All About Raising Geese

Raising geese has become a popular hobby among backyard poultry hobbyists, ranking with raising chickens and raising ducks as a successful waterfowl hobby. The hobby of raising geese is made in almost all areas of the United States, although hobbyists raising geese only total some 0.2 percent of the total raising poultry population. For raising geese breeds, Emden goose breeds and Toulouse goose breeds are the two most popular varieties; many African goose breeds and Chinese goose breeds are also raised by goose enthusiasts. One of the leading resources for raising geese says that raising geese is very easy, as long as you know how to start the goose hobby such as feeding geese! There are considerable differences in geese species and strains, so that the characteristics of the goose should be fully assessed in order to better meet the needs of production. If the birds are breeding to maintain, and then the production of eggs and reproductive efficiency an important factor. Gosling if only a group of the market, the market's meat production and the requirements of the carcass is of paramount importance.