Re: Geese again

Posted by Billy NY on April 21, 2013 at 04:59:22 from (72.226.79.200):

In Reply to: Geese again posted by Texasmark1 on April 20, 2013 at 15:46:09:

You have some time, if those that hatch, return, you'll know they will keep returning.

One way to prevent that is to oil those eggs, vegetable oil or similar, they won't hatch and it will keep them busy, if you take the eggs she will lay more.

I get the depredation permit so I can legally deal with them here, in case someone reported something I am covered, mainly harass them as it never seems I can ever get the flat bottom boat and row around to all the nests in time. DEC used to band these and count them around here, and I am not sure why, they are not native.

You'll likely be able to make friends with them real easily, they do make a good watchdog.

I used to capture the young and hold em overnight, sometimes several broods (?) not sure what the correct term is. One group of young goslings imprinted on me and followed me around, I could pick clover and hand feed them, very young, the older ones will not do this. They followed me into the garage and into the back near the sitting area, it would have been interesting to raise them but being illegal and really not the right thing to do, I hauled em back to the water like always, and it was not long before they were found. It seemed that just by harassment, I kept a lot of them out of the field and though I'd like to not have them here, it works out, but boy can they devour forage, and they sure are smart.

I captured some ducklings in the same area, just to take some photos and you want to see what that Hen was doing, she took off, but made it back up the small stream and was watching me and the ducklings, waterfowl are very intelligent, I got a few nice shots and a short video, and no sooner than I set them into the water, there was a big ole reunion, she was waiting near the mouth of the stream at the large pond, and all was well again.

The geese can be a real pain at times and cause a lot of crop damage here, but I have found that the old field near the pond if kept mowed or if I was to plant something there to head them off, of the other areas, it can work, not the best but it does help.

Replies:

• Re: Geese again Texasmark1 05:56:06 04/21/13 (2)
  • Re: Geese again Billy NY 09:38:52 04/21/13 (1)
    • Re: Geese again Texasmark1 14:47:39 04/21/13 (0)

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