose tractor", they would circle it and yell at the chickens for a time while I sprayed out and refilled water tubs, and food buckets/tubs, feeders. Then we would go out to the front yard - I would take my bo (a martial arts staff weapon, basically a sturdy hardwood stick ), and I would do whatever needed doing for the assorted poultry, and herd the geese, with the help of the bo. Basically, it just extended my reach. It's impressive to have arms that are better than 6 feet long. Just find something you're comfortable with and they'll adapt.
You don't want to use violence against a goose. It won't do you any good.
Geese are sneaky smart. Mine have learned that, if I'm busy doing something, that's a good time to go walk-about. They will head across the road to where the new neighbors have their carefully laid sod, or down the street to tempt the local feral dog pack. Because goose. So I have enlisted the neighborhood to help. I have people who will slow down to watch them "goose around", and neighbors who will helpfully tell me that they are in the bottom of the ditch of a different road. Because goose.
If you are in a situation where there are no neighbors or they are quite a distance away, you'll need to keep in mind that geese will wander. Teenage geese will go exploring. Traditionally, geese were herded to market and they can make a reasonable speed for quite some time. If you don't have a decently high sturdy fence, they will find their way out.
Teach them to be herded. Basically, boss them around and make sure they understand what your signal (verbal command, whistle, gesture) means. Mine know their names, known that when I wave the bo in a certain way I want them to do a certain thing, and also know that, aside from being able to run faster than they can (which, when they use their wings to help isn't true, but I'm working on learning their body language so I know how to head them off), I'm the one who can open the gate and turn on or off the water.
As far as outside housing? They refused shelter during a nasty tropical storm front that ran through in the early fall. Rain is fun! For the most part, they are content with usurping a section of the coop floor to lay eggs with other female birds (and have temporarily stolen chicken eggs when feeling a bit motherly), and sleeping in different spots in the yard as takes their whim - a spot protected from wind on three sides under a live oak, a spot right in the middle-front of the yard where they have a good view of the neighborhood, and a spot middle-back of the yard where they have good views of the entire yard. They have made it clear that they are Big Adult Birds Now, and don't enjoy being penned, nor do they enjoy the dog crate anymore. They think the yard is freedom, when it's about 1/4 acre - ish. And they are great at keeping it well trimmed. No mowing needed.
As far as free range - they get to be in the poultry yard with the chickens. I am using them to tame the side yards of overgrown weeds and such, slowly, and the older poultry yard (an 80x80 4 foot fenced in area). They prefer to be around me when I'm outside, or they'll graze along in the front areas while I do other things.
Since we have feral dogs and feral hogs in the area, I try to keep them behind fencing unless I am with them. While I think they would find their way home, I don't let them wander the neighborhood.
Because mine are a heavy breed, flight isn't really an option. Or, they might be able to get enough height on a good windy day to clear the fence, but then what? For the most part, they glide and use their wings to run faster or to look bigger, or after a fight when they decide they are just feathered WWE wrestlers posturing. There's a lot of posturing.
TL:DR? That's a lot of words to say that, even with spiffy new bedding and enormous dog crates, concrete block structures, and an A-frame chicken coop, they have decided that they don't want or need shelter. And when the girls change their minds, the ganders pace and yell. The only outside structure that seems worthwhile is good well-made fencing. They respect it, and will test it regularly. Anything else I have offered them is looked over and ignored, for the most part.
@@goldengryphon Thank you for all the informational! We have 6 goslings. We got them a week ago, unsure on exact age, but still fluffy and squeaky! 3 are Embdens and 3 are Africans. We believe all th Embdens are males due to the coloring of their down, but could go either way. I weighed them today and there are mostly around 13 oz except the smallest African is 11.4 oz. Currently they are in a horse tank with pine shaving bed. We let them out for the most part of the day and they weed and wander (past few days its been chiller so they are only out for about an hour at a time). The horse waterer is in our detached garage thats insulated and heated. We have have baby rhode island red chicks in a separate crate as they are much smaller and wasn't sure about sharing an enclosed space. We don't plan to eat the geese (they have names lol). We live in an rural unincorporated area of around 60 people at most. We have over an acre of grass area surrounding our house and about another acre or so behind that with red Angus cattle. We have a chicken coop with an attached yard, but during the day our adult chickens (11) are free range and only shut at night to roost. We plan on allowing the geese the similar pleasure if it all works out as planned.
What??? It's June and its 38 degrees!!! That's what is wrong, lol.
Yeah, welcome to Vermont!
Ngl you knocking on your head sounds like when I hit a rock on another rock. What did you do to get such a hard head? I want a natural helmet too!
Don't take too long does it? lol. They grow quick/
They sure do!
have you thought about cutting down the trees right next to the barn? the roots can mess with and crack your foundation :=(
I plan on it.
Why don’t u put a termomether in the old place and compare the. New place outside.
They will soon overgrow the chicken ytractor
Are you going to eat them? What's the plan?
no cliff hanger...not cold enough to be dangerous. lamps are not even needed.... if you only had 3 or 4 then maybe. people of the south , you know them they dont know the cold so they worry for nothing =P
compare to where i am you live in a tropical country haha. anyway as long as they stay dry they can go lower than that in big groups without lamp....with heating its a Cadillac ride
Ha ha ha...I can't dispute anything you are saying.
mink attack?? Where's Toby?!
Don't blame yourself too much. Different kind of animals have different bahaviour and growth rates. Who knows how much they poop in your setup in advance? Greetings from Germany
Thank you!
Don’t see the anti predator skirt thing some people use...so nothing tunnels under....?
I think there's a reason my mother refused to do fowl.
WHAT IS THIS? A CLIFF HANGER? LOL... GUESS SO....
But they aren't so scared of you anymore
Try not to overwork yourself, burning out sucks make the work feel like torment. For 30 gouslings 4 with problems is pretty good.
But 38 degrees is like tropical
Seriously!
Oh ur not using celcius?
Better pitch your sleeping bag out there, if you're cold, they are cold
Very true!
Its our responsibility to keep our animals clean and comfortable. The condition of the brooder was pretty bad from what I could see. IMO. Im surprised their wasnt deaths.
I wondered why there was not wood chips or something else to cover the poop. That would have helped and been good mix for the garden. They sure filled in that space, that goose-tractor is going to get very small in no time.
We use a combination of straw, wood chips and peat moss for bedding. I've found that the mix maximizes dryness. I think it looks a bit worse on camera than it was because of the peat moss, but they did fill it up quick. By the time I moved them, I was changing the bedding 3x daily.
you should have left them with the parents...... other wise you hens will quit nesting as they should........
U tramples them outa the box be more ducking carful
Pets on the bed...okay. But pets chewing chew bones in bed...NO! It's not a big thing, but if all do it? Maybe it's just me. ( I love dogs and always had one or more. )